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Travel operator Thomas Cook has cancelled all British bookings to Tunisia until 31st of October as security fears grow following a wave of violent protests across the North African country. These cancellations deal a hard blow to the tourism sector of this country branded by security experts as a high-risk destination. The Foreign Office still […]
Around 3,000 law enforcement agents marched towards the presidential palace Carthage Monday to claim better work conditions and risk premiums while social riots across the country are still going on. The protest has been in the pipeline since the November 2015 suicide attack in Tunis which killed 12 members of the presidential palace guard unit. […]
Amid the ongoing protests, Prime Minister Essid vowed at a press conference Saturday that Tunisia will continue to nurture and protect its young democracy “whatever the cost” while appealing for calm, national unity and complete security across the country. Prime Minister Essid called on Tunisians not to follow people seeking to “destroy the democratic transition” […]
Social protests in Kasserine and other regions of the country have spilled into the capital city Tunis with demonstrations and looting in two popular neighborhoods of the capital. A group of youth demonstrators reportedly burnt a security check-point on Thursday and blocked the main road in Hay al-Tadamon with burning tires. The neighborhood housing thousands […]
Few days after Nidaa Touness, which is leading Tunisia’s coalition government, lost its majority in the parliament following the resignation of 28 deputies from the party over the past few months, the fate of the party is in shambles as 10 senior leaders turned their back in what seems to be an unending trend. Among […]
January 14 is a day of remembrance for Tunisia, which is celebrating this year the fifth anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s departure from the country and the zenith of its revolution. Despite the ongoing security threats in the country, thousands of Tunisians on Thursday flocked en masse to Tunis’ city centre, parading about […]
Tunisian Tourism authorities have announced injection of around 24 billion euros in 2016 to boost the tourism industry which has been seriously hit by two major terrorist attacks leading to an acute slump in the number of international arrivals, reports say. Abdellatif Hmam, Head of the Tunisian Tourism Authority made the announcement on Saturday during […]
The congress held by Nidaa Touness on Sunday, the first since the party was established in 2012, confirmed that the party is falling apart as more MPs resigned from the party which lost its majority to Ennahda. Party members claimed that 42 members of the political bureau also resigned to protest the increasing dominance of […]
Tunisian political opposition Thursday laid into President Caid Essebsi and his Premier Essid for lying to the people of Tunisia adding that new cabinet appointed this week is a gift to the Islamist party, Ennahdha. For lawmaker Mongi Rahoui, member of the Popular Front, President Caid Essebsi and the ruling party failed to keep its […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid amid growing criticism targeting his management of affairs appointed a new cabinet marked by 13 new entries including news secretaries at Foreign and Interior Ministries in a bid to boost efficiency. Most members of the former cabinet have kept their places following the reshuffle except handful of ministers including Foreign […]