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Neutrality, good organization and strong civic commitment; that is what characterized the Independent Higher Authority for Elections (ISIE) and the Independent Regional Authorities for Elections (IRIEs), according to a report from the electoral observation mission of the European Union (MOE-EU) in Tunisia. The electoral day was « well organized » and took …

On the African scale, Algeria stands at the first position of the happiest countries in the world, according to a ranking published by New Economics Foundation (NEF), a British think tank that is interested in the well-being of 151 countries. The indicator, Happy Planet Index (HPI), is an alternative for …

In Tangier last Friday, Grand Prix of Medays Forum 2014 was rewarded to the Tunisian Prime Minister, Mehdi Joumaa for the role he played in the success of the political transition in his country and the adoption of a new Constitution, reported La Nouvelle Tribune magazine. This prize was awarded …

At the head of the African Development Bank (ADB) since 2005, Donald Kaburuka will leave his chair in May 2015 when elections will be held during General assemblies in Ivory Coast. Applications being received till the end of January 2015, eight (8) candidates are in race for the succession among …

The South-South cooperation bears fruit in scientific domain. Algeria, in association with South Africa, will launch in 2016 the very first supersonic drone made in Africa. The announcement was made on Sunday by Hafidh Aourag, Managing director of the Scientific Research and Technological Development (DG-RDST) during the closing ceremony of …

General Ahmed Gaîd Salah, the Algerian vice minister for National defense proceeded on 26th October 2014 to the inauguration of the first car industry of the country. For the event, the minister attended at the display of the assembly lines of two Mercedes Benz cars. The participation of Algerian companies …

Having been ranked first in Africa for the electronic governance, Tunisia is just honored by the United Nations prize particularly in the domain of electronic administration in 2014. It is what Anouar Ben Khelifa, Secretary of State with the head of government in charge of governance and public service, asserted. …

The Algerian writer and journalist, Kamel Daoud is the winner of the edition 2014 of the Five Continents Prize. This was the decision of the jury chaired by the Nobel Prize of literature, Jean-Marie Gustave Clézio on 26th September 2014 in Paris at the head office of the International Organization …

Pushed aside for a long time by governing bodies or prevented according to the Constitution of certain African countries to stand as « candidates » during the electoral terms, women tend to change the situation in Tunisia. Indeed, they will represent 47 % of candidates on electoral rolls during the next general …

As Africa Top Success announced it, the 7th edition of the Cartoon Films International Festival of Algiers (Fibda) came to an end last Saturday in the Algerian capital town with the awards to the various prize-winners of the prizes involved. In the category of « Best school hope« , the prize went …

The Algerian Minister of culture, Nadia Labidi proceeded on 24th September 2014 to the official opening of the 7th Cartoon Films International Festival of Algiers (Fibda) in the Algerian capital town. Brazil, invited country of this edition of the festival, will share its rich experience with the Algerian cartoonists and …

FIFA (International Federation of Football association) revealed on Thursday its new ranking. The beginning of the eliminating heats of the CAN 2015 upset the African ranking particularly with a nice progress of Cape Verde and Congo that respectively gained 33 and 30 positions. Algeria (20th in world ranking) is still …

Algeria is getting ready to open its telephony market to other operators. The Algerian Minister of post office and technologies, Zohra Derdouri indicated during a press briefing the possibility of liberalizing the sector of telephonies. Algeria Telecom, the sole operator regarding fixed telephony is ready to face the arrival of …

The Gabonese president, Ali Bongo has just ended his two-day stay in Tunisia where he spoke to his counterpart, Moncef Marzouki on questions concerning common interest. Both personalities signed 5 main agreements that will, among others, allow Gabon to benefit from Tunisian skills regarding vocational training. President Ali Bongo left …

The rooms for operators in car import are reduced in Algeria. Committed since 2013 in a protection policy of the national car industry, the Algerian government has just limited the imports of car brands approved by the government. From now on, car dealers can only import brands that appear in …

Things went so fast on Wednesday, 20th August in the Mauritanian governmental team. One hour after the dismissal of Moulaye Ould Mohamed Laghdaf, the Mauritanian president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz appointed a new Prime Minister in the person of Yahya Ould Hademine (picture). Engineer by training, Yahya Ould Hademine especially …

Tunisia raised itself to an upper rank by appearing in the category of countries having a high global peace index being far ahead of the United States of America. Indeed, the Institute of Economy and Peace (IEP) has just published the Global Peace Index 2014. A world ranking of countries …

« For the Women and the Science » is the ambitious program that has put in the spotlight since 2007 the remarkable scientific women whose researches will contribute to take science move forward.   The initiative came from the L’Oréal Maroc subsidiary supported by the Unesco that locally uses this program to …

Egypt opening to a new era after long periods of crisis. The country announced the next building of the new Suez Canal parallel to the first one. The project answers a need for employment creation and for the increase of incomes of the State.   « This gigantic project will see …

The African States still have a long way to go regarding e-government. This is what a recent report of the UNO revealed. Africa obtains an average of 0, 27/1 while the world average is 0, 47/1. Beyond these figures far from brilliant, it is necessary to note the success of …

The Fennecs are not yet qualified for the final; much less, they do not even win the World cup 2014 yet but all the Algerian people became unprecedented hysteric on Thursday evening with the draw against Russia (1-1) in Curitiba, Brazil. Algeria finally concretized its dream reaching for the first …

The Egyptian investors trust in Senegal. In an interview granted to the Senegalese newspaper Le Soleil, the ambassador of Egypt in Senegal, Hisham Mohamed, indicated that his country intends to double exchanges with Dakar. « Last year, exchanges between both countries reached approximately 28 million dollars. They so got an 83,1 …

The outgoing president, Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz won the elections with 81,89 % of the votes which first ballot took place on Saturday, announced on Sunday evening, the National and Independent Electoral Commission of Mauritania (CENI) in Nouakchott. In a communiqué read by the chairman of this commission, Mohamed Ould …

For the sake of supplying quality care to all the citizens, the Tunisian Ministry of Health worked out a project called « the bus of hope« , a real mobile hospital going to meet patients. It will help to provide medical care in zones of difficult access to the care is made …

The Web Ranking University, a foundation of the Reuters group has just published the classification 2014 of the best 100 universities of the African continent. Egypt and South Africa stand at the first 11 positions of which « Cairo University Egypt« , ranked first by the Top 100. Nigeria, the first economic …

Vested with power last Sunday for the presidency after his crashing victory (96, 91 % of the votes), the Egyptian president and former warlord, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi received messages of congratulations and supports on behalf of his peers of Africa and all over the world. By the way, we noticed …

Since the announcement of her death on Sunday, 1st June, the family of the artist Noura (of her real name Fatima Badji) has still continued receiving messages of condolence. The Algerian president Abdelaziz Bouteflika also expressed himself on the disappearance of the 72-year-old star. In his condolence message, the Algerian …

Extending of a few days his stay in Tunisia, the King of Morocco Mohammed VI was perceived in the streets of Tunis yesterday. He was accompanied with the members of his delegation and his son, the Crown prince Moulay El Hassan. Through this stroll in the streets of Tunis that …

Coca-Cola Company announced the merging of its activities in Algeria and in Tunisia with the unit of Morocco and Equatorial Africa. The name of the new regional structure will be « Coca-Cola North and Equatorial Africa Region » and will be managed by Mr. Geert Broos, currently managing director in charge of …

The former leader of the army and the strongman of Egypt, Abdel Fattah al-Sissi, has just obtained a crushing victory in the presidential election with 96,2 % of the votes in about 90 % of polling stations, according to the television of State. The retired marshal, Sissi, will de facto …