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Moncef Marzouki, first President of post-Arab Spring Tunisia, made headlines again by accusing Algeria of standing in the way of the Jasmin Revolution against Ben Ali’s regime. “Algerian authorities fought the Tunisian revolution to which they showed hostility in its first years,” Marzouki told Al Khaleej TV. Marzouki added that he met former […]
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is providing a €300 million financing package to Société Tunisienne de l’Electricité et du Gaz (STEG) to support the stability of Tunisia’s energy sector during the coronavirus pandemic in the medium term. This program will allow Tunisia’s state-owned national electricity and gas utility company to implement an […]
A mine explosion killed Wednesday four Tunisian soldiers in the province of Kasserine during a patrol. The fatalities, Tunisian presidency notes, occurred during a military patrol on Mghila mountain in the region. The ministry of defense identified the slain soldiers as Lieutenant Sami Ouannassi, Adjudant-chef Saïd Amari, Sergent-chef Ismaïl Kheriji and Caporal-chef Moneem Dalaii. The […]
Several human rights groups and activists and social media users have denounced as unjust the ruling of a court in Tunisia which sentenced three people aged under 30 to 30 years in prison each on cannabis use charges. The critics of the ruling also called for amending the Law 52 on which the court based […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi won a confidence vote from the parliament for the recent cabinet shake-up that saw the entry of 11 new ministers. Lawmakers approved Mechichi’s new picks for the ministries of interior, justice, health, employment, industry, energy, agriculture, environment, sports, culture and land affairs. Mechichi conducted the reshuffle on Jan. 16 on […]
Olfa Hamdi, the new CEO of Tunisia’s national carrier, has named an international committee to help her implement a reconstruction program for the low performing airline. The committee is made up of national and global aviation industry leaders. The nine-member strategic committee includes Mitchell Weisberg, former Kaplan Norton team member, Expert in strategy of Fortune […]
Tunisia’s top diplomat Othman Jerandi Sunday announced he contracted covid-19 and vowed to double down the search of vaccines for the North African country which posted so far 197,373 cases. “The tests I did confirmed that I had contracted the virus despite taking all the necessary precautions and following the health protocol,” Jerandi said on […]
Three Tunisians were injured Thursday in a landmine explosion in Gabès Governorate, according to a security source. A security source from the National Guard told local radio Mosaique fm the incident took place near the commune of Mareth, in Wadi Ghiran. The victims, aged 33, 40 and 46, saw a piece of iron and started […]
Tunisia and Libya have discussed ways to strengthen cooperation between the two countries in the oil sector. Assaad Ajili, Tunisian envoy to Libya met with Mustafa Sanalla, head of the Libyan National Oil Corporation (NOC) in Tripoli, NOC said in a statement. The statement said the two men discussed ways of endorsing bilateral cooperation between […]
Tunisia was gripped Saturday and Sunday by chaotic scenes as anger mounts over economic hardship. More than 600 people were arrested after the of riots in several Tunisian cities and troops have been deployed in some regions, officials said Monday. Violent protests broke out in at least six Tunisian cities, including the capital Tunis and […]