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Tunisian coast guards Sunday thwarted five illegal migration attempts across the Mediterranean, Webdo Tunis reports. A naval security unit posted at Monastir, central coast of Tunisia and 162 kilometers south of Tunis, seized seven engines, 3 boats, and a quantity of fuel. They also arrested the occupants among whom seven Tunisians from the coastal city […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has ordered the seizure of the diplomatic passport of former President Moncef Marzouki, whom he accused of treason against the State. The move comes after Marzouki said he was happy to have contributed to the postponement to next year of the 18th Summit of the International Organization of Francophonie that was […]
A unit of the Tunisian National Guards has dismantled an alleged 10-men cell producing explosives in the Tatouine governorate, the Interior Ministry said. A statement of the ministry notes detainees were planning to use the explosives in terror attacks. The ministry stressed without providing much detail that some members of the cell have managed to […]
The Francophonie summit, scheduled to take place in Djerba, Tunisia, in November, has been postponed to the Fall of 2022. The decision, made at a meeting of the Permanent Council of the International Organization of the Francophonie (OIF) on Tuesday, October 12, has yet to be ratified by the ministers, but there seems to […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has abandoned the house arrest ban imposed on several key figures suspected for corruption and other related offenses. Chawki Tabib, former head of the country’s anti-corruption Monday on Facebook said an official decision stemming from the interior ministry cancelled the order to keep him under house arrest. “I was informed a […]
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Najla Bouden said in an address, following the announcement of her government lineup, that the cabinet’s top priority is to combat corruption, otherwise, she added, any attempt at reform will be called into doubt. The management of State affairs requires an evaluation, analysis and reorganization operation to set priorities and restore confidence […]
Tunisia’s President Kais Saied Thursday laid into international rating agencies for using “biased criteria” in evaluating the country’s abilities to attract investments. This came during a meeting with the President of financial market council (CMF) Salah Sayel, a day after the country’s central bank (BCT) sounded the alarm over the waning of foreign reserves, the […]
Tunisia’s media regulator shut down Wednesday Zitouna TV, a local television backed by parliament largest party Ennahdha, for operating without license. The channel in a Facebook post indicated that security forces accompanied by officials from HAICA, raided the station and seized equipment. The storming came few days after the arrest of the TV show host, […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied Wednesday expressed willingness to learn from Egypt’s experience in areas of security and stability, at the time Tunisians and Tunisia’s partners are wary of the waning of democracy in the North African country. Saied expressed the wish at a phone conversation with his Egyptian counterpart to congratulate him on the 48th […]
A helicopter belonging to the Tunisian army crashed Tuesday during a night drill, causing the death of three soldiers on board, the ministry of Defense has said. Mohamed Zekri, spokesman for the ministry told state-run TAP news agency, the crash occurred in El Hamma, governorate of Gabès. Zekri also indicated that a military technical team […]