(TAP)- A government decree on the organisation of transport for women farm workers will be adopted at a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Water Resources, Oussema Kheriji said Tuesday.

Speaking at a seminar on women farmers held on Tuesday, he said decree concerns Law No. 51 of 2019 creating a category of 'transport of farm workers'.

The"...

(TAP) – Caretaker Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh, on Tuesday, received governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) Marouane El Abassi at the Kasbah.

Abassi handed over the report of the BCT for 2019.

The meeting discussed the country's current economic situation and ways to overcome the difficulties in public finances.

Fakhfakh"...

(TAP) – After a relative stabilisation in 2019, the outstanding public debt has increased again to 89.4 billion dinars at the end of June 2020, up 8.3%, compared to its level at the end of December 2019, according to a note on the economic and monetary developments released by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT).

The BCT said this increase is the result of a 21%"...

(TAP) – The budget deficit soared to 3,847 million dinars (MD) in H1 of 2020 against 2,464 million dinars in the previous year as shown by results of the state budget execution, the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) said in a note on economic and monetary developments.

This is due to the State’s own resources dropping 11.9% compared to a 18.3% rise in H1 of 2019,"...

(TAP) – Meknassi phosphate mine (governorate of Sidi Bouzid) resumed activity as an agreement was concluded by the Ministry of Energy, Mines and Energy Transition and the local Labour Union to end a sit-in blocking a railway line linking Gafsa and Sfax.

The move helped resume phosphate production and transport to Skhira and the Tunisian-Indian Fertilisers Company"...

Moody’s Corporation (NYSE:MCO) announced today that it has acquired a minority stake in Malaysian Rating Corporation Berhad (MARC), a credit rating agency serving the Malaysian domestic bond and sukuk markets. The investment strengthens Moody’s presence in Southeast Asia and across domestic bond markets globally, and advances its position as a leader in Islamic finance.

Based in Kuala Lumpur, MARC covers corporates and financial institutions,"...

Sealed Air Corporation (NYSE: SEE) has announced it has signed a collaboration agreement with Plastic Energy, an industry-leading company in advanced recycling technology. Additionally, Sealed Air has made an equity investment in Plastic Energy Global, the parent company of Plastic Energy.

Plastic Energy Global was established in 2012 with the goal of creating a circular economy for plastics by diverting plastic waste away from landfills and oceans."...

Further strengthening its global platform and adding breadth to its regional footprint in Central Africa, Andersen Global announces its expansion into Gabon through a Collaboration Agreement with Libreville-based Business & Law Consulting (B & Law Consulting).

The law firm, founded in 2017, is composed of more than 10 professionals who advise businesses in the areas of contract, corporate, commercial, tax, international trade, employments and"...

The federal government said it saved at least N91 billion from the payment of liabilities owed the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN), after thorough negotiation with the creditors.

Nigeria Electricity Liability Management Company (NELMCO), which manages the debts, on behalf of the government, noted that with the adoption of strict management models, the amount was retained in the total N914 billion liability inherited by the company.

Emmanuel Addeh asks whether Oloibiri, a small Niger Delta town where oil was first found, is finally getting the required attention, decades after its seeming neglect

Sixty four years ago in the little town of Oloibiri, a community in today’s Bayelsa State, south of Nigeria, oil was first discovered in commercial quantity. But today, the town lies almost in ruins despite promises made by the authorities to revamp the small area which was once"...