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The National Atlantic Treaty Organization announced from Warsaw, Saturday, a plan to set up an intelligence Fusion Centre in Tunisia, which was hit last year by a wave of terror attacks. The announcement made at the end of the two-day meeting of NATO leaders did not disclose much about the functions of the center but […]
Tunisian army personnel exchanged Monday fire with a convoy of smugglers in the town of Ben Guerdane, near the Libyan border, forcing the smugglers to return to Libya, reports say. A statement from the defense ministry indicates that the fire exchange occurred at the buffer zone in the southern town of the country. The smugglers […]
Ahead of a third consultative committee meeting for the formation of a national unity government scheduled to take place on Friday, President Rached Ghannouchi of the Ennahda Movement stated that “stakeholders in consultations agreed to close the file and announce the new government by July 25.” Chief Adviser to President Essebsi, Mohammed Ridha Chalghoum, said […]
Tunisia Monday remembered the victims of the June 2015 attack in Sousse where a militant of the Islamic State (IS) group mowed down 38 people, putting the country’s onetime buzzing tourism further into jeopardy. Minister of tourism Selma Elloumi Rekik and British Foreign Office official Tobias Ellwood laid down flowers in remembrance of the 38 […]
A delegation of the Ennahda movement led by its leader, Rachid Ghannouchi, is currently visiting France for meetings with several key political figures. Ghannouchi was quick to outline that the Ennahda delegation was not visiting France on behalf of the government. The visit is part of the party’s “people’s diplomacy” geared towards building strong diplomatic […]
Members of the European Parliament have underscored the soundness of the Morocco-proposed initiative to grant large autonomy to the Sahara under the Kingdom’s sovereignty, deeming this initiative as the ”best acceptable compromise” for settling the conflict. Their remarks came in a letter they addressed to the High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs […]
Tunisian authorities Monday extended for one month the state of emergency in place since last November attacks. President Caid Essebsi’s office made the announcement saying the decision was taken in consultation with the government and the parliament. This is the fourth time the state of emergency is being prolonged. In the wake of November attacks […]
Tunisian President Caid Essebsi has announced a unity government would be named no later than June 27, reports say. President Caid Essebsiis still continuing consultation for the formation of the unity government that he announced early this month. Local media, quoting close sources to the President, indicate that consultations will heat up this week to […]
Tunisia’s powerful labor union UGTT Wednesday underlined its rejection of President Essebsi’s invitation to join the future unity government currently under discussion. The UGTT said in a statement that as a union it is not “its role to join any government.” The UGTT decision was made after a board meeting discussed President Caid Essebsi’s call […]
As Tunisia’s President Beji Caid Essebsi continues consultations about the formation of a unity government, the Tunisian Premier has excluded stepping down; explaining that replacing his cabinet at this critical time will be a “setback” to efforts achieved to face the country’s numerous challenges. “The current stage requires keeping in place the cabinet that will […]