Category: Tunisia

Tunisia prolongs state of emergency for an additional month

April 30, 2020

President Kais Saied Wednesday extended for one month the state of emergency in place since November 2015 after a suicide attack killed a dozen of ... Read More

Tunisia debunks claims it validated same sex marriage

April 29, 2020

The Tunisian government Tuesday denied claims by the country’s leading LGBT group that it has approved a same marriage, adding that the North African country ... Read More

FBI pays tribute to Tunisian security force killed in terror attack near US embassy

April 28, 2020

The Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has paid homage to a Tunisian security force who thwarted in early March terror attack on security checkpoint, in ... Read More

FBI pays tribute to Tunisian officer killed in terror attack

April 28, 2020

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation, FBI, has paid homage to a Tunisian security force who was killed when thwarting, early March, a terror attack ... Read More

Tunisia: Alleged recognition of first same sex marriage triggers controversy

April 27, 2020

The recent announcement by an association militating for the decriminalization of homosexuality in Tunisia claiming that the North African country has validated a same sex ... Read More

European Commission to grant Tunisia €600m to face covid-19 impacts

April 23, 2020

The European Commission will grant Tunisia a €600 million loan to help the country limit the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic. Tunisia is part ... Read More

About 600 Tunisians stranded in Libya break border to return home

April 21, 2020

Around 600 Tunisians stranded in Libya broke main crossing point between the two countries to return home, Webdo Tunis reports. The Tunisian nationals according to ... Read More

Tunisia: Soldier wounded in landmine blast in restive Kasserine

April 20, 2020

A blast from a landmine Sunday injured a Tunisian soldier during a patrol in restive Kasserine governorate, Webdo Tunis reports. The army, in a statement, ... Read More

Terrorists plotting covid-19 contamination attack on Tunisian security forces arrested

April 17, 2020

The Tunisian National Unit for Investigation into Terrorist Crimes Thursday said it thwarted a plot by a group of terrorists planning to contaminate security forces ... Read More

Tunisia forecasts $1.4bn-loss in revenue in tourism sector over Coronavirus pandemic

April 16, 2020

Tunisia is expecting about $1.4 billion-loss in revenue in the tourism sector this year as result of impacts of the novel coronavirus pandemic, a document ... Read More