By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Lapresse
The Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG) will cut the power supply on Sunday 18 October 2026, from 8 am to noon, in Chatt Mariem, in Sousse Governorate. Avenue Misk Ellil and the El [name truncated] junction are among the areas affected, according to the STEG Sousse-North district.
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The ELMED Tunisia-Italy power line project has secured more than 1,355.7 million euros in funding for a 49-kilometre link in Tunisia. The Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company is overseeing the project, whose resettlement plan was reviewed in Zaghouan, according to Lapresse.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: Lapresse ·
Tunisia’s Ministry of Agriculture has deployed technical teams to tackle bacterial olive canker after outbreaks were detected in Melloulech, in Mahdia Governorate. The operations began in late September 2026 and include farm inspections, pruning affected trees and disposing of debris by controlled burning, according to the ministry.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: Webdo ·
The Rwakajunju water supply project in Tanzania’s Karagwe District is 79% complete and costs more than 63 billion shillings. It is scheduled to begin operating at the end of December and is expected to benefit more than 350,000 people, Deputy Minister for Water Mathew Kundo said.
🇹🇿 Tanzania · Source: HabariLeo ·
Tunisia received 290,678 Algerian visitors in September 2026, compared with 485,201 a year earlier, a 40.1% decline. The fall reached 32.9% in August and brought the decrease over the first nine months to 6.8%, according to figures from the Tunisian National Tourist Office reported by the Tunisian press.
🇹🇳 Tunisia · Source: Algérie 360 ·
Thousands protest against government in TunisSeveral thousand people took part in a march held in Tunis on Saturday 17 October, organised at the call of trade unions and civil society organisations. The mobilisation took place five years after President Kaïs Saïed's power grab, Le Monde reports.
Ahmed Mehdi Mezouari takes charge of Moroccan maritime fishingAhmed Mehdi Mezouari has taken office as Morocco's minister delegate responsible for maritime fishing, succeeding Zakia Driouich at a handover ceremony in Rabat. He said he wanted to continue and consolidate the projects launched by his predecessor, according to statements made during the ceremony.The week in Africa
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