Tag: Kasserine
Tunisia: Former presidential candidate Safi Saïd released after one day in prison
On August 22, the Tunisian judiciary ordered the release of opposition politician Safi Saïd. Saïd, a former candidate in the 2014 and 2019 presidential elections ... Read More
IED explodes in Tunisia’s restive Kasserine governorate wounding teenager
A 15-year old teenager has been wounded in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Kasserine, a restive governorate used as a ... Read More
Tunisian policeman apprehended for drug trafficking
A Court in Tunisia ordered the arrest of police officer found in possession of 396 tablets of ecstasy, on his way to capital Tunis from ... Read More
Tunisia launches USAID-backed “Visit Tunisia” project
Tunisia’s minister of Tourism kick started Wednesday “Visit Tunisia” project funded by the US development agency USAID to the tune of $50 million. The project ... Read More
AfDB lends Tunisia €104m to implement road modernization project
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 ... Read More
Landmine blast injures teenage girl in Tunisia
A landmine explosion hurt Monday in Tunisia’s restive Kasserine province, a teenage girl aged 13, several days after four soldiers were slain in a similar ... Read More
Four Tunisian soldiers slain in mine explosion
A mine explosion killed Wednesday four Tunisian soldiers in the province of Kasserine during a patrol. The fatalities, Tunisian presidency notes, occurred during a military ... Read More
Tunisia: Soldier wounded in landmine blast in restive Kasserine
A blast from a landmine Sunday injured a Tunisian soldier during a patrol in restive Kasserine governorate, Webdo Tunis reports. The army, in a statement, ... Read More
Tunisia: Two terrorists linked with ISIS killed in Kasserine
Tunisia security forces Saturday slain in restive Kasserine governorate two notorious terrorists whose group is known as an affiliate cell of the Islamic state terror ... Read More
Tunisians Protest Deteriorating Economic Conditions, Unfulfilled Promises of Revolution
Tunisia is rocked by popular protests over the deteriorating social and economic situation, lack of employment, growing poverty and failure to fulfil the goals of ... Read More