Tunis to host first American university in the Maghreb

By Wagdy Sawahel. Tunisia is to host a US$100 million American university that will be completely operational by 2020 and will be the first of its kind in the Arab Maghreb region, which comprises the North African countries of Algeria, Libya, Mauritania, Morocco and Tunisia.
A partnership agreement on the university’s creation, between Tunisia’s private Université Montplaisir Tunis, or UMT, and a number of United States universities, including Clayton State, was signed on 27 January in Tunis, according to a press report. More...