Category: Tunisia

Tunisia: Former PM Youssef Chahed suspected for backing sending of Tunisians to Syria

March 24, 2021

A former Tunisian lawmaker Tuesday finger-pointed prior Prime Minster Youssef Chahed for being involved in the sending of young Tunisians to war-torn Syria to fight ... Read More

COVID-19: Brookings Institution lists Morocco among best performers in MENA region

March 23, 2021

The Washington-based Brookings Institution highlighted Morocco’s performance in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, listing the Kingdom among the best performers in the Middle East and ... Read More

Tunisia freezes assets of three terrorism financing suspects

March 23, 2021

Tunisia’s Anti-terrorism commission, CNLCT, announced Monday it froze the assets of three Tunisians who allegedly funded terrorism activities, reports say. The CNLCT told state-run news ... Read More

Tunisia launches first satellite, “Challenge 1”

March 22, 2021

Tunisia has launched Monday its first satellite, “Challenge 1”, from Kazakhstan on board Russian Soyuz rocket 2, Webdo Tunis reports. The unmanned rocket took off ... Read More

Tunisia: 10 people sentenced to 48 years in prison on terrorism charges

March 19, 2021

A court in capital Tunis Wednesday sentenced 10 people, including five women, to 48 years in prison after they were convicted for forming a terror ... Read More

Libya: New GNU receives Tunisian president as first visiting foreign head of state

March 18, 2021

The Tunisian president visited Libya on Wednesday 17 March, the first visit by a head of state to the new leaders of the national unity ... Read More

WB supports Tunisia’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign with $100m

March 17, 2021

The World Bank has lent Tunisia $100 million for the financing of the covid-19 vaccination campaign in the North African country which still counts at ... Read More

World Bank loans Tunisia $300m to curb poverty

March 16, 2021

The World Bank has allocated Tunisia $300 million to help support more than one million Tunisian families living under the poverty line, the office of ... Read More

Tunisian President expected in Libya Wednesday

March 16, 2021

Tunisian President Kais Saied is expected in Libya on wednesday, becoming thus the first foreign leader to visit the war-torn country since the establishment of ... Read More

Convicted Tunisian media mogul to surrender to authorities

March 15, 2021

Tunisian prominent media businessman and journalist Sami Fehri said Sunday he would surrender to authorities on Tuesday after he was sentenced to eight years in ... Read More