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Tunisia and Cote d’Ivoire’s Chambers of Commerce and Industry signed last Tuesday a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to bolster trade relations between the two countries as the North African country seeks to conquer the West African country’s market. The deal signed by Faman Touré and Ali ben Taher, respectively Presidents of Cote d’Ivoire Chamber of […]
Tunisian coastguards have foiled 9 clandestine migration attempts involving 306 people, in several regions of the country. Colonel Houssem Eddine Jebabli, spokesman for the Direction General of National Guard in three different statements indicated that units of the National Guard in the regions of the center and Sahel (east coast) have foiled, in the nights […]
Tunisia’s Health ministry announced Thursday the decision to scrap requirement for COVID19 vaccine passport and PCR test for travelers visiting the country as infections continue to dwindle down at home and on the international front. The decision came as the north African country reported Tuesday 0 case of COVID-19-related death. During the weekly report, the […]
Tunisia’s president Kais Saied has put Tunisia on a track of autocracy taking power-grab decisions and measures to quell dissent, the latest of which was a travel ban on a long list of opposition figures he accused of “conspiring against the state.” A list of 25 political figures and former officials critical of Saied are […]
The Tunis Court of First Instance condemned former First Lady Leila Ben Ali to six years in prison in absentia for traffic of influence, Webdo Tunis reports. The criminal chamber specialized in financial corruption cases accused the wife of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who died in exile in Saudi Arabia in 2019, of using […]
The court of First Instance of Tunis condemned Wednesday Nadia Akacha, former Chief of Staff of President Kais Saied to pay TND200, $61, for defamation, in a case dating back to 2020. Akacha had accused Mona Mouna Kraïem, a public servant, of plagiarism without evidence, Webdo Tunis reports citing the court. The accusation came while […]
The Francophonie summit wrapped up in Tunisia’s Djerba with Morocco sending a senior director from the foreign ministry instead of ministers as it did in previous editions. Morocco was represented by Nadia El Hnot, Director of Cultural Cooperation at the foreign ministry. The low Moroccan enthusiasm for the Francophonie summit is a symptom of the […]
Tunisian security forces have nabbed a terrorist associated with 2017 Barcelona attacks that caused the death of 24 people including 16 civilians. The terrorist, not identified, was arrested in the town of Fernana, in Jendouba Governorate about 170 km from Tunis, following tipoffs by local population, Tunisie Numérique reports. The man’s appearance, that of extremist […]
The European Union, EU, is set to grant Tunisia €100 million earmarked to help the North African country surf the impacts of the pandemic and to support the economy, the ministry of Economy and planning has announced. The financing agreement will be signed this Monday, November 14, 2022, at the headquarters of the Ministry of […]
Three pharmaceutical giants are about to put an end to their investments in Tunisia, in a series of bad economic news that continued to flow in Tunisia led by a President who is more into empty rhetoric than taking action to avert the financial collapse of the country. So far, local subsidiaries of Bayer, GSK […]