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Category: Tunisia
Tunisian Prime Minister sacks five ministers amid ongoing political deadlock
Tunisian Premier Hichem Mechichi announced Monday he threw out five ministers of his disputed new cabinet arguing that the move is meant to improve government ... Read More
Landmine blast injures teenage girl in Tunisia
A landmine explosion hurt Monday in Tunisia’s restive Kasserine province, a teenage girl aged 13, several days after four soldiers were slain in a similar ... Read More
Tunisia: Deadlock between President, Prime Minister continues
Tunisian President Kais Saied Wednesday rejected the idea of calling on foreign intervention in the conflict opposing him and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi over the ... Read More
Ennahdha rejects allegations party members signed petition seeking to ouster Speaker of Parliament
The dominant party in the Tunisian legislature, Ennahdha, Tuesday rejected claims that some of its members have joined the 73 signatories of a petition asking ... Read More
Fresh vote of no confidence targets Tunisian parliament speaker; cabinet reshuffle still stalled
As many as 73 Tunisian lawmakers have signed a petition seeking to unseat the speaker of parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, who managed to secure his position ... Read More
Algeria stood in the way of Tunisia’s Jasmin Revolution- Former President
Moncef Marzouki, first President of post-Arab Spring Tunisia, made headlines again by accusing Algeria of standing in the way of the Jasmin Revolution against Ben ... Read More
BERD lends Tunisia €300m earmarked for energy stabilization during pandemic
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €300 million financing package to Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (STEG) to ... Read More
Four Tunisian soldiers slain in mine explosion
A mine explosion killed Wednesday four Tunisian soldiers in the province of Kasserine during a patrol. The fatalities, Tunisian presidency notes, occurred during a military ... Read More
UK gives Tunisia go-head to produce AstraZeneca vaccine
Tunisia will produce British Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine following an agreement with the United Kingdom, Health minister of the North African country confirmed on Monday. Faouzi ... Read More
Outcry in Tunisia over harsh jail sentence to three people for smoking pot
Several human rights groups and activists and social media users have denounced as unjust the ruling of a court in Tunisia which sentenced three people ... Read More