Headlines Tunisia

Tunisia’s health system crumbles under coronavirus

Tunisia’s health system “has collapsed” due to the surge in coronavirus cases, thus health ministry described the dire situation in his country. The pandemic has had a “disastrous” impact on the country, the spokesperson for the health ministry Nissaf Ben Alya said as hospitals are submerged by Covid-19 patients and morgues hit maximum capacity. Abhorrent […]

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Tunisia: Pandemic propagation led to ban commute between governorates until end of July

Tunisia Thursday imposed a ban on all movements between various governorates of the country until end of the current month as part of efforts to curtail surge in COVID-19 contaminations. The decision does not apply for students taking their exams, some emergency cases and the transportation of food stock and medical supply, Webdo Tunis reports. […]

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Tunisia brands as fake news discovery of Covid-19 vaccine

The Tunisian Defense ministry has brushed aside social media news that a medical military team has discovered a remedy or vaccine against Covid-19 pandemic, Business News reports. The ministry in a statement issued Wednesday denied reports on social media that one of its teams has established a treatment or a vaccine for the pandemic. The […]

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Tunisian President criticizes government partial lockdown decision

Tunisian President Kais Saied Thursday distanced himself from the government’s decision to decree a nationwide curfew for two weeks in view of curbing the spread of the coronavirus pandemic. Hichem Mechichi-led government and the scientific committee overseeing the pandemic decided early this week a set of measures including a two-week night curfew starting from July […]

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COVID-19: Tunisia decrees nationwide curfew as pandemic spirals out of control

Tunisia Tuesday announced nationwide curfew from 8pm to 5am local time from July 1st as part of the efforts to stem the continuing spread of the covid-19 disease, as the World Health Organization (WHO) sounds the alarms over the pandemic situation in the North African country. Tunisia, which at one time appeared to control the […]

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Morocco, Tunisia sign cooperation agreement to promote employment

A framework agreement of cooperation was signed Tuesday in Tunis between the National Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC) and the Tunisian Agency for Employment and Independent Work (ANETI).   The Moroccan Agency for the Promotion of Employment and Skills (ANAPEC) and the Tunisian Agency for Employment and Independent Work (ANETI) signed […]

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Tunisian Presidency sues another blogger in military court

Tunisian blogger Amina Mansour will appear this Monday before the military court after a lawsuit lodged by the office of President Kais Saied over a Facebook post, one month after the same court sentenced Slim Jebali, a prominent blogger, to three months in prison. Amina Mansour is sued by the office of the President for […]

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Tunisia will not host foreign army bases- President says

President Kais Saied of Tunisia denied that his country was planning to host a foreign military base following reports that said the US plans to sent troops to Tunisia. AFRICOM commander US Army General Stephen Town had said that America is considering sending a unit of military trainers to Tunisia, due to Russia’s involvement in […]

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Turkish Airport operator TAV closes down Tunisian Enfidha Hammamet international airport

Turkish airport operator, TAV, shut down Wednesday the international Enfidha Hammamet airport amid protests from the union of workers. The operator according to its communication chief Rim Dhamer, wrapped up activities after last flights, Webdo Tunis reports. Activities at the airport will resume after issues with the union of workers are sorted out, Dhamer said. […]