Cultural activities in Tunisia, including festivals, will resume this summer after almost one year hiatus, caretaker interim Culture minister announced Wednesday. Habib Ammar made the announcement at a meeting in Hammamet, Nabeul Governorate, with regional culture delegates, Webdo Tunis reports. Tunisia last year imposed a ban on all culture events as part of the […]
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Tunisia: Former PM Youssef Chahed suspected for backing sending of Tunisians to Syria
A former Tunisian lawmaker Tuesday finger-pointed prior Prime Minster Youssef Chahed for being involved in the sending of young Tunisians to war-torn Syria to fight in the ranks of radical terror groups, reports say. The accusation was laid by Fatma Mseddi, a former member of a parliamentary commission investigating networks suspected for sending Tunisian youth […]
COVID-19: Brookings Institution lists Morocco among best performers in MENA region
The Washington-based Brookings Institution highlighted Morocco’s performance in the vaccination campaign against Covid-19, listing the Kingdom among the best performers in the Middle East and North Africa region. In a paper titled “One year of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: The fate of the ‘best performers’”, the Institution underlined the strong initial […]
Tunisia freezes assets of three terrorism financing suspects
Tunisia’s Anti-terrorism commission, CNLCT, announced Monday it froze the assets of three Tunisians who allegedly funded terrorism activities, reports say. The CNLCT told state-run news agency TAP that the three individuals, whose names have not been disclosed, physically financed terrorism activities. Tunisia has set up the CNLCT to prevent terrorism in a country that witnessed […]
Tunisia launches first satellite, “Challenge 1”
Tunisia has launched Monday its first satellite, “Challenge 1”, from Kazakhstan on board Russian Soyuz rocket 2, Webdo Tunis reports. The unmanned rocket took off from Baikonour Cosmodrome, carrying 37 other satellites from 17 other countries including Saudi Arabia, Japan, Germany and South Korea. President Kais Saied attended the launching from Telnet Holding office, the […]
Tunisia: 10 people sentenced to 48 years in prison on terrorism charges
A court in capital Tunis Wednesday sentenced 10 people, including five women, to 48 years in prison after they were convicted for forming a terror group. The defendants were arrested in 2017 in several governorates in the north of the country. They admitted the formation of the terror cell and allegiance to the […]
Libya: New GNU receives Tunisian president as first visiting foreign head of state
The Tunisian president visited Libya on Wednesday 17 March, the first visit by a head of state to the new leaders of the national unity government. The menu of the meeting was copious: the fate of the families of jihadists, the position towards Israel and economic cooperation. During the eight-hour visit, Tunisian President Kais […]
WB supports Tunisia’s Covid-19 vaccination campaign with $100m
The World Bank has lent Tunisia $100 million for the financing of the covid-19 vaccination campaign in the North African country which still counts at least 1,037 active cases. The announcement was made by Férid Belhadj, World Bank Group Vice President for Middle East and North Africa on the sideline of a meeting with President […]
World Bank loans Tunisia $300m to curb poverty
The World Bank has allocated Tunisia $300 million to help support more than one million Tunisian families living under the poverty line, the office of President Kais Saied said Monday. The announcement came following a meeting between the Tunisian President and Férid Belhadj, World Bank Group Vice President for MENA region. Financial support, the […]
Tunisian President expected in Libya Wednesday
Tunisian President Kais Saied is expected in Libya on wednesday, becoming thus the first foreign leader to visit the war-torn country since the establishment of a new central administration. The visit aims at backing the democratic process in Libya and at further enhancing relations between the two countries, the presidential office said. The visit […]