Category: Tunisia

Tunisia: LGBT right group leader announces plans to run for November Presidential elections

July 1, 2019

The leader of Tunisia’s LGBT community, Shams, has announced plans to run for November presidential elections, first time ever a gay enters a presidential race ... Read More

Moody’s alerts to Tunisia’s weak fiscal strength

June 30, 2019

Moody’s has issued a warning regarding Tunisia’s finances, citing the country's weak fiscal strength and rising debt. The credit rating agency ranked Tunisia in the ... Read More

Tunis Terror Attack: Morocco’s King Condemns Cowardly Criminal Act

June 28, 2019

King Mohammed VI has strongly condemned the suicide bombings that targeted on Thursday security forces in central Tunis that killed one police officer and wounded ... Read More

Tunisia: President Essebsi says his party expects him to seek second term in office

June 27, 2019

President Caid Essebsi has said his party has asked him to seek a second term in office although he had said in April that he ... Read More

Tunisia: ISIS fighters handed 38 years in prison in multiple sentences

June 24, 2019

A Tunis court has handed several prison sentences to numerous Islamic State Group (ISIS) fighters for joining the terror group. A first verdict by the ... Read More

Tunisia Launches Digital Investor Support Platform this Week

June 18, 2019

Tunisia announced it is launching a “Digital Investor Support Platform” during the Tunisia Investment Forum (TIF) due June 20- 21 in Tunis. The announcement was ... Read More

Tunisia to install 430,000 “intelligent” meters in Sfax Governorate

June 18, 2019

Tunisia has secured a $131.7 million loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) to improve the national electricity grid. The smart grid project was announced ... Read More

Africa-AFCON: CAF sidelines Moroccan, Tunisian officials out of CAF commissions

June 18, 2019

Representatives of Morocco and Tunisia in the various committees of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will not be present during the 2019 Africa Cup ... Read More

Spain’s Air Europa resumes flights to Tunisia after nine-year halt

June 17, 2019

Spanish private carrier Air Europa resumed flights to Tunisia early June, after a nine-year halt. The first flight departed from Madrid on June 3, Sales ... Read More

Stranded illegal migrants refuse medical assistance from Tunisian Red Crescent

June 12, 2019

A group of 75 migrants who have been stranded on a boat in the Mediterranean sea for 12 days and who are in critical condition ... Read More