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Category: Tunisia
Tunisia nabs senior al Qaeda member
Tunisian Interior ministry Thursday announced the arrest of a prominent member of global terror group al Qaeda preparing terror attacks in the North African country. ... Read More
Tunisia: President, Prime Minister in cold war
Tension is brewing between Tunisia’s President Kais Saied and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi with the latest silent showdown being the sacking of Interior minister Taoufik ... Read More
UN Security Council proposes dispatching of peacekeeping forces to Libya
Tunisia, President of the UN Security Council in January, called on the global body to send peacekeeping forces to Libya to support the fragile ceasefire ... Read More
Tunisia: Interior minister sacked ahead of rumored cabinet reshuffle
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Tuesday kicked Interior minister out of the cabinet without giving explanations, amid speculations of a likely cabinet shakeup. A statement ... Read More
Tunisia names new CEO for national carrier Tunisair
The Tunisian ministry of Transport and Logistic Monday named a new Chief Executive Officer for the national carrier, headless since the dismissal in July 2020 ... Read More
Tunisia: Monthly minimum wage raised by 6.5 per cent
Tunisia has raised monthly minimum wage by 6.5 per cent to help workers weather economic stress caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the powerful workers’ union, ... Read More
Tunisian women lead African & Arab women in science
Tunisian women lead UNESCO’s rating of African and Arab women participation in scientific research as 55.1 per cent of Tunisian researchers are female; the largest ... Read More
Tunisia: Two officials of trade ministry arrested taking kickbacks
Two officials of the Tunisian trade ministry have been arrested for taking kickbacks, a prominent lawmaker told the media Saturday. The officials, according to Badreddine ... Read More
Leader of Heart of Tunisia party arrested on financial corruption charges
A Tunisian court Thursday ordered the arrest of the leader of the Heart of Tunisia party, Nabil Karoui, accused of financial corruption and money laundering. ... Read More
Tunisia sends 125 troops to bolster UN peace keepers in CAR
Tunisia has sent 125 military forces to join UN peace keeping efforts in Central African Republic (CAR), a country dogged by violence. President Kais Saied ... Read More