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Cash-strapped Tunisia continues to face headwinds in its quest to obtain a lifeline $1.9 billion credit from the IMF whose conditions are now openly rejected by authoritarian president Kais Saied. Saied was outspoken in rejecting the IMF conditions for Tunisia to cut subsidies in order to improve public finances. Saied’s statement adds to the fierce […]
Tunisia has been running for more than a year behind an IMF loan and its biggest partners, in particular the European Union, and the United States have been doing their utmost to get the loan, warning of the risks of the Tunisian economy collapsing, if ever. The IMF tied the loan to reforms that the […]
Senegalese authorities are coordinating with Tunisian counterparts the search of around 20 Senegalese nationals who were on a migrant boat that sank at the end of March off the coasts of the North African country. A Senegalese delegation went to Sfax, the starting point in central-eastern Tunisia of the shipwrecked boat, for a mission to […]
The UN Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) has called on Tunisian regime to publicly condemn racist hate speech against sub-Saharan migrants, immediately halt their arrests and collective detentions, and release those who are arbitrarily detained, especially women and children. In a statement issued this Tuesday under its early warning and urgent action […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Thursday fired the governor of the Southeastern governorate of Gabes after the state official has been indicted for “illegal actions.” Mosbah Kardamine was appointed Gabes Governor in June 2021 in replacement of Mongi Thameur also fired by Saied. Prior to the announcement of the dismissal, a first presidential decree indicated that […]
Supporters of the Tunisian National Salvation Front have decided to start an open sit-in at the headquarters of the Al-Irada party in Tunis from this Monday, to demand the release of all political detainees, said the Front’s president Nejib Chebbi. Speaking at a press conference, Chebbi was quoted by TAP news agency as saying that […]
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken urged Tunisia to speed up efforts in order to reach a deal with the International Monetary Fund that would spare it economic collapse. “The most critical thing they can do on the economic side is actually get an IMF agreement,” Blinken said at a senate hearing in a statement […]
A Tunisian soldier has suffered injuries after an improvised explosive device (IED) planted in the country’s restive center-west region exploded and wounded his leg, the Ministry of Defense said on Wednesday. The soldier has been whisked to the military hospital in capital Tunis for treatment. His condition is stable, the ministry added. Several soldiers were […]
President of the National Commission of Criminal Conciliation (CNCP) Makram Ben Mna was removed from office by President Kais Saied, who is continuing his purge of disturbing officials. Ben Mna, a judicial magistrate, was appointed to the position in November 2022 but quickly fell out with the Tunisian President who recently accused his commission of […]
Citizens in the four cardinal points of Africa — Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, and Tunisia — have in recent weeks hit the streets over economic woes and political strife in their respective countries. Led by opposition leaders, angry people in Kenya in the east, Nigeria in the west, South Africa in the south, and Tunisia […]