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Tunisia’s National Authority for Food Safety (INSSPA) has confiscated more than 7.6 tonnes of spoiled or unsafe food products, along with 2,452 litres of mineral water stored in unhygienic conditions and over 4,000 food boxes of varying contents, following nationwide inspection campaigns. Conducted in coordination with security and municipal authorities, these operations targeted multiple governorates, […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied removed Tuesday August 22 the governor of Kairouan governorate (Central Tunisia) because of delays in the construction of the King Salman Ibn Abdelaziz Teaching Hospital financed by the Saudi Development Fund. The removal came a day after a high-level meeting chaired by the President and attended by the governor Mohamed Bourguiba […]
Tunis Court of First Instance Tuesday sentenced a local journalist to one year in prison on charges of disclosing data on a counter-terrorism operation in Kairouan governorate. Khalifa Guesmi, working for Mozaique FM, has been under investigation since March after his arrest and detention following the publication of an article by the media about the […]
The African Development Bank, AfDB, has approved the allocation of €104 million to Tunisia for the implementation of the 2nd phase of the Road Infrastructure Modernization Program (PMIR II). The Abidjan-based financial institution is a press release said the program seeks to establish an efficient and sustainable transport system capable of developing intra- and inter-regional […]
Some 40% of Tunisian terrorists have a university degree, a group of sociology experts found out after examining a sample of 1,000 cases based on judiciary records. Several thousands of Tunisians across gender, according to a UN working group, have left the country since 2011 to join terrorist organizations in hotbed conflict zones. The numbers […]
6 Tunisian students have been sentenced for 3 years in prison and five year-ban from city after a court charged them for homosexuality, defendants’ lawyer says. “The judge handed the maximum sentence of three years in addition to a five-year ban from the city of Kairouan which will be enforced after they end their term,” […]
Tunisians have voted on Sunday to elect their president without any major incident that could have obstructed the election. Nidaa Tounes has already claimed victory ahead of the announcement of the results by the electoral commission. The election is termed as being the first time Tunisians elect their president in freely and fairly since attaining […]