First Independent Mena Newspaper
As many as 638.100 Tunisians were jobless during the third quarter of the year (Q3), accounting for 15.8 per cent of the active population, the country’s statistical Agency announced Wednesday. The 15.8 per cent translates a rise in the unemployment. 15.6 per cent of the active population in Q2 was unemployed, the agency notes. The […]
Olfa Hamdi, former Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Tunisia’s national carrier and founder of La troisième République [The Third Republic] movement, will run for the presidency during the next elections. Hamdi unveiled her plans over the weekend and presented herself as the suitable replacement of incumbent Kais Saied whose election in 2019 has harmed so […]
An investigative judge in Tunisia has convicted five people from a European country for belonging to a terror group after investigations at an apartment led to the seizure of fire arms, drogue and foreign passports, Tunisie Numerique reports. The judge from the country’s anti-terrorism service ordered imprisonment of five arrested two weeks ago at Baraket […]
Ahmed Melki aka Al Somali (The Somalian), the most prominent of the five terrorists who escaped from prison on November 1 in the Tunisian town of Mornaguia, has been arrested by residents of a district in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. Melki had reportedly been active in several terror groups and received military trainings. Melki was […]
The Islamist Ennahdha party, Tunisia’s largest political movement, has appointed Ajmi Ourimi as the new Secretary General of the party since the resignation of Zied Laadhari who stepped down in the wake of the 2019 legislatives. The shura council of the party reportedly met October 30-31 to agree on the prerogatives of the new Secretary […]
Tunisia’s Interior ministry announced Tuesday October 31 the removal of both Director General of Special Services and of General Intelligence few moments after five high profile terrorists managed to break away from a prison in the town of Mornaguia, 14km from capital Tunis. The terrorists namely Ahmed Melki aka “Le Somalien”, Ameur Balâazi, Raed Touati, […]
Tunisian counterterrorism security forces arrested Tuesday October 24 in Zaghouan governorate 12 men forming a terror cell allegedly preparing terror attacks in the North African country. The home security directorate said in a statement that the men, Salafists from El Fahs, who have been under surveillance, used to meet repeatedly and secretly. The cell members […]
Antonio Tajani, Italy’s Foreign minister, is set to visit Tunisia today October 20 in view of inking with the North African country another deal for the recruitment of thousands of Tunisian regular workers as part of efforts by the two countries to curb illegal migration. “On Friday, I’ll be in Tunisia, as the issue obviously […]
Tunisia’s President fired Tuesday October 17 the country’s Minister of Economy Samir Saïed amid economic hardship that has gripped the North African country. Saied’s office said Finance Minister Sihem Nemsia will also double as caretaker of the ministry. Tunisia has been facing economic distress caused by the Covid-19 pandemic and the ongoing Russia-Ukraine. Many partners […]
The US embassy in Tunis announced Wednesday October 11 the suspension of services for two days, October 12-13, for security reasons on the backdrop of a demonstration in support of Palestine amid the conflict between Israel and Hamas. Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT is organizing this October 12 a nationwide demonstration in favor of Palestine, […]