Category: Politics

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar, Sunday, had a meeting in Kuwait with Speaker of the Kuwaiti National Assembly Ahmed Abdulaziz al-Sadoun who took this post on June 20.

In a statement issued by the Foreign Affairs Ministry, Ammar is on a tour to the Gulf region until July 20. He is expected to visit the UAE then KSA at the invitation of his counterparts in these countries.

The meeting with the Speaker of the Kuwaiti Parliament was an opportunity to highlight the solidarity of the relations between the two countries and their concern to develop and further strengthen them.

The Foreign Minister and the Parliament's Speaker stressed the need to boost bilateral cooperation, activate the parliamentary action, speed up the formation of the parliamentary fraternity and friendship committee and increase visits between Tunisian and Kuwaiti MPs.

They also discussed ways to consolidate coordination and consultation between the two countries about several issues including the Palestinian cause during regional and international parliamentary events.

Ammar reviewed the various stages of the ongoing political process in Tunisia, particularly the election of a new parliament in 2023.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Alhaji Tanko Yabuku, New Patriotic Party (NPP) Parliamentary Candidate (PC) aspirant for the Akan Constituency, says employment of the youth is his topmost priority when elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for Akan. He said jobs for the youth were possible because of the abundant natural resources that could be tapped for employment creation. Alhaji Tanko said an orphan constituency such as Akan needed someone with vision for the youth. Alhaji Tanko said this in an interview with the Ghana News Agency at Kadjebi in the Oti Region. He said since the district was an agrarian one, the youth, who are already into farming, would be assisted with inputs to expand their farms. He said the delays in payment for cocoa beans purchased would be reduced and smuggling eliminated by prompt payment schemes. Alhaji Tanko, who is a Business Development Consultant, said he would lobby both local and foreign entrepreneurs to invest in various businesses in Akan, including; farming, manufacturing, and logistic, among others, to create jobs in the Constituency. He said businesses which are into transportation would be supported with hire-purchase vehicles. On the use of the MPs Share of the District Assemblies' Common Fund (DACF), the aspirant said he would use the DACF to assist the youth in education to improve the human resources of the district. Alhaji Tanko, who filed his Nomination Forms at the Akan NPP Constituency Office in Kadjebi on Friday, July 14, appealed to the delegates to the yet-to-be fixed election to vote for him to become the Party Parliament Candidate to help implement his visions for the Constituents. He is in the contest with Mr Rashid Bawa, Ghana's High Commissioner to Nigeria and Mr. Tassah Safiwu, a Farm Manager.

Source: Ghana News Agency

Political activist Mohamed Hamdi has been kept free after his hearing on Friday by the Bouchoucha Anti-Terrorist Investigation Squad, as part of the so-called conspiracy against State security, his lawyer Ayachi Hammami said.

The latter pointed out to TAP that Hamdi had appeared on Friday before the investigating judge at the Anti-Terrorist Investigation Squad, as part of a letter rogatory involving more than 23 people.

For his part, Mohamed Hamdi reaffirmed in a statement to TAP, that he had been heard in the so-called case of conspiracy against State security, asserted to the investigating judge that his meetings with political activists had been part of exchanges on public affairs.

Mohamed Hamdi, a former leader of the Democratic Current party, announced on Thursday that he had received a summons to appear on Friday before the Bouchoucha Terrorist Crimes Investigation Brigade.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Faisal Al-Miqdad stated during a phone call Wednesday with Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Nabil Ammar, that his country will shortly reopen its embassy in Tunisia and appoint an ambassador to it in a bid to further foster bilateral relations and boost cooperation.

The two FM's reviewed relations binding Tunisia and Syria, ways to further strengthen them, voicing the shared willingness to restore their normal course for the good and interest of the two countries and the two brotherly peoples, according to a Foreign Ministry press release.

Various issues of mutual interest and the need to step up coordination and consultation on them in various Arab, regional and international forums were also discussed during the talk.

President of the Republic Kais Saied announced late April 2023, the appointment of Mohamed Mhadhbi as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Tunisia to Damascus, following a visit by the Syrian Foreign Minister to Tunisia earlier in the same month.

Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse

Thirteen out of the 16 New Patriotic Party (NPP) Electoral Area Coordinators in the Juaboso constituency of the Western North Region have declared their support for Mrs Martha Kwayie Manu, as the parliamentary candidate in the upcoming primaries for orphan constituencies. The Electoral Area Coordinators therefore picked nomination forms for Mrs Kwayie Manu who is the Deputy Chief Executive for the Forestry Commission to contest in the upcoming parliamentary primaries. Speaking to the Ghana News Agency (GNA) after picking the nomination forms at the party's constituency office, Mr Williams Fuachie, Proso-Kofikrom electoral area coordinator, and spokesperson for the coordinators said the Juaboso constituency had been deprived of development for far too long and have therefore resolved to unite the rank and file of the party to win the seat for the NPP in 2024. He said the party did well in the 2012 and 2016 elections, but the lack of unity, complacency and apathy worked against them in 2020, hence their inability to win the seat, but promised to work together in 2024 to end the dominance of the NDC in the constituency. Mr Fuachie said it would be in the interest of the party to present her as the party's parliamentary candidate since her votes kept increasing each election year and would enhance the 'Breaking the Eight ' agenda. He said Mrs Kwayie- Manu had been supporting the grassroots especially by providing employment opportunities for the youth from her time as District Chief Executive till date. He appealed to the delegates to vote for her to win the Juaboso parliamentary seat for the NPP. Mrs Martha Kwayie-Manu after receiving the forms at her residence, thanked the group for the gesture and said the decision was a sign that together they could win the Juaboso parliamentary seat in the next election and break the Eight as well. She was hopeful that when elected as parliamentary candidate she would win the Juaboso parliamentary seat since her votes had been increasing since 2012. Mrs Kwayie-Manu appealed to the party members to remain united and to first seek the party's interest.

Source: Ghana News Agency