Category: Tunisia

Tunisia: Three terrorists killed in clashes near Algerian border

March 20, 2019

Three terrorists, affiliated to the ‘Jund al-Khilafah’, were killed in an operation launched Tuesday night by Tunisian National Guard units in the closed military zone ... Read More

Tunisia files extradition from France of Ben Ali’s brother-in-law

March 18, 2019

Tunisian authorities have officially demanded France to extradite Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of deposed and exiled Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The Tunisian Justice ministry ... Read More

Tax Haven: EU removes Tunisia from blacklist of non-cooperative jurisdictions

March 13, 2019

The European Union Tuesday took away Tunisia from its backlist of non-cooperative jurisdictions also branded “tax haven countries” after the North Africa country implemented demanded ... Read More

Tunisian health minister resigns after passing away of 11 babies at a public hospital

March 10, 2019

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahid accepted the resignation of health minister Abderraouf Cherif after the death of 11 babies at a government hospital. “An administrative ... Read More

Tunisia: State of emergency extended for one month

March 7, 2019

President Caid Essesbi has decided following consultation with the Prime Minister and the President of the House of Representatives to extend for one month the ... Read More

Tunisia: Ghannouchi meets Hafez Essebsi to iron out differences

March 5, 2019

Rachid Ghannouchi, head of Islamist Ennahda movement said he met with Hafez Essebsi, director of ruling Nidaa Tounes, for the first time after fallout between ... Read More

Arab Interior Ministers Agree on Draft Strategies to Combat Terror & Narcotics

March 4, 2019

Draft strategies to combat terrorism and narcotics in the Arab world were adopted by the Arab interior ministers at the 36th meeting of their Council ... Read More

Tunis & Doha sign 10 MoUs focusing on maritime cooperation

March 4, 2019

The 7th joint Tunisian-Qatari High Commission highlighted Saturday by the signing of ten Memorandums of Understanding (MoU) covering many areas, with focus on maritime cooperation. ... Read More

Tunisia: Interception of letters containing toxic substances addressed to public figures

March 1, 2019

Tunisian authorities announced on Thursday that they managed to intercept 19 letters containing toxic substances that were addressed to public figures. The services of the ... Read More

Bloomberg index strips Tunisia of best health system in Africa

February 28, 2019

Quality of Tunisia’s health system is on decaying mode, Bloomberg recently noted as the North African country loses its credit of best health system on ... Read More