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In their post-Covid recovery plans, East African countries are promoting niche products, such as cruise, adventure, culture and sports tourism, in emerging tourist markets such as China, in a strategy expected to spur growth in the sector. To reduce over-reliance on traditional source markets in Europe and the United States, East African countries are shifting […]
The World Bank said it halted cooperation with Tunisia after a surge in racism in the country triggered by anti-migrant speech by its president. President Kais Saied stoked racism in the country, triggering a spate of state-condoned violent acts that affected many Sub-Saharans living in the country. News agencies, including Reuters, said the World Bank […]
The head of the Tunisian National Salvation Front (NSFT) has vowed weekly protests in Tunis capital until detained opposition figures are released, in an utter defiance of authorities who banned the Sunday demonstration. Ahmed Nejib Chebbi, the current leader of the opposition made the announcement during the large-scale protest by the NSFT on Sunday. Chebbi […]
The African Union (AU) has postponed sine die the “Pan African Network Conference on Fighting IFFs in Africa”, a continental conference initially scheduled in the Tunisian capital, Tunis, on March 15 to 17. The AU did not provide reasons for the postponement, but the move comes amid soar relations between Tunisian authorities and Addis Ababa […]
Tunisia’s top diplomat Nabil Ammar Tuesday said the North African country will not apologize for shocking statements, branded “racist” by many, made by President Kais Saied against Sub-Saharan migrants. President Kais Saied sparked an outcry last week after he made extremely hateful and racist remarks against African migrants who arrive in his country on their […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has made extremely hateful and racist remarks against African migrants who arrive in his country on their way to Europe, causing a stir at home and abroad. After castigating and making racist remarks against African immigrants, who seek refuge in Europe because of poverty, famine and conflicts in their countries, the […]
The Workers’ Group of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) has voiced deep concern over the continuing deterioration of the respect for fundamental rights in Tunisia, including attacks on the rights of trade unions and workers. In a press release issued Wednesday, the EESC workers group denounced the expulsion of Esther Lynch, the European […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied fired Wednesday Minister of Professional Training and Employment Nasreddine Nsibi, as he continues to shake up his cabinet in a slow motion in the wake of an electoral setback. The office of the President announced in a statement Nsibi’s removal without providing further information whether the magistrate has been replaced. The […]
Tunisia’s authoritarian president Kais Saied is pushing conspiracy theories to the limit. After accusing the West of trying to undermine Tunisia’s sovereignty amid an uphill battle to gain a new IMF credit line, he now changed targets to scapegoat poor Sub-Saharan migrants uttering comments that verge on abject racism. “The undeclared goal of the successive […]
Cairo-based Federation of Arab Journalists (FAJ) has expressed concerns about the situation of freedom of press in Tunisia after President of the Tunisian journalists’ union has been targeted by a lawsuit lodged by the state against him. Mohamed Yassine Jelassi Tuesday indicated his lawyer informed him that security authorities have lodged a lawsuit against him […]