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Khayam Turki, a Tunisian political activist opposed to President Kais Saied, and several other people including businessman Kamel Letaïef were arrested Saturday in capital Tunis on plot against the state charges, their defense teams have announced. The security officers in plain clothes visited, combed Turki’s house and arrested him in the early morning of Saturday […]
The World Bank has agreed to grant Tunisia a $120 million loan earmarked to facilitate access to funding by Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The announcement was made by WB vice-president for MENA region, Farid Belhaj. The credit will be dished out to financial institutions by the Ministry of Finance and then to SMEs qualified […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied fired Tuesday his Foreign Minister Othmane Jerandi and replaced him by the country’s current ambassador to Belgium, his office has announced. The office in a statement said Nabil Ammar has been appointed to take over the department from Jerandi. The statement did not provide details on the rationale behind the move, […]
Nebil Baffoun, former Chief of Tunisia’s independent electoral body (ISIE) has been banned from leaving the territory – a move he slammed as “nonsense”. Baffoun in a Saturday Facebook post indicated that he received an offer from international organization for a mission in Mauritania but he realized that he has been banned from traveling. “I […]
Chris Murphy, a US democrat Senator, said that Tunisians have lost trust in President Kais Saied, while commenting on the second round of parliamentarian elections in Tunisia which registered a law turnout. Tunisians have lost trust in President Kais Saied and Washington will not provide additional support to the North African country unless democracy is […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied conducted Monday a slight cabinet reshuffle with the replacement of two ministers in the wake of an unpopular second round of legislatives. A statement from his office announced that Ali Boughdiri replaces minister of Education Fathi Selaouti while Abdelmonam Belati takes over the ministry of Agriculture from Mohamed Ilyes. The office […]
11.3 per cent of voters casted their ballot papers during the second round of Sunday elections, Tunisia’s independent elections body, ISIE announced after the poll amid worries for a low turnout after the first round was widely boycotted. Farouk Bouasker, Head of the body made the announcement at a press conference after the poll. Some […]
Few Tunisians are expected to cast ballots in the second round of a vote for a parliament that has been stripped out of its powers as part of a power grab by President Kais Said in a context where the Tunisian economy is on the verge of collapse. The second round is taking place on […]
The multidimensional crisis that Tunisia is going through continues to worsen day by day and social tensions are increasing amid multiple challenges including decline in foreign currency reserves and the political crisis that is weakening the power of President Kais Saied. Actually, analysts are predicting that the weeks to come are likely to be untenable […]
The deteriorating social and economic situation in Tunisia has prompted the Libyan government of national unity, based in Tripoli, to send food assistance to its neighbor in a solidarity move. Nearly a hundred of Libyan trucks carrying sugar, oil, flour and rice arrived this week in Tunisia which is suffering from shortages of basic goods, […]