Category: Tunisia

Tunisia: Chinese Car Maker SAIC to Build Hub

September 6, 2018

Chinese Car maker SAIC will turn Tunisia into one of its regional hubs outside China, under an agreement between the Chinese firm and Tunisia’s Meninx ... Read More

Tunisia’s PM Fires Energy Minister over Graft

September 1, 2018

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed dismissed his energy minister Khalid Kaddour who is facing a corruption probe, the Premier's office said. Kaddour was dismissed less ... Read More

Tunisia: Economy to Grow by 2.9% in 2018, 3.5% in 2019

August 30, 2018

The Tunisian government expects the economy to grow by 2.9% in 2018 and by 3.5% in 2019. In an interview with Reuters News Agency, Minister ... Read More

Tunisia Attracts 5 million Tourists up to August

August 27, 2018

Some 5.15 million tourists visited Tunisia from January to August, posting a 17.5% increase compared to the same period in 2017. The Tunisian tourism ministry ... Read More

Tunisia: Row Deepens over Germany’s Deportation of Osama bin Laden’s Bodyguard

August 20, 2018

Authorities in Tunisia have confiscated the passport of a man suspected of being an Islamist militant who once served as Osama bin Laden's bodyguard to ... Read More

Tunisia: Bill on Gender Equality in Inheritance in the Pipeline

August 14, 2018

Tunisian President Béji Caid Essebsi on Monday announced the introduction of a draft bill on equal inheritance for men and women, making Tunisia the first ... Read More

Tunisia: 300 custom officers to appear before accountability court

August 10, 2018

Tunisia’s General Directorate of Customs has ordered 300 custom officers to appear before a disciplinary council for “corruption” and other bribery charges,” the spokesman of ... Read More

Tunisia: Armed Robbery of Bank Linked to Terrorism

August 2, 2018

The Tunisian Interior Ministry has linked the Wednesday robbery of a bank near the border with Algeria to a terrorism act. An armed group left ... Read More

The 40 African Migrants stranded at Sea Arrive in Tunisia

August 1, 2018

The Tunisian authorities have finally agreed to accept for humanitarian reasons a commercial vessel carrying around 40 African migrants who have been stranded for two ... Read More

Maghreb Union Secretariat Calls for joint Maghreb 2030 World Cup Bid

July 21, 2018

The Rabat-based general secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union called for the countries of the region to put forward a joint 2030 world football cup ... Read More