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Washington will slash its economic assistance to Tunisia next year over the authoritarian path taken by authorities, said Samantha Power, the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). The US diplomat has not indicated the amount of the cut off but added that the move is due to “the disappointing turn taken […]
Several Tunisian personalities on Tuesday announced the creation of the National Authority for the Defense of Rights and Democracy, which seeks to “defend rights and democracy and fight against human rights violations in Tunisia.” The authority’s objectives and working method were presented Tuesday by the constitutive committee at a news conference, reported TAP news agency. […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) extends Attijari bank Tunisia a $1.6 million loan to enable pharmaceutical company Teriak enhance productivity and improve energy efficiency. The risk-sharing facility will help Teriak purchase new machinery & equipment and to undertake maintenance work at its Jebel Ouest facility. The funding will complement investment by the […]
Tunisia’s Justice Ministry has commissioned an investigation into causes of a gas explosion at the house of Interior Minister Taoufik Charefeddine, Webdo Tunis reports. An explosion rocked the Minister’s house on Monday. The authorities blamed gas leak as cause of the blast. The explosion took place in the kitchen, the interior ministry said in a […]
Rached Ghannouchi, speaker of the Tunisian dissolved legislature and leader of the Islamist party Ennahdha has told BBC that his movement’s greatest political mistake is backing incumbent President Kais Saied for his election in 2019 during the snap presidential elections in the wake of the demise of former leader Caid Essebsi. “Political action was human […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Thursday indicated that the North African country will not invite foreign observers for July 25 referendum to usher in a new republic arguing that the Arab nation is not an “occupied territory”. Saied made the announcement as he inaugurated new members of the national election Commission, ISIE. The President announced recently […]
Tunisia’s interior ministry Tuesday indicated that several terror threats were thwarted during the fasting month of Ramadan thanks to the work of security forces. Spokesperson for the ministry, Fadhila Khelifi, who made the announcement did not elaborate on the types of threats and places where the planned attacks were to occur, Webdo Tunis reports. Khelifi […]
The Tunisian tennis woman Ons Jabeur made history Sunday as she lifted the Madrid Open title, her greatest victory so far in history, after she defeated US opponent Jessica Pegula. It took 2 hours for the 27-year old woman to overcome Pegula by score of 7-5, 0-6, 6-2. With this win, Ons Jabeur becomes the […]
Russia’s top diplomat Serguei Lavrov has cancelled a trip to Tunisia initially planned for May 9-10, Tunisie Numerique has revealed. A source aware of the cancellation has told the media that the Russian Foreign Minister will not visit the North African country as indicated, owing to current international crisis that is opposing Russia to Ukraine. […]
An explosion Wednesday in a cement plant located in the Kasserine governorates, west-central Tunisia, caused injuries to 12 workers according to the first count, reports say. The tragedy occurred after a machine exploded during the production process, reports note citing labor union at the plant located in the town of Feriana. The office of the […]