LOUKIL Bassem, Sfax-born Tunisian businessman, is CEO of UADH/LOUKIL Group (35 companies, 4,300 employees across automotive, tech, industry, services). Georgia State BBA & MBA holder, he presides over the Tunisian African Business Council.
Yucatan’s peninsula is a land extension between Mexico’s Gulf and the Caribbean Sea. It is formed by three States of Mexico: Yucatán, Campeche, and Quintana Roo. It is one of the areas with the most number of archaeological zones from all the country. In such peninsula, Chichen Itza,
Who doesn't love sports? Even our ancestors used to have a day off from their work just to watch sports. At that time, there were different types of sports such as wrestling, archery, horse riding, and many more. Today, love for sports is still there. Thousands of people
There is simply no denying that online gambling is here to stay. Not only is it here to stay, but it is a practice that is completely taking over. Everyone from policymakers to gamblers has been affected by online gambling, and this is only the beginning. By the time online
Ugandan President, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni says Africa should have taken steps to stop a North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO, military intervention in Libya in 2011. According to the long-serving president, Africa’s diplomatic attempts in the intervention were not enough. He said that military intervention should have been pursued to
China’s foreign minister Wang Yi has pledged to strengthen cooperation with Zimbabwe despite a hitch in bilateral ties last year. The two countries were at loggerheads after Zimbabwe’s government said it had only received $3.6 million in aid from Beijing in 2019 – 40 times lower than the
Liverpool City is set to introduce plaques and signposts to highlight slave history and connections across the city. According to reports, the move is to give an "honest account" of places connected to the slave trade. The United Kingdom city of Liverpool has a history of the slave
Slavery was a horrendous epoch in the history of humankind. Black lives were treated merely as property and nothing beyond that. Medical advancement propounded by white medical doctors meant inevitable human experimentation. In the modern era, it was beyond any reasonable doubt that the marginalized, the poor and the vulnerable
American rapper and actor, Ludacris has visited Ghana in celebration of “The Year of Return”. “The Year of Return” is an initiative by Ghana to invite all Ghanaians in Diaspora to return home, to learn, explore and also invest in the West African country. Ghana's President Nana Akufo-Addo
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has announced military backing for Libya's internationally recognized Government of National Accord (GNA). In a speech in Ankara on Thursday, Erdogan said that he would on January 7 present a bill to the Turkish parliament on deployment legislation. "Since there is an
South African politician and leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF), Julius Malema has reiterated his call for a united Africa, one that breaks down all geographic barriers. He was speaking after being re-elected leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters, EFF, over the weekend. The EFF is South Africa’s
The Zambian government has written Washington to withdraw its envoy Daniel Foote following his controversial remarks over the jailing of a gay couple in the country, the state broadcaster reported. "President Edgar Lungu says this is because Zambia does not want people who support un-Christian values such as homosexuality,
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has informed the government of Lesotho that approval for its bailout bid is nowhere in sight. Lesotho, under the government of Prime Minister Thomas Motsoahae Thabane, approached the International Money Fund (IMF) about 18 months ago for a bailout. But it appears the Bretton Woods
New sickle cell drugs, Adakveo by Swiss drug company Novartis and Oxbryta by Global Drug Therapeutics, were approved by the United States Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) this November. This gives hope to many people around the world who live with sickle cell disease. Sickle cell disease is a genetic
Africa is a land of vast opportunities, but its potential is erased by the miseducation of Africans that is rampant across the continent. The effects of colonialism are massive and continue being watered down from generation to generation. They breed an inferiority complex. It is a perpetual cycle of ignorance
DR Congo’s 2018 Nobel Peace Prize laureate, Denis Mukwege has called on France and the European Union to intervene in the on-going massacre in the country. Dr Mukwege has asked France and the military to provide military support to help stop the civilian massacres in his country’s troubled
Renowned Somali-Canadian Human Rights activist, Almaas Elman Ali has been killed in Somalia's capital of Mogadishu. Local officers say that a stray bullet hit (and killed) the prominent rights activist. She was killed within the premises of the Mogadishu airport, which is usually under very high armed security.
