Tunisia
Equipment and Housing Minister Salah Zouari, who also oversees mines, told the Egypt Mining Forum in Cairo that Tunisia wants to rebuild its phosphate industry and reclaim its former standing among the world's leading producers, through private investment, modern mining technology and deeper regional cooperation. Tunisian phosphate output fell from 8.1 million tonnes in 2010 to under 4 million tonnes in recent years, and a separate 110 million euro EBRD-backed plan is already under way to modernise the Gafsa mining company.
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Webdo · Monday, 28 September 2026
Tunisia's Economy Minister Samir Abdelhafidh said the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank is studying financing for an urban transport project, which would be the bank's first financed operation in the country. AIIB president Zou Jiayi pledged to deepen cooperation with Tunisia and examine further infrastructure projects under the country's next five-year development plan.
Tunisia's State Secretary for Energy Transition Wael Chouchane met a delegation from the US International Development Finance Corporation (DFC) to discuss investment opportunities in energy, hydrocarbons, renewables and mining. Officials from the Gafsa phosphate company, the Tunisian Chemical Group and the state utility STEG attended, and both sides agreed to keep talks going on specific projects.
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Kapitalis · Monday, 28 September 2026
Tunisia led Botswana 2-1 on September 28 in an Africa Cup of Nations 2027 qualifier on a Hazem Mastouri double, before Lebogang Ditsele equalised in the 60th minute to make it 2-2. The result leaves Tunisia level on points with Botswana after two matches, in a group where Libya and Uganda still have their own fixture to play.
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Webdo · Monday, 28 September 2026
Economist Moez Soussi told Diwan FM that Tunisia's fuel subsidy bill could reach around 11.2 billion dinars in 2026, more than double the roughly 5 billion budgeted on an assumed price of $63.3 a barrel. He said the barrel has averaged around $95 this year and topped $104 at points amid Middle East tensions, an unbudgeted gap he put at 6.288 billion dinars. Consumer fuel prices have not moved since 2021, and Soussi raised the possibility of a supplementary finance law to cover the shortfall.
The national water utility SONEDE said in a statement issued Monday evening that preventive maintenance at the Zarat desalination plant will disrupt drinking water supply in parts of Médenine, Tataouine and Gabès from 18:00 on Wednesday, 30 September. Higher-altitude areas and the ends of the network will be hit hardest: Médenine Nord and Sud, Djerba, Ben Guerdane and Sidi Makhlouf in Médenine; Tataouine Nord and Sud and Ghomrassen; and Gabès city, Mareth and Gabès Sud. SONEDE said supply will resume gradually from 22:00 on Thursday, 1 October.
Europe
Hungary's parliament voted to lift the immunity of Prime Minister Péter Magyar, who asked for the move himself to answer prosecutors' claim that he took a man's phone during an altercation in a Budapest nightclub and threw it into the Danube, and of two former ministers from Viktor Orbán's government accused of corruption. One faces embezzlement allegations over 40 million euros in public funds; the other is accused of taking bribes worth more than 37 million dollars. Orbán's Fidesz and its ally, the KDNP, boycotted the vote.
EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas said a planned emergency protocol for hybrid, gray-zone attacks should spell out what member states can actually do, unlike NATO's consultative Article 4, and that it must work with the alliance rather than duplicate it. She said the EU's Operation Aspides, which protects Red Sea shipping lanes, needs more resources to keep up the mission.
Defence Secretary Wes Streeting said it is too soon to attribute a suspected explosives plot near RAF Fairford, the British base used for US strikes on Iran, to any foreign state, after the five British nationals arrested on suspicion of terror offences, whose detention this paper already reported, remain in custody. Police declared a major incident near the base as the investigation, including a possible Iran link, continues.
