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Kumulus, a Tunisian startup operating in water industry, won Tuesday the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development’s startup competition AgVenture aiming at supporting innovative early-stage agribusiness technology ventures in the economies where EBRD invests. The challenge unveiled the names of the winners at EBRD Consumer Rules Summit held in Zagreb, Serbia. Kumulus produces and operates […]
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki deplored his country’s descent to authoritarianism under Kais Saied and his mentor Algeria which he said “never stopped intervening in our internal affairs.” “Algeria opposed us after the revolution and spared no effort to foil Tunisian democracy,” Marzouki told Algerian opposition channel Canal 22 Algérie. The Algerian regime was intent […]
The United States has called on Tunisia’s Kais Saied to respect the freedom of opinion and expression, and voiced concern over the latest wave of arrests of political opponents including former Speaker of Parliament and leader of Tunisia’s largest opposition Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi. In a press release issued Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said […]
Tunisia under Kais Saied is backpedaling to autocracy as the president continues his crackdown on the opposition, arresting leader of Ennahda opposition party Rached Ghannouchi. Tunisian authorities also raided the headquarters of the party as part of power-consolidation by a president that disbanded the parliament and tailored a new constitution fostering his power grab, while […]
Italy will recruit 4,000 Tunisian workers, as the two countries move to spur regular migration. Antonio Tajani, Italy’s top diplomat and his visiting Tunisian counterpart Nabil Ammar who made the announcement Thursday in Rome said that the future recruits will be trained in Tunisia before deployment in the European country, Webdo Tunis reports. The recruitment […]
Tunisia’s Foreign minister Nabil Ammar is currently on a working visit to Italy, as Rome presses Tunis to curb waves of illegal migrants batting its coasts. Ammar is expected to meet with Antonio Tajani, his Italian counterpart. The two sides are to discuss global economic interests of both countries, clamping down on illegal migration, increasing […]
The UN Refugee Agency has called on Tunisia to respect the rights of sub-Saharan migrants, refugees and asylum seekers who are suffering ill-treatment, harassment, and oppression from the security forces of Kais Saied’s regime. In a press release issued Tuesday, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees voiced deep concern over the latest violent incidents that […]
The Tunisian Salvation Front asked Algeria to abstain from meddling in Tunisia’s domestic politics following remarks by the Algerian president who spoke about an Algerian role in “averting Tunisian collapse” or mediating between Tunisian political players. Under a President that sent Tunisia back to authoritarianism, Tunisia faces real prospects of economic collapse amid high inflation, […]
A Tunisian shepherd lost Monday one of his legs after a landmine exploded at mountain Mont Mghila, in the restive Kasserine province used by militants as hideout. Abdelgheni Chaâbani, the Director General of health of the governorate told local media Mosaïque Fm the shepherd who is 45 lost his right leg in the explosion and […]
After Algeria, another failing African economy, Tunisia, said it seeks to join the BRICS, a group of fast growing emerging industrial countries with diversified economies that includes Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa. The announcement was made by a proponent of the Kais Saied authoritarian presidency Mahmoud bin Mabrouk who leads the July 25 […]