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Two trains collided Monday in Dubosville, a suburb of the Tunisian capital Tunis, causing injuries to 96 people. One of the trains was carrying passengers to Riyadh station in Tunis and the other, empty, was hailing from the station in direction to Dubosville warehouse. The victims were whisked to several hospitals for treatment, the civil […]
A group of terrorists Saturday exchanged shots with members of Tunisia’s National Guard in Kairouan, North of the North African country. The police said in a statement that gunmen in a car opened fire but were repelled by a “massive” retaliatory barrage, without any casualties reported in the exchange. Those responsible for “this cowardly attack […]
An International Monetary Fund team of experts will travel to Tunisia late this month to continue talks with authorities about the North African country’s request for a loan. “A small team of IMF experts plans to visit Tunisia this month for further discussions with the authorities to build on what I can describe as good […]
UGTT, Tunisia’s powerful labor union, has pledged to stand in the way of the economic and social reforms wanted by international lenders prior to any financial package to be offered to the North African country. Noureddine Taboubi, leader of the UGTT, on Wednesday took aim at a government document detailing the planned economic and social […]
Tunisian counter-terrorism forces arrested Tuesday six men forming a terror cell, in Tataouine, southern Tunisia, the Interior Ministry said. The cell named Al Mouwahidoun is active in the Tatouine governorate and the members have pledged allegiance to the Islamic state group, the ministry stressed in a statement. The cell, led by a terrorist not known […]
Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, leader of “Citoyens contre le coup d’Etat” [Citizens against the Coup d’Etat], a movement opposed to President Kais Saied’s July 25 exceptional measures, has indicated that he has been banned from leaving the country. Mbarek on his facebook account did not reveal the rationale behind authorities’ move. The politician and activist is […]
Tunisians are suffering from a shortage of basic foodstuff which the President ascribed to food profiteering and speculators. In the wake of soaring food prices in international markets, president Kais Saied said in a presidency statement that he was launching a “relentless war on speculators and criminals.” Food speculators could face heavy prison sentences as […]
Libyan authorities have arrested six Tunisian fishermen in Libyan waters after they departed from Al Ketf port, Webdo Tunis reports. The move, the media reveals, came public after a man in Jebeniana, in the Sfax governorate in Tunisia, Thursday called on local and Libyan authorities to secure the release of his son who is among […]
The African Development Bank, AfDB, agreed Monday to allocate to Tunisia a credit line worth 103.95 million euros earmarked for the second phase of a road infrastructure project (PMIR-II) in the North African country. The credit will be used to rehabilitate 230.6 km of road in five governorates according to Minister of Equipment and Housing […]
The Tunisian Interior ministry Saturday announced the arrest of a woman planning to kidnap relatives of some security and military forces in exchange for the release of some prisoners arrested for terrorism. The woman was also plotting to stage an attack on a police station using an explosive belt that she manufactured herself, the ministry […]