Category: Tunisia

UK gives Tunisia go-head to produce AstraZeneca vaccine

February 2, 2021

Tunisia will produce British Oxford-AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine following an agreement with the United Kingdom, Health minister of the North African country confirmed on Monday. Faouzi ... Read More

Outcry in Tunisia over harsh jail sentence to three people for smoking pot

February 1, 2021

Several human rights groups and activists and social media users have denounced as unjust the ruling of a court in Tunisia which sentenced three people ... Read More

Has the Tunisian President been targeted by a poisoning attempt?

January 28, 2021

The Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed has reportedly escaped a poisoning attempt. The news was circulated by several Tunisian and Maghreb media before the Tunisian Presidency ... Read More

Tunisian Parliament rubber-stamps cabinet reshuffle

January 27, 2021

Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi won a confidence vote from the parliament for the recent cabinet shake-up that saw the entry of 11 new ministers. ... Read More

Tunisair CEO appoints international committee to help roll out recovery plan

January 26, 2021

Olfa Hamdi, the new CEO of Tunisia's national carrier, has named an international committee to help her implement a reconstruction program for the low performing ... Read More

Tunisia’s FM tests positive to covid-19 as Tunis hunts down vaccine

January 25, 2021

Tunisia’s top diplomat Othman Jerandi Sunday announced he contracted covid-19 and vowed to double down the search of vaccines for the North African country which ... Read More

Landmine wounds three people in Tunisia

January 22, 2021

Three Tunisians were injured Thursday in a landmine explosion in Gabès Governorate, according to a security source. A security source from the National Guard told ... Read More

Tunisia & Libya poised to bolster cooperation in oil sector

January 21, 2021

Tunisia and Libya have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the oil sector. Assaad Ajili, Tunisian envoy to Libya met with ... Read More

Tunisia: Protests, violent clashes break out in several cities , over 600 rounded up

January 18, 2021

Tunisia was gripped Saturday and Sunday by chaotic scenes as anger mounts over economic hardship. More than 600 people were arrested after the of riots ... Read More

Algeria to share Russian Covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine with Tunisia

January 15, 2021

Algeria will share doses of Russian covid-19 Sputnik V vaccine with its neighbor in the east reeling with spike in contaminations, Tunisia’s top diplomat Othmane ... Read More