First Independent Mena Newspaper
January 14 is a day of remembrance for Tunisia, which is celebrating this year the fifth anniversary of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s departure from the country and the zenith of its revolution. Despite the ongoing security threats in the country, thousands of Tunisians on Thursday flocked en masse to Tunis’ city centre, parading about […]
The Tunisian Interior ministry on Sunday warned that eminent terrorist attacks were looming on capital city Tunis and ordered stepping up security measures. The interior ministry said it received intelligence reports about unnamed terrorists plotting attacks against sensitive and vital sites in Tunis using car bombs and explosive belts. According to an interior ministry official, […]
Ahead of the final results, Tunisians have elected Veteran politician Beji Caid Essibsi as the next president in what is hailed as an important step towards democracy. Moncef Marzouki has accepted defeat after acquiring 44% of the votes although some of his supporters caused disturbances after the announcement of the results. In a televised statement, […]
21 December has been chosen by the electoral body as the date that will assemble Tunisians at voting stations to elect their new president in the last round of the presidential elections. The last two presidential candidates, Moncef Marzouki and Beji Caid Essebsi, will begin their official campaign on Tuesday 9 December. The ISIE is […]
The presidential campaign atmosphere is rocking Tunisia as the parties continue to seek votes nationwide. The potential winner is 87-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi of the Nida Tunis party, a veteran politician who served under Ben Ali and his predecessor Habib Bourguiba. The party won the majority of seats in the recent parliamentary elections. Some of […]
In a brief conversation with a taxi driver who was taking me from Cartage international airport to down town Medina, I noticed glimpses of optimism in his speech. He said he was glad about the changes that took place in what he sometimes called “Modern Tunisia,” and some other times “post-revolutionary Tunisia.” “We have lived […]