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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, […]
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 […]
Two terrorists Thursday killed themselves by letting go off their subside-belts as security forces launched an assault on their hideout in the central region of Sidi Bouzid, the interior ministry told media. National security spokesman WalidHkima told AFP that security forces from National Unit for the Investigation of Terrorist Crimes raided upon a tipoff a […]
The Tunisian Interior Ministry Thursday announced it dismantled a five-member terror cell in contact with jihadists in neighboring Libya and Algeria. The cell according to the ministry included three young women aged between 17 and 28 while the two men are 19 and 31. The cell was active in the town of Sidi Bouzid (central […]
Several Tunisian security officials have been suspected of helping terrorists acquire Tunisian passports and national identity cards. Some terrorists nabbed by Tunisian security forces reportedly admitted they received assistance from some security officials who helped them acquire fake Tunisian passports and ID. Tunisian newspaper “Achourrouk” relayed by “tunisie numerique” reveals that several officers from the […]
The ministry of interior Thursday announced end of the nationwide curfew imposed in the wake of the social riots which rocked the country over the past month. “In light of the improvement in the security situation, it was decided that from Thursday… the curfew on all Tunisian territory will be lifted,” the interior ministry said […]
Around 3,000 law enforcement agents marched towards the presidential palace Carthage Monday to claim better work conditions and risk premiums while social riots across the country are still going on. The protest has been in the pipeline since the November 2015 suicide attack in Tunis which killed 12 members of the presidential palace guard unit. […]
The Head and the editor-in-chief of Tunisian state television have been sacked after the network broadcast the decapitated head of a Tunisian teenage shepherd slain by terrorists on Friday in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office announced the sacking of the two men without giving reasons for the layoff. […]
The Tunisian Ministry of Defense announced Monday two of its soldiers have been killed and four wounded in a clash with Jihadists near the Algerian border as they were on an operation to free a man kidnapped by the militants. During a search operation, jihadists hiding out on Mount Sammama opened fire on the soldiers, […]
Beji Caid Essebsi first challenge as President emerged on 14th February during celebrations marking the fourth anniversary of the Tunisian revolution. Members of disgruntled families who lost their loved ones during the revolution accused the government of being biased and stopped the proceedings of the ceremony held in the presidential palace. The president was obliged […]