Category: Tunisia

Tunisia Gets €200 Million Loan from EU

October 10, 2017

Tunisia will get €200 million loan from the European Union, part of the second Macro-Financial Assistance (MFA-II) program to the North African country. The disbursement ... Read More

Tunisia: Health Minister Dies during Marathon against Cancer

October 9, 2017

Tunisian Health Minister Slim Chaker passed away Sunday after suffering from a heart failure during a marathon against cancer organized in Nabeul governorate. The official, ... Read More

North African States Need Collective Efforts to Reduce Soaring Unemployment- UN Labor Agency

October 8, 2017

The International Labor Organization has warned that unemployment rate in North African states has hit unsustainable levels standing at 28.8%, twice the global average, and ... Read More

UN Sees Impending Demise of Maghreb Union

October 7, 2017

Eight months after the landmark speech of King Mohammed VI at the African Union Summit in which he deplored that the "flame of the Arab ... Read More

Libya: Terrorism battled out very soon, Haftar

September 19, 2017

Head of the self-imposed Libyan National Army (LNA) Khalifa Haftar Monday in Tunis indicated that terrorism in the North African country will be soon eradicated ... Read More

Tunisia Scraps Law Banning Muslim Women from Marrying Men from other Faiths

September 16, 2017

Despite opposition from Muslim clerics, Tunisia passed a bill allowing Muslim women to marry non-Muslims in a bid to secure equal rights for Tunisia’s female ... Read More

Why Should the Maghreb Remain Priority Area in French Foreign Policy?

September 7, 2017

France and the three Maghreb countries, Morocco, Algeria and Tunisia, are bound by longstanding historic, cultural and economic ties that makes the three North African ... Read More

Tunisia Unveils New National Unity Government

September 7, 2017

Tunisian Prime Minister, Youssef Chahed on Wednesday, unveiled the lineup of a new government of national unity. The government reshuffle, the 10th since 14 January ... Read More

Tunisia Launches Charm Offensive to Join ECOWAS as Maghreb Union Crumbles

August 29, 2017

In the face of the paralysis crippling the Maghreb union, Tunisia is following the example of Morocco by repositioning itself on the African continent. Tunisia's ... Read More

UN Congratulates Tunisia, Lebanon, Jordan for Rape Law Reform

August 23, 2017

The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein warmly welcomed the repeal of laws in Lebanon, Tunisia and Jordan that allowed rapists ... Read More