Despite ongoing diplomatic efforts, French researcher Victor Dupont, who was arrested on October 19 in Tunisia, remains in custody, and his friends and colleagues at Aix-Marseille University have now launched a petition demanding his release. Three weeks after his arrest, negotiations with Tunisian authorities have yet to yield results, and frustration is mounting among Dupont’s […]
Tunisian defense ministry said Sunday soldiers killed a woman and wounded a man mistakenly taken for an armed group, as they were driving past the soldiers. The incident happened in the western region of Kasserine on Saturday. Lt-Col. Belhassen Oueslati, spokesperson for the defense ministry, told reporters that the army had earlier received tips about […]
The head of the Libyan Investment Authority (LIA), Mohsen Derregia, who has been sacked by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan but still reluctant to leave office, has said that the decision is costing the country millions. He was replaced under a government policy but the decision is being challenged in court. The defiant Derregia claimed that […]
