Category: Tunisia

Tunisia adopts 2022 budget with $2.8b deficit

December 28, 2021

Tunisia has adopted the 2022 budget short of around $2.8 billion amid economic hardship that has hit the country also gripped by an unprecedented political ... Read More

Tunisia backpedals to autocracy

December 24, 2021

Tunisia has long been hailed as an Arab Spring success story in terms of democratic reform. But on the back of economic hurdles, Tunisia’s freely ... Read More

Tunisia nabs high profile Italian mafia member

December 23, 2021

Tunisian security forces have arrested a wanted senior member of the Italian mafia who has sneaked into the North African country since 2011, Webdo Tunis ... Read More

Ex-Tunisian leader Moncef Marzouki handed four-year prison sentence for treason

December 23, 2021

A court in Tunisia sentenced former President Moncef Marzouki to four years in prison in absentia for working against the interests of the North African ... Read More

AfDB lends Tunisia €104m to implement road modernization project

December 22, 2021

The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved the allocation of €104 million to Tunisia for the implementation of the 2nd phase of the Road Infrastructure ... Read More

Fire breaks out at Ennahdha’s headquarters in Tunis killing one militant

December 10, 2021

One militant of Ennahdha, the largest party in Tunisia’s suspended Parliament died Thursday at headquarters of the political organization after a fire broke out of ... Read More

Looming debt crisis haunts Tunisia’s economy

December 9, 2021

Tunisia is facing the real risk of defaulting on its external debt which has reached 100% of GDP compared to 35% in 2010. The credit ... Read More

EBRD grants Tunisia €49m for water projects

December 8, 2021

The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced Tuesday the allocation of €49 million in form of credit facility to finance water projects in ... Read More

Palestinian President in Tunisia this Tuesday

December 7, 2021

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas is set to visit Tunisia this Tuesday at the invitation of his Tunisian counterpart Kais Saied to discuss the Palestinian cause. ... Read More

Tunisia: President sacks country’s Paris, Milan consuls, orders audits

December 6, 2021

Kais Saied has terminated the diplomatic jobs of Tunisia's consuls in Paris and Milan and ordered a financial audit of the missions, his office announced ... Read More