Secretary-General’s remarks at Tunisia’s National Conference on Employmen

C’est un immense plaisir pour moi d’être ici avec vous, à Tunis, pour évoquer la question de l’emploi – qui est cruciale, surtout pour les jeunes.   La persistance de la crise... Read more »

Italy is the Key to Fighting ISIS in Libya

The ISIS buildup in Libya is undeniable. U.S. Commander General of Africa Command David Rodriguez testified to the Senate Armed Services Committee on March 8 that the Islamic State in Libya represents... Read more »

21-03-2016

Syrian opposition rejects any election-related delay to peace talks The Syrian opposition said on Sunday it rejected any attempt by the government to delay the next round of peace talks until after... Read more »

Tunisian troops pursue jihadists after bloody raid to take over border town‏

By Lamine Ghanmi Tunisian government forces stepped up  search for jihadists near the Libyan border after a deadly raid the country’s president described as an unprecedented assault by the Islamic State group.... Read more »

Germany mulling military training mission in Tunisia-Bild newspaper‏

Maghreb News – Lamine Ghanmi Germany is considering sending troops to Tunisia to help train soldiers in the fight against the Islamic State group, a newspaper report said on Sunday. Bild am... Read more »

Sufism wanted in Tunisia to heal « Arab spring » cradle’s « polycrisis »‏ by Lamine Ghanmi

Tunisia’s moderniser elites had long confined sufists and their ubiquitous shrines on the margins of society as they saw them as something of a hinderance than help to the country’s enthusiastic march... Read more »

Tunisia will not be Dragged into War in Libya

The government in Tunisia confirmed that it is fully prepared on a military, security, and a humanitarian prevention level, in caution of a new war breaking in its neighboring country. Moreover it... Read more »

Algeria’s Bouteflika rechristens the powerful military spy agency in display of strength‏

Maghreb news Lamine Ghanmi – Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika has disbanded the long-standing military spy directorate known as the DRS, giving it a new name  in another step to tigthen his grip... Read more »

Tunisia’s democracy will be preserved ‘whatever the cost’ – Premier Habib Essid

(Maghreb news)- Lamine Ghanmi Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid said on Saturday that his country’s nascent democracy would be preserved « whatever the cost » following four days of violent job protests and riots,... Read more »

Tunisia declares nationwide curfew after violent job protests‏

Maghreb News Tunis- Lamine Ghanmi Tunisia declared a nationwide curfew on Friday after four days of protests and rioting over jobs and economic conditions, the worst unrest since an uprising five years... Read more »