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The Islamic terror movement IS Tuesday celebrated in a video recording the Tunis suicide attack and promised fresh attacks in the Tunisian capital, reports say. The group hailed the suicide bomb attack that rocked the Tunisian capital nearly two weeks ago and which killed 12 members of the Tunisian presidential guard. The attack was perpetrated […]
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Habib Essid is on a working visit to Jordan as the head of a delegation for the 8th Tunisian-Jordanian joint commission meeting. He met separately with King Abdullah II, his Jordanian counterpart and other senior government officials as both countries intend to increase their scope of cooperation. King Abdullah wants to build […]
Tunisian Minister of tourism and handicrafts told Lawmakers Wednesday that the total number of tourist arrivals has decreased by 26% over the January-November period as compared to the same period last year. Salma Elloumi Rekik said about 4.8 million tourists visited Tunisia this year; recording a 26% drop. She however sounded positive as she said […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Essid Tuesday dismissed Head of the security department, Abderrahmen Belhaj Ali, following the latest Tunis attack on the presidential guard, and replaced him by former head of deposed Ben Ali’s security. Rafik Chelly, Secretary of State for Security Affairs was also dismissed Tuesday without further elaboration. His removal follows Tunis recent suicide […]
Libya’s neighbors and regional blocs Tuesday expressed concern over the ongoing fighting wrecking the dialogue process in the North African oil-rich country, pointing out that only Libyans themselves can solve their own problems, therefore rejecting foreign intervention. Egypt, Tunisia, Chad, Niger, Libya, Sudan, Algeria, the African Union, the EU, the UN, and the Arab League […]
Morocco, which will host 22nd UN Conference on climate changes (COP22), has submitted its Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC) to address climate change to United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). In its INDC, the North African country pledged to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 32 by 2030. Morocco INDC submission includes detailed […]
A terrorist blast hit a bus packed with Tunisian presidential guards in the capital Tunis on Tuesday, killing at least 12 people, pushing president Beji Caid Essebsi to declare a 30-day state of emergency and impose curfew in the capital. “They want to make us live with horror but we are going to bring that […]
The 31 members of the ruling Nidaa Tounes party have finally decided to quit the party on Sunday after suspending their membership. All efforts, including those of President Beji Cadi Essebsi, to keep them within the party proved fruitless. The head of the 31 deputies, Bochra Belhaj Hmida, said the group will be resigning from […]
Tunisian foreign minister said Saturday in Paris that security is deteriorating in his country because of combined activity between terrorists and traffickers and called for an international coordinated response to the threatening surge in terrorism. It is “a Mafia made up of terrorists and human traffickers,” Taieb Baccouche said at a debate organised by Tunisia’s […]
A Tunisian customs guard unit in the governorate of Medenine Thursday arrested three Tunisian suspect terrorists who returned back home stealthily after a visit to Libya. The three suspect terrorists entered the Tunisian territory from the Libyan side of the border, customs source said, adding that one of them was on police wanted list. In […]