Category: Tunisia

Tunisia: President in Hot Water for ‘Facilitating’ Hajj for Relatives

August 23, 2017

President Beji Caid Essebsi of Tunisia has been accused of sneaking members of his family and relatives in the official Tunisian delegation to perform this ... Read More

Tunisians Divided Over Women‘s Inheritance Rights

August 18, 2017

Tunisians of all walks of life are divided over the issue of gender equality in inheritance rights. A controversial reform of the inheritance law unveiled ... Read More

Tunisia: Security Forces Thwarted ISIS Attempt to Seize Territory, Interior Ministry

August 16, 2017

The interior ministry announced Tuesday that security forces had foiled operations by some militants of the Islamic State group (ISIS) to seize the town of ... Read More

Tunisian President Calls for Inheritance Equality between Men and Women

August 14, 2017

Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi said that time is up to amend the Tunisian inheritance law in order to guarantee equality between men and women. ... Read More

TUI Travel Group Mulls Returning To Tunisia

August 10, 2017

Travel giant TUI Travel Group Mulls Returning To Tunisia is considering the possibility to resume operations from the UK to Tunisia, but the final decision ... Read More

Over 20% of Cigarettes Consumed in Maghreb are Illicit- KPMG Study

August 6, 2017

Illicit cigarettes accounted for over 20% of consumption across the Maghreb region in 2016. However successful prevention strategies have resulted in a 24% decline since ... Read More

Tunisia: Concerns over Economic, Social Challenges Growing

August 3, 2017

President Rached Ghannouchi of the Ennahdha political party has called on the country’s National Unity Government to prioritize the “economic challenges facing Tunisia and the ... Read More

AfDB Puts $1.7 bln on a Trans-Maghreb Train Feasibility Study

July 29, 2017

In a bid to revamp rail transport in the Maghreb region, the Secretariat of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU) is supervising a feasibility study worth ... Read More

On Trump’s Shortsighted Decision to Cut Military Aid to Tunisia

June 25, 2017

Cutting US military aid to Tunisia is a “misguided and dangerous” decision representing a stark departure with the US President’s plan to “demolish and destroy” ... Read More

Morocco Tunisia Sign 13 Cooperation Agreements

June 19, 2017

Head of the Moroccan Government Saad Eddine El Othmani and his Tunisian peer Youssef Chahed chaired on June 19 in Rabat the signing ceremony of ... Read More