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Tunisian authorities have arrested two people, a woman and a man, on the Island of Djerba; the theater of an attack on a Jewish synagogue in which six people including the attacker have died. The people, all of them Tunisians, in their twenties, were arrested by the National Guard forces on the Island as part […]
Tunisian authorities have arrested two people, a woman and a man, on the Island of Djerba; the theater of an attack on a Jewish synagogue in which six people including the attacker have died. The people, all of them Tunisians in their twenties, Tunisie Numerique reported, were arrested by the National Guard forces on the […]
Tunisia and South Korea signed Thursday in Tunis several agreements in multiple areas including investment and trade, ahead of the second Economic Forum between the two countries, Tunisie Numerique reports. Najla Bouden, Tunisia’s Premier, the media notes, received a high-key South Korea delegation headed by Park Heong Joon, who doubles as Mayor of Busan Metropolitan […]
Tunisian authorities have closed down the Jewish Ghriba synagogue on the island of Djerba a day after an attack carried out by a security force claimed the lives of two civilians and three other security forces. The shrine saw Wednesday a stronger presence of security forces who have been mobilized to set up security. President […]
A Tunisian security officer killed two of his colleagues and two visitors of a synagogue, in an attack that bodes ill for Tunisia’s image and its slowly recovering tourism sector. The attack targeted an old synagogue in Djerba, crowded with visitors and hundreds of Jewish pilgrims from Europe and Israel. The attacker, a police officer […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied sacked Thursday minister of Industry, Energy and Mines Neila Nouira Gongi, his office announced without giving any details. Gongi has been in the Cabinet since October 2021. The announcement came as the government is set to increase gas prices in the next coming days. “The government is busy studying the alternatives […]
Malek Ezzahi, Tunisia’s Social Affairs Minister, indicated Monday that talks between the North African country and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) are still ongoing. The North African country, according to the Minister, has been in several months of negotiations for a $1.9 billion loan from the Washington-based institution to supplement the national budget facing a […]
Tunisia’s largest political party, Ennahdha, named Wednesday Mondher Lounissi as the new chairman of the Islamist movement in the absence of incumbent leader Rached Ghannouchi detained since April 17 on several charges. The executive committee of the party held a meeting Wednesday to take stock of the recent developments that hit the movement. Ghannouchi, the […]
The United States has called on Tunisia’s Kais Saied to respect the freedom of opinion and expression, and voiced concern over the latest wave of arrests of political opponents including former Speaker of Parliament and leader of Tunisia’s largest opposition Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi. In a press release issued Wednesday, the U.S. State Department said […]
Rached Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia’s largest opposition Ennahdha party, has been indicted with high treason based on articles 68 and 72 of the North African country’s Constitution. The Islamist leader was arrested last Monday following a lawsuit against him by the ministry of justice over a video in which he warned that the country will […]