Category: Tunisia

Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur makes history as she wins first WTA Title

June 21, 2021

Tunisia’s top ranking woman tennis player Ons Jabeur Sunday became the first Arab woman to win a Women Tennis Association (WTA) title as she defeated ... Read More

Italy grants Tunisia €200m for development projects

June 17, 2021

Italy Wednesday pledged to finance up to €200 million development projects in Tunisia as part of a cooperation agreement between the two countries. The grant ... Read More

Tunisia: President accuses unnamed parties for plotting his removal & assassination

June 16, 2021

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Tuesday finger-pointed unspecified parties in the North African country that he believes attempted to remove him from power and even assassinate ... Read More

Tunisian former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui freed from detention

June 16, 2021

Nabil Karoui, head of Heart of Tunisia party and business mogul detained for alleged corruption and tax evasion, has been set free, his defense told ... Read More

Tunisian Parliament Speaker targeted by death threats

June 11, 2021

The largest party in the Tunisian Parliament, Ennahdha, Thursday said the Speaker of the legislature Rached Ghannouchi is the target of alleged death threats without ... Read More

Tunisia: Landmine blast injures soldier in restive Kasserine province

June 10, 2021

A Tunisian soldier sustained injuries Wednesday after an artisanal landmine exploded in the military zone of the restive Kasserine province, Webdo Tunis reports. The blast ... Read More

Tunisia hands death penalty to murderer of police officer killed in 2017

June 9, 2021

A court in Tunisia sentenced to death a takfiri for the murder of Commandant Riadh Barrouta killed in a stabbing attack back in 2017 at ... Read More

Tunisia: Nabil Karoui admitted to hospital after hunger strike

June 8, 2021

Nabil Karoui, head of Tunisia’s largest party in the parliament and media mogul has been admitted to hospital early Tuesday after he began a hunger ... Read More

Tunisia: Former Presidential candidate Karoui starts hunger strike in prison

June 7, 2021

Head of Heart of Tunisia party and Former Presidential candidate, Nabil Karoui, started Saturday a hunger strike in prison to protest against his continued detention ... Read More

Tunisia’s leading party slams military court trial of blogger

June 2, 2021

Ennahdha, the largest party in the Tunisian legislature, Tuesday slammed the condemnation of a prominent blogger by a military court following a lawsuit lodged by ... Read More