Tag: Tunisia

Tunisia Risks Early Parliamentary Elections as Government Formation Stalls

February 18, 2020

Tunisian President Kais Saied said the country faces risk of early parliamentary elections if the line-up proposed by designate Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh fails to ... Read More

CIA used encryption company to spy on Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, others for 50 years

February 13, 2020

Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia were in a long list of countries the CIA spied on using encryption company for 50 years, in a case that ... Read More

Tunisia: Tourism Minister Demands Apology after French MP Called for Boycott

February 10, 2020

Tunisian Minister of Tourism René Trabelsi has strongly denounced comments made by a French-Jewish MP who called for boycotting Tourism in Tunisia. The French lawmaker, ... Read More

Tunisia: Afreximbank to support private and public enterprises & banks with $1.3bn loan

February 5, 2020

The African Export–Import Bank, Afreximbank, will lend Tunisia $1.3 billion to support public and private enterprises as well as public and private banks. Afreximbank director ... Read More

Tunisia: Ennhadha Refuses to Sign Contract Memo of Prime Minister; Calls for a Unity Gvt

February 4, 2020

Tunisian parliament leading party Ennhadha has refused to sign the contract memorandum submitted by Prime Minister designate to parties taking part in consultations on the ... Read More

Algeria to Iject $150m into Tunisia’s Central Bank

February 3, 2020

Algeria Sunday pledged to inject $150 million into the Tunisian Central Bank, BCT, in support to its neighbor, which has been struggling financially and economically ... Read More

Tunisia: State of Emergency Extended for Three Months

January 31, 2020

Tunisian President Kais Saied has extended for three months the state of emergency in place since November 2015 following a series of deadly attacks that ... Read More

Tunisia: Around 43 Tunisians still Held in Libyan Prisons

January 29, 2020

About 43 Tunisians are currently held in prisons in Libya over membership in terrorist organizations charges, the director general of consular affairs has said. The ... Read More

Tunisia: Ennahdha in Disagreement with PM Designate, Considers Snap Elections

January 28, 2020

The largest group in the Tunisian parliament, Ennahda, said this Tuesday the North African country could head towards new legislatives, noting that it will not ... Read More

Tunisia: Six children of slain ISIS fighters in Libya to be repatriated

January 24, 2020

A delegation of Tunisian authorities arrived Thursday in Misrata, Libya’s third city, to repatriate six children of Tunisians killed in the ranks of the Islamic ... Read More