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A Tunisian court has banned the crew of the vessel which sank last Saturday in the Gulf of Gabes, with 750 tons of diesel fuel in its tanks, to leave amid ongoing investigations. Mohamed Karray, the spokesperson of Gabes Court of First Instance, Wednesday told local radio Mosaique fm that authorities have detained skipper Georgian, […]
Tunisia’s Environment Minister Leila Chikhaoui said Sunday the North African country will demand compensation for intervention operations after Xelo tanker sank in the Gulf of Gabes, with 750 tons of diesel fuel in its tanks. Xelo, navigating with Equatorial Guinea flag and hailing from the Egyptian port of Damietta to Malta, sank Saturday morning in […]
Members of the European Parliament’s Foreign Affairs Committee, who visited Tunis this week, urged all political stakeholders in Tunisia to hold «a real inclusive dialogue as soon as possible» so as to resolve the political and economic crisis.” At a press conference held at the headquarters of the European Union delegation in Tunis, MEPs stressed […]
The National Union of Tunisian Journalists, SNJT, has condemned the arrest Thursday of Chahrazed Akacha for criticizing the management of the interior ministry and called for her immediate release. Following this call, the journalist’s lawyer Samir Dilou announced this Friday, April 15 that Chahrazad Akacha has been released. The National Union of Tunisian Journalists warned […]
Tunisia has received $700 million in credit facility from African Export–Import Bank known as Afreximbank. President Kais Saied, according to a statement by the state-run television, approved the credit line requested by the Central Bank of Tunis. The statement neither provided details on the period of the loan nor the interest rate. […]
Egyptian billionaire Naguib Sawiris is planning to visit Tunisia “soon” and would announce resumption of one of his mega projects in the North African country. Sources told Egyptian media Acharaa that Sawiris might meet with “senior officials, including the Tunisian President.” “The meetings will discuss among others a mega tourism project in one of […]
Libya will take the brunt of Tunisia’s decision to ban export of vegetables in a bid to curb inflation, Libya Observer has commented as the oil-rich African country accounted for 60 per cent of the foreign market of Tunisia’s vegetable exports. Mohamed Ali Ferchichi, spokesman for Tunisia’s Ministry of Trade, indicated Wednesday that four vegetables […]
Libyan authorities have released 24 Tunisian fishermen who were arrested late last week. The fishermen were arrested on Friday on board three ships from Sfax and Mahdia, the Head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights, Mustafa Abdelkabir, said. The latest release follows that of six other fishermen on April 5, after more than one […]
Tunisia Monday submitted its candidacy to host the new headquarters of the African Medicines Agency (AMA), several days after Egypt expressed willingness to provide a venue for the construction of the agency’s continental office. Tunisia’s Minister of Health Ali M’rabet made the offer as he received Aggrey John Douglas Ambali, an African Union (AU) official […]
Hundreds of Tunisians took to the streets Sunday, April 10 in Tunis, for the largest protest against President Kais Saied since he took office. Despite numerous checkpoints and controls, hundreds of people gathered on Bourguiba Avenue, at the call of Islamist Ennahdha party and “Citizens Against the Coup”, a grassroots initiative. The demonstrators demanded the […]