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Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi dismissed the country’s Minister of Culture for disregarding recommended measures to confront covid-19 pandemic and tasked Tourism Minister Habib Ammar with serving as acting Culture Minister. This decision was announced in a press release issued late on Monday night on the Prime Ministry’s Facebook page. Walid Zidi, the […]
US Wednesday signed a ten-year military cooperation agreement with Tunisia to train and improve the abilities of Tunisian soldiers and help the North African country respond to security threats. Secretary of Defense Mark Esper inked the deal with his Tunisian counterpart, Brahim Bertagi, during his visit to Tunis, first leg of the US official’s Maghreb […]
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper is expected to start this week a tour of the Maghreb to discuss military and security cooperation with leaders of countries of this region, according to press reports. The tour includes stops in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco. In Tunisia, the US official will meet on Wednesday with President Qais Saied […]
French geo-politician and historian Charles Saint-Prot has called on the Algerian regime to reconsider its anti-Moroccan obsession and end its costly support for the separatist plot, underlining that Algiers must understand that “diplomacy is not based on hatred”. “It is time for the Algerian regime to reconsider its anti-Moroccan obsession and move towards ending support […]
Tunisia and the US Wednesday pondered over ways to increase their military cooperation as President Kais Saied met with Stefen Townsend, commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM). In his discussions with President Saied, Townsend focused on US partnership with Tunisia, as well as shared concerns over regional stability and the desire to degrade […]
Italy has conditioned release of cooperation funds to Tunisia to efforts by the North African country to stem illegal migration from its coasts, Webdo Tunis reports. Foreign Minister Luigi Di Maio Tuesday told media that Italy has not reported any arrival of migrants from Tunisia since his last trip to the North African country. “There […]
Global terror group, Islamic state group (ISIS) has claimed responsibility of Sunday stabbing attack in Sousse, Tunisia, in which one agent of the National Guards force was killed. Two agents of the National Guard were attacked Sunday at Akouda, in the coastal city of Sousse in a stabbing spree. One of them died while the […]
Tunisian interior ministry has detained seven people suspected for being connected to the Sunday stubbing attack in the governorate of Sousse, in which one policeman was killed. Three terrorists were gunned down Sunday morning during a fire exchange with security forces at Akouda, in the governorate of Sousse. The deadly incident came following the stabbing […]
Men attacked members of the Tunisian National Guard in Sousse with a knife Sunday morning, in what the spokesman for the guard described as a “terrorist attack”. A policeman was killed and another one was injured. In an all-terrain vehicle, the attackers first attempted to run into the soldiers at a roundabout near the large […]
The Tunisian parliament Wednesday rubber-stamped the proposed government of the Prime Minister-designate Hichem Mechichi to replace Elyes Fakhfakh who resigned last month from the post over allegations of a conflict of interest. Mechichi’s cabinet lineup was approved by 134 lawmakers out of the 201 present for the session. Mechichi after the 15-hour session told the […]