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In the footsteps of Karol Szymanowski in Tunisia: March 11 at House of the Mediterranean, Arts and Culture, Tunis

After the meeting of 12 February on the German artist August Macke and his short stay in April 1914 in Tunisia, the cycle of monthly literary events organized by the International Cultural Centre...

Why BMCE does not convince

The bank will unveil its results for 2011 in the next few weeks .But already, the investment community sees BMCE as widely overvalued stock on the market, writes Jeune Afrique....

Libya 2012 budget spending to reach 68.5 bln dinars

The Libyan interim government budget provides for up to 68.5 billion dinars in spending this year A statement from Prime Minister Abdurrahim...

Regional cooperation: does the Maghreb have the choice?

One year after the Arab Spring, Antonin Tisseron, Research Associate at the Thomas More Institute and author of the second report on sustainable security in the Maghreb Regional cooperation: does...

The American Joe Kazadi new CEO of Arcelor Mittal Algeria.

The American Joe Kazidi will be appointed head of the Algerian subsidiary of global giant Arcelor Mittal Steel,replacing Vincent Le Gouic, APS has learned from sources close to the company on...

Algeria: A suicide bomber strikes at gendarmerie in Tahaggart

A suicide bomber, driving a Toyota station wagon, blew himself up shortly before 8 in the morning on Saturday 3 March inside the territorial headquarters of the National Gendarmerie at Tahaggart,...

Algeria- 15 films for the Gold Olivier of 12th Amazigh Film Festival

Fifteen films are nominated for the Gold Olivier, the highest honor of the 12th Amazigh Cultural Film Festival, scheduled from 24 March to 28 March in Tizi-Ouzou, the organizers said on Wednesday....

FFS to participate in Algerian elections

Algeria’s biggest opposition party,The Socialist Forces Front (FFS) said on Friday it would take part in a May 10 parliamentary election, ending a 15-year boycott and lending credibility to...

The Arab Spring: A Revolution Through the Lens

The Arab world is talking about a revolution; not just out on the streets but in films, in newspapers, in songs – using any means necessary to document events, expose the horrors of war and explore...

Hard to Stay in Libya, Difficult to Return

At the battered terminal of Tripoli’s tiny Mitiga airport, over 150 young men and women jostle to be repatriated home to Nigeria on Libya’s Buraq airlines. This journey to Lagos is one of hundreds...

AFRICOM's General Carter Ham on African Security .

Security in Africa continues to be influenced by external actors, and countering security threats in east and northwest Africa is the top concern for U.S. Africa Command, General Carter F. Ham told...

More than 100, 000 Tunisian illegal immigrants in Italy

More than 100,000 Tunisians are residing illegally in Italy, not counting the 22,000 migrants who obtained the temporary residence permits, says a report on migration presented Thursday at a...

Water Management in Mideast Focus of USAID-University Partnership

Increased food production and improved water management in the Middle East and North Africa are the focus of a new partnership between the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and the...

The US takes a "soft" approach with Algeria

The United States has adopted a soft approach with respect to Algeria, an approach that was highlighted during the visit to Algeria last week by Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Stephen...

Improving the Quality of Higher Education in the Middle East and North Africa

The University Governance Program of the World Bank and the Center for Mediterranean Integration (CMI), led by Adriana Jaramillo, Senior Education Specialist at the World Bank, examines the main...

Seven American NGO Workers to be Allowed to Leave Egypt

Americans working for pro-democracy organizations who have been prevented from leaving Egypt will be allowed to go according to a statement from the attorney general’s office issued on Wednesday....

After its mission in the Sahel the United Nations welcomes and supports the strategy of the core countries.

Following its mission in the Sahel region in December 2011, the UN delegation submitted a report which the Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a copy to the President of the Security Council reports...

Saudi Arabia to honor $3.75bn Egypt aid pledge

Saudi Arabia said yesterday it would honor a pledge of $3.75 billion in aid to Egypt after complaints by the Egyptian premier that donor countries were failing to respect their commitments, Arab...

An endemic disease: Violence against Women in Tunisia

One in five women, is abused at least once in her life reports La Presse de Tunisie.The first national survey on violence against women in Tunisia, conducted in 2010 by Onfp with support from the...

US Local Advisory Boards in Morocco, Tunisia, and Algeria

While in North Africa, Secretary of State Clinton met with the local advisory boards for the U.S. – North Africa Partnership for Economic Opportunity (NAPEO) and praised the work being done by...