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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will be the candidate of the recently created Tahya Tounes party at the presidential elections to take place on September 15 after the death of head of state Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away last week. The Party’s Secretary General, Selim Azzabi, made the announcement Wednesday, few days after Tunisians […]
King Mohammed VI expressed deep sorrow at the demise of President Béji Caïd Essebsi that he described as “one of the great men of Tunisia”. In a message of condolences to speaker of the parliament Mohamed Ennaceur- who was later in the day sworn-in as interim President- King Mohammed VI said he was deeply […]
Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]
Tunisia’s defense minister Tuesday denied in front of lawmakers rumors indicating that he has plans to run for November presidential elections. Abdelkrim Zbidi, speaking in front of a parliamentary commission, stressed that the issue has never been raised. “Did you ever hear me claiming this or that position? This only binds people who circulate this […]
The Tunisian defense ministry Monday announced a Libyan military aircraft belonging to the rebel army of Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar landed in Mednine, southeastern Tunisia, due to a technical failure. According to a statement issued by Haftar’s forces, the plane, a L39 jet, took off from the Barak military airport in the south of the […]
Tunisian Security forces nabbed Sunday three men disguised under niqab in capital Tunis. The men who stoke fear were summoned for inspection but they ran away. Security forces however managed to arrest them, tunisienumerique.com reports After search, the men turned out to be thieves. They reportedly disguised in view of stealing shops. Security forces discovered […]
Tunisia Wednesday said it succeeded in raising 700 million euros on the financial bond market with an interest rate of 6.37 per cent as it sought to borrow money to cover its 2019 fiscal budget deficit. The ministry of finance in a statement said the North African country will reimburse the bond over seven years. […]
Tunisian President Caid Essebsi Saturday extended in-place state of emergency for one additional month, an announcement that came few days after the North African witnessed three subside attacks. The office of the President said in a statement that the measure will come into force from Friday this week. Tunisia has been under state of emergency […]
Security forces Thursday brake up a five-man terror cell in Jendouba, Northwestern of the country as authorities try to crash recent terrorism insurgency. One of the suspect terrorist, Webdo Tunis reports was arrested in possession of a video praising terrorism and recent terror attacks in the capital Tunis. The video was discovered in a cell […]
Two men, holding Belarusian passports are held in Sfax on espionage charges after police discovered secret documents and equipment in their hotel room, Huffpost Tunisie reports. The two individuals were arrested Friday, after workers at a local hotel reported the two suspects to police, spokesman for the prosecution office, Mourad Turki, said. The men refused […]