Tag: Tunisia

  • European Union trains North African authorities to control the Internet

    European Union trains North African authorities to control the Internet

    Under the neighbourhood policy the southern Mediterranean countries are supported with a police programme. Since 2004 measures in “cyberspace” are on the agenda. Once again, this is the surveillance of social networks, upload platforms and video telephony. The European Union…

  • Germany assists Tunisia with electronic border surveillance system

    Germany assists Tunisia with electronic border surveillance system

    The German Ministry of Defence is supporting Tunisia in the development of an electronic border surveillance system. An already-existing barrier is now being extended along the Libyan border to the border town of Borj AI Khadra in the Sahara. The…

  • A seahorse for the Mediterranean: Border surveillance for Libyan search and rescue zone

    A seahorse for the Mediterranean: Border surveillance for Libyan search and rescue zone

    Libya is to become the first third-state to join the EU’s satellite-supported “Seahorse Mediterranean” network. The Italian military is currently setting up the necessary control centres, to be followed by a new application for a search and rescue zone, supported…

  • Germany funds new border control technology in Tunisia

    Germany funds new border control technology in Tunisia

    Tunisian border authorities are receiving equipment and training assistance from the German Bundeswehr and the Border Police in the course of a number of projects. Existing measures are now being extended. Manufacturers of surveillance technology stand to benefit. The German…