Tunisia: TelNet Holding launches a drone for agricultural use and 100% Tunisian

#Tunisia : The Tunisian group TelNet Holding has just made a large drone for agricultural use. Made with 100% Tunisian expertise, this drone is capable of flying over a distance of 800 km at an altitude of 5,000 meters. The Tunisian group TelNet has just built a large drone with 100% Tunisian expertise. Unlike the … Read more

Debt: French companies having contracts with the Algerian State on the red list

#Algeria : French companies benefiting from public contracts in Algeria cannot obtain loans guaranteed by the French State from banks in France. A situation which shows that the value of the signature of the Algerian public treasury has clearly deteriorated. Recently, according to the Algerian press, several companies having won public contracts in Algeria have … Read more

Borders to remain closed in Algeria due to rising coronavirus cases

#Algeria : Faced with an increase in contamination cases, Algeria will only be accessible at the end of the Covid-19 pandemic. The country is plagued by an outbreak of infection, particularly in the east (Setif) and in the south-east of the country. All of Algeria’s borders will remain closed until the end of the Covid-19 … Read more

Niger: ex-head of military junta Salou Djibo presidential candidate

#Other countries General Salou Djibo, former head of the military junta in power from February 2010 to April 2011, was invested Sunday candidate of the Peace-Justice-Progress (PJP) party for the presidential election of 2020, found an AFP journalist . – “It is with humility (…) that I agreed to wear the colors of our party … Read more

Algeria journalist sentenced to three years in prison

#Algeria : An Algerian journalist, Belkacem Djir, was sentenced Sunday by a court in Algiers to three years in prison, according to an association supporting prisoners. “The verdict fell on the trial of detained journalist Belkacem Djir: sentencing to three years in prison,” said the National Committee for the Liberation of Detainees (CNLD) on its … Read more

Eid el-Kebir celebration: Mauritania to supply 450,000 sacrifice sheep to Senegal

#Mauritania : Mauritania is going to supply the Senegalese market with sheep during the festival of Eid el-Kebir, despite the context of the coronavirus pandemic. The two states have taken the necessary measures to facilitate this mass transhumance. In this West African country, the gesture of sacrifice still takes on a social, sociological and psychological … Read more

Tunisia: reopening of air and sea borders with the rest of the world

#Tunisia : Tunisia reopened, Saturday, June 27, its air and sea borders, closed since mid-March as part of measures to combat the spread of Covid-19. This decision, which had been taken by the Tunisian government as part of the de-containment measures, is essentially aimed at rescuing the tourism sector severely impacted by the coronavirus crisis … Read more

IMF grants $ 5.2 billion loan program to Egypt

#Other countries : The board of directors of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved, Friday, a new confirmation agreement (SBA) of 5.2 billion dollars over 12 months. It aims to help the country cope with the Covid-19 pandemic and to close the budget deficit and the balance of payments. The program “would also help the … Read more

Egypt: execution of a Libyan jihadist who committed a bloody attack

#Other countries Libyan jihadist Abdel Rahim al-Mismari, sentenced to death for his role in a bloody attack in Egypt in 2017, was executed by hanging on Saturday, the Egyptian military said. On October 20, 2017, 16 Egyptian police officers were killed in an ambush and clashes against Islamist fighters on the road to al-Wahat al-Bahariya, … Read more

Nigeria: $ 3 billion from Germany for an LNG project

#Other countries : Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in Germany, has just raised $ 3 billion for Nigeria to support the construction of the 7th natural gas liquefaction train. This funding aims to support Nigeria in the construction of train number 7 for Nigeria LNG, the country’s only LNG production facility. The train, which requires … Read more