First Independent Mena Newspaper
The government of Tunisia plans to issue €800 million of bonds on the international debt market next year. “Initially, there is a plan to ask parliament for approval to issue bonds worth up to €800 million ($874.24 million) next year,” a senior official told Reuters Wednesday. The official noted however that it was too early […]
Tunisia’s highest religious leader Wednesday debunked rumors that he has thrown support behind Kaïs Saïed who is touted as the next President of the North African country, Middle East Monitor reports. Othman Battikh took to his official facebook page to reject claims that he endorses the law professor at the expense of media tycoon Nabil […]
A Tunisian court ordered that candidate for Tunisia’s Presidential elections and media mogul Nabil Karoui must stay in detention for now on suspicion of financial crimes. The ruling on Tuesday came less than two weeks before the second round of voting which will see the media magnate compete with 61-year-old retired law professor Kais Said […]
The Maghreb region extending from Libya to Morocco is one of the most unstable and least integrated regions in Africa and probably in the world. The uncertainty facing many countries in the region is raising a bunch of questions regarding the stability of the Mediterranean region. A divided Libya continues to undermine regional security while […]
A police officer was stabbed to death Monday near a court in the city of Bizerte, in Tunis governorate, in what was described as a terror attack. Police commander Faouzi Houimli who headed the security district of the Bizerte Court of Appeal was attacked by a radicalized man who also planned, according to the interior […]
Tunisia’s ousted leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali who died Thursday will be buried in Mecca in accordance with his wishes, reports say. The 83-year old man died in his residence in Jeddah from ailment. His lawyer Mounir Ben Salha, indicated on facebook that the corpse of the late former President will be transferred to the […]
A judge has rejected a demand for the release of media mogul and candidate for the second round of Presidential elections who has been in detention since late last month on money laundering charges. Lawyers of Nabil Karoui and his party, Heart of Tunisia, said Thursday the investigative judge has rejected the demand for the […]
Kais Saïed, the surprise winner of the first round of Sunday presidential elections, has received support from three opposition figures, including former President Moncef Marzouki, after the electoral commission, ISIE, confirmed the law professor and detained businessman Nabil Karoui as the two candidates for the second round. The ISIE released Tuesday results of Sunday election. […]
Polls by several media and polling firms predict, after the first round of the presidential election held Sunday in Tunisia, a face-off between Kais Saied, a law professor, and Nabil Karoui, a media mogul detained on money laundering charges. Kais Saied, the surprise of the voting process, is credited with 19.5 per cent of the […]
Tunisia’s former first lady died Sunday as Tunisians were casting their vote to elect the successor to her husband, Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away late July. Hafedh Caid Essebsi, one of the late leader’s sons announced the death of his mother, Chadlia Farhat Essebsi, 85, in a facebook post. “My mother Chadlia, widow of […]