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About us
The North Africa Foreign Correspondents’ Club (NAFCC) is an association of professional journalists. It was set up in 2014 under the Tunisian association’s law with an office based in Tunis. NAFCC represents the professional interests of regionally based journalists working for international media in North Africa’s countries (Tunisia, Morocco, Algeria, Libya and Egypt). NAFCC, also, ensures that its members fulfill their reporting duties freely and independently, defending a free media and protecting journalists. As part of its activities, the Club, regularly, invites important guests and experts, in Tunisia for meetings to chat and exchange with its members. Follow...
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Meetings
The club invites a prominent guest or expert for an off-the-record meeting every month. Since the NAFCC’s first meeting in January 2014, guests have included: 2014 François Gouyette, the French ambassador to Tunisia Hamadi Jebali, former Tunisian prime minister Wided Bouchamaoui, president of the Tunisian Union for Industry, Commerce and Handicrafts (UTICA) Samir Dilou, member of Ennahda and former Human Rights and Transitional Justice Minister Jacob Kolster, director North Africa at the African Development Bank Beji Caid Essebsi, president of Nida Tounes Antonio Nucifora, World Bank’s lead economist for Tunisia Chafik Sarsar, president of the Independent higher authority for elections Michael Béchir Ayari, International Crisis Group’s senior Tunisia analyst 2015 Amine Ghali, director of Kawakibi center for democratic transition Hamish Cowell and Michael Aron, British ambassadors to Tunisia and Libya Flavien Bourrat, researcher at IRSEM, defence expert Mohsen Marzouk, advisor of the president Béji Caied Essebsi Bob Rijkers, World Bank expert Rafaa Tabib, Libya expert Sergio Latouna, Researcher & consultant specialized in political islam & jihadist movements in the Maghreb, at Instituto de Seguridad Global. Maxime Poulin, Security Analyst at DCAF 2016 Daniel Rubinstein, US ambassador to Tunisia Bochra Belhaj Hmida, MP Ziad Laadhari, minister of Industry and Trade Yassine Brahim, president of Afek Tounes and former minister Karim Ben Smail, Cérès Editions Hichem Ben Ammar, founder of Djerba Doc Days Mourad Mathari, Jazz à...
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December 2019
Layli Foroudi : Rising heat knocks the crown off Tunisia’s ‘queen of dates’, Reuters, December, 23, 2019:
This month UNESCO included date palm trees and related traditions on its list of the world’s cultural heritage – but warming temperatures are harming production
October 2019
Ricard Gonzalez : El sentimiento de abandono por el Estado acrecienta la desafección de los coptos egipcios, El Pais, October, 22, 2019:
La construcción o rehabilitación de iglesias en las provincias del sur sigue generando tensiones sectarias pese a la adopción de una ley que pretende regular su presencia
August 2019
Ricard Gonzalez : La revuelta popular argelina encalla, El Pais, August, 17, 2019:
Ni un calor sofocante -a veces, por encima de 40 grados-, ni las vacaciones de la Fiesta del Sacrificio, ni las medidas disuasorias de las autoridades en forma de calles bloqueadas o arrestos arbitrarios han podido poner fin a la revuelta popular en Argelia. Este viernes, una multitud volvió a manifestarse en una treintena de ciudades para pedir una verdadera transición democrática. Con esta, ya van 26 convocatorias seguidas, medio año. En la cresta de la canícula, el volumen de las movilizaciones se ha reducido, pero se espera que recuperen su vigor en septiembre, con el retorno del curso en las universidades. Será el momento decisivo para desbloquear el camino de una revuelta que lleva un par de meses encallada.