Head of Government Sarra Zaâfrani Zenzri chaired a restricted ministerial council on 9 October that set a target of 35 percent of electricity production from renewables by 2030. The plan includes a third 300-megawatt gas turbine at Borj El Amri, a 200-megawatt solar plant with battery storage in Tataouine, and a 300-megawatt cut in peak demand, following the power cuts that hit Tunisia in July. That comes in addition to the 300-megawatt solar plant with battery storage at Bazma in Kébili reported earlier this month.
Tunisia's imports of Russian diesel and petrol averaged 24,000 barrels a day in the first nine months of 2026, half of last year's 48,000, according to the specialized platform Attaqa and Tunisia's statistics institute INS. Russia's share of Tunisia's refined fuel imports fell from 61.5 percent to 35.8 percent after Moscow curbed exports in July to protect its own supply following Ukrainian strikes on its refineries, with Italy, the Netherlands, Egypt and Spain filling part of the gap. Tunisia's energy trade deficit still widened, to 8.93 billion dinars from 7.15 billion a year earlier.
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Webdo · Sunday, 11 October 2026
Tunisian exports to the Democratic Republic of Congo reached 25.2 million dinars in the first eight months of 2026, up 140 percent from about 10.5 million in the same period last year and the highest figure ever recorded for that period, according to the export promotion agency CEPEX. Three Tunisian firms, including SOFAP Bâtiment and LUXOR, took part in the EXPOBETON trade fair in Kinshasa from 7 to 10 October, where Congolese President Félix Tshisekedi visited the Tunisian pavilion alongside Prime Minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka.
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Webdo · Sunday, 11 October 2026
