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A Tunisian citizen, placed on terror list by authorities, blew himself up Tuesday in capital Tunis when security forces surrounded him. The alleged terrorist according to the interior ministry detonated his explosive belt after being shot by security forces, in the Intilaka area of Tunis. Terrorist Aymen Smiri, killed on Tuesday evening, had been carefully […]
The leader of Tunisia’s LGBT community, Shams, has announced plans to run for November presidential elections, first time ever a gay enters a presidential race in the North African country and in the whole Arab world where being homosexual is outlawed. Mounir Baatour, a lawyer by profession last week told Belgian news agency Belga […]
Moody’s has issued a warning regarding Tunisia’s finances, citing the country’s weak fiscal strength and rising debt. The credit rating agency ranked Tunisia in the B2 negative category in view of the credit challenges including the structural deterioration in its fiscal strength, with the debt ratio having increased sharply to 77% of GDP at the […]
King Mohammed VI has strongly condemned the suicide bombings that targeted on Thursday security forces in central Tunis that killed one police officer and wounded eight. In a message sent to President Beji Caid Essebsi, the Sovereign condemned “this cowardly criminal act”, reaffirming “his full solidarity and continued support to sisterly Tunisia in the fight […]
President Caid Essebsi has said his party has asked him to seek a second term in office although he had said in April that he would not run for office owing to his age. Essebsi is founder of ruling Nidaa Tounes in power since 2014. In April, the 92-year old President had indicated that he […]
A Tunis court has handed several prison sentences to numerous Islamic State Group (ISIS) fighters for joining the terror group. A first verdict by the Court of First Instance pressed two years in jail against a local construction contractor for joining the terror group in 2013. After he spent two years with the organization in […]
Tunisia announced it is launching a “Digital Investor Support Platform” during the Tunisia Investment Forum (TIF) due June 20- 21 in Tunis. The announcement was made Tuesday by Tunisian Development, Investment and International Cooperation Minister Zied Laadhari. Who said the platform seeks to totally digitalize investment transactions. The Tunisian official was taking part in the […]
Tunisia has secured a $131.7 million loan from the French Development Agency (AFD) to improve the national electricity grid. The smart grid project was announced in 2017 by the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG), but was delayed due to lack of funding. The AFD funds will be allocated to the implementation of the first […]
Representatives of Morocco and Tunisia in the various committees of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) will not be present during the 2019 Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) held in Egypt June 21 – July 19. This decision of the pan-African body comes few days after the scandal of the final of the Champions […]
Spanish private carrier Air Europa resumed flights to Tunisia early June, after a nine-year halt. The first flight departed from Madrid on June 3, Sales Manager Moez Oudi Monday told TAP. The booking rate for the new airlink reached so far 80%, he added. The company will run four flights a week (Monday, Tuesday, Friday […]