Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]
Italy’s Interior and Foreign Ministers are expected this Monday in Tunisia to raise the thorny issue of migration as waves of departures from the shores of the North African country are increasing. Luciana Lamorgese and Luigi Di Maio’s visit, according to Italian media, highlights “Italy’s interest for a country that is facing challenges”. It also […]
Jama’a Nusrat ul-Islam wa al-Muslimin, a terrorist group affiliated to al Qaeda, claimed Wednesday September 27 responsibility for a car bomb attack against a military base of the Malian army near the ancient city of Timbuktu, a theater of ongoing fighting between the forces and the militants. The attack took place 35km South-West of the […]
