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Head of the Tunisian government, Youssef Chahed, is paying on June 18-19 an official visit to Morocco where he will attend the 19th session of the Moroccan-Tunisian High Joint Committee. Leading a delegation comprising several Tunisian cabinet members, Chahed will hold talk with his Moroccan counterpart Saad Eddine El Othmani on a set of issues […]
President Essebsi of Tunisia has decided to extend the State of Emergency in the country by four months effective this Thursday June 15. The decision was made after consultations with the Prime Minister and the Parliament Speaker but details about what led to the extension were not revealed. However, a source at the presidency said […]
Morocco and Tunisia are listed in a group of five African countries that have first pledged reforms under the Compact with Africa Initiative, a Germany’s flagship G20-Africa Partnership project aiming to improve economic conditions across the continent. The three other countries having registered their interest with the G20 are Côte d’Ivoire, Rwanda and Senegal. More […]
A Tunisian man has been handed one month-in-jail sentence Monday for smoking, during the holy month of Ramadan. The man was seen smoking outside a courthouse in Bizerte by a court official who informed the police, a prosecution official told news agency AFP. The court gave the man 10 days to appeal otherwise the ruling […]
The film commissions of Andalucia and Tangiers, Italy’s Rome Lazio Film Commission, Spain’s Film Commission, France’s Ile-de-France and the Carthage Film Festival have agreed to foster film industry ties among Mediterranean countries. They have agreed to set up a Euro-Mediterranean Audiovisual Centre. The pact was spearheaded by Lazio Film Commission president Luciano Sovena who has […]
Tunisian army fired shots in the air to warn off and break up protesters calling for jobs who attempted to disrupt a gas pumping station in the southern province of Tatouine, media reports said. The protesters were camping outside the El Kamour pumping station in Tatouine province demanding more jobs and bigger share of the […]
Tunisians this weekend marched through the streets of capital city Tunis to protest against a bill that would grant amnesty to businessmen, accused of corruption under the former administration. Under the draft bill, corrupted businessmen would be spared any prosecution if they reveal the stolen funds and pay them back. Protesters claim the bill contradicts […]
As is the case with France and mainstream Europe, North Africa on France’s Mediterranean neighbourhood breath a sigh of relief after Centrist Emanuel Macron decisively defeated Far-rightist Marine Le Pen in one of a thrilling and tumultuous presidential election campaign. As soon as Macron’s victory was announced North African leaders, notably France’s former colonies, Morocco, […]
The Algerian Foreign Ministry Sunday summoned Tunisia’s ambassador to protest recent comments by a Tunisian minister referring to Algeria as “a communist state”. Abdelmajid Ferchichi was summoned to the Foreign Ministry to provide clarification over the remarks on Algeria made by minister for local affairs Riadh Mouakher in Rome on May 4. Algiers has condemned […]
The battered tourism sector in Tunisia has received a much needed boost from China’s Shanghai World Travel Fair which celebrated the north African country as the “Best African Tourist Destination in 2017”. This timely distinction will add fresh impetus to the tourism sector in Tunisia as it seeks to diversify its tourist sources. It will […]