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Category: Tunisia
Tunisia’s Ennahdha appoints new Secretary General
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 ... Read More
Tunisia: Two top home security commanders fired in wake of prison-break by five terrorists
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 ... Read More
Tunisia: 12-member terror cell ‘preparing attacks’ dismantled in Zaghouan
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 ... Read More
Italy’s top diplomat to visit Tunisia today October 20
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 ... Read More
Kais Saied fires Minister of Economy
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 ... Read More
US Embassy in Tunis suspends services for two days over security concerns
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 ... Read More
Tunisia: Arrest of an opposition party leader
The leader of the Free Destourian Party (PDL), one of the main opposition parties in Tunisia, was placed in conditional detention on Tuesday after she ... Read More
Cash-strapped Tunis rejects EU’s migration control for money deal
Tunisia’s authoritarian president Kais Saied rejected an EU offer for aid in return for a tighter control on illegal migration. “Tunisia rejects what the EU ... Read More
Tunisian NGO slams ‘instrumentalization’ of justice against political opponents
The Tunisian League for Human Rights (LTDH) has launched a fervent plea, urging the authorities to abandon legal proceedings against two lawyers who have been ... Read More
Ghannouchi to start hunger strike this Friday September 29
Tunisia’s Ennahda Party leader Rached Ghannouchi is set to start this Friday September 29 a hunger strike from prison to protest against his detention since ... Read More