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Tunisia
Moez Chakchouk takes charge at the port of Radès to ensure it gets $330m in US aid

Tunisia's transport minister Moez Chakchouk. © Jdidi Wassim/SOPA Images/Sipa via Reuters Connect

Foued Othman, adviser to transport minister Moez Chakchouk, is to move to the ports and merchant marine office. His job will be to ensure that the partial privatisation planned for the port of Rades is carried out, enabling it to receive a $330m grant from the US's Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC). [...]

Published on 09/07/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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