Tunisia

Tunisia's powerful labour union has allowed its members to vote in a planned referendum this month on the country's new constitution, Anadolu Agency reported. "Members have the freedom to...

Tunisian activists on Friday took the proposed draft Constitution announced by President Kais Saied to social media for discussion. One of the debated issues is the use of ambiguous...

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has called on Tunisians to boycott President Kais Saied's referendum scheduled for 25 July. In a post on Facebook, Marzouki warned that the situation in...

A delegation from the International Monetary Fund will visit Tunisia on Monday to start negotiations over a loan programme, a Central Bank official told Reuters on Friday. This follows the...

The Head of the Tunisian Bar Association and one of the members of the authority entrusted to draft the new Constitution received great criticism after he warned Tunisians of...

The Tunisian judiciary charged the head of the Ennahda movement Rached Ghannouchi, along with 32 other figures, with terrorism. Lawyer Iman Gazara said: "On Monday, 33 people were officially charged in this case [the assassination...

Riad Al-Shuaibi, the adviser to the leader of the Ennahda movement and member of the National Salvation Front, yesterday denied reports of the existence of "contacts" between the leader...

Tunisia's Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) announced that 24 political parties will participate in the campaign for the constitutional referendum, scheduled to be held on 25 July. President...

President Kais Saied looks on course to tighten his grip on Tunisia through a constitutional referendum in July, but it could prove to be a poisoned chalice as the...

Tunisia's General Labour Union (the UGTT) announced on Monday its decision to launch a new nationwide strike in the public sector, including government-owned companies. The strike is in protest...

The Club of Madrid (the largest forum in the world for former heads of state and government), on Sunday 26 June 2022, demanded that the Tunisian authorities, especially the...

The former interim President of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, has said that his country stands at a crossroads as he called for the activation of what he called "national resistance"...

The Tunisian Ministry of Energy launched on Saturday the first floating photovoltaic station in the Middle East and North Africa region, with a production capacity of about 200 kilowatts....

Tunisia's Ennahda movement has held the country's president, Kais Saied, fully responsible for the safety of former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, Anadolu Agency reports. Jebali was hospitalized after being arrested...

The Ministry of National Defence in Tunis announced on Friday the arrest of a terrorist who stabbed several security guards in the capital. The ministry's statement revealed: "On Friday...

The Ennahda Movement on Friday demanded the disclosure of the parties involved in plotting to target President of the Republic Kais Saied. During a press conference, the movement's spokesperson...

Tunisian police on Thursday raided an industrial facility in the city of Sousse and detained ex-Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, his family revealed. According to a statement posted on his...

Tunisia's Interior Ministry said, on Friday, it had information about serious threats to the life of the President and that it had foiled what it called a separate attack...

The Tunisian Ennahda Movement condemned, on Thursday, 23 June 2022, what it described as "repeated attempts to involve Ennahda leaders in judicial cases addressed by the judiciary, where the...

On Thursday, the Tunisian General Labour Union, UGTT, expressed its rejection of the reforms demanded by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to grant the country a new loan, at...

World Bank Vice President for Middle East and North Africa, Ferid Belhaj, has reiterated the financial body's readiness to continue supporting Tunisia's economic reform and development efforts. This came in...

Three judges in Tunisia have staged a hunger strike in protest against President Kais Saied's decision to sack 57 judges, including them, Anadolu News Agency reported. This came in...

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday discussed with Prime Minister Najla Bouden the preparations for organising the referendum on the constitution scheduled for 25 July. A brief statement issued by...

Mixed reports have surfaced in recent days over Israel's participation as an "observer" in the annual "African Lion 2022" military exercise which kicked off on Monday in the Moroccan...

The Republican Party called on Tunisian authorities to withdraw from the "African Lion" military manoeuvres led by the United States and hosted by Tunisia, Morocco, Ghana and Senegal. Israel...

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Tuesday that Islam will not be the "state religion" in the new constitution, which he will present to a referendum on 25 July....

The Head of the Economic and Social Committee that oversaw the national dialogue, Ibrahim Bouderbala, revealed that the draft of the new Constitution has been completed, pointing out that...

Thousands of people demonstrated in Republic Square in the capital of Tunisia on Sunday, calling for the overthrow of "Kais Saied's coup", Arabi21 has reported. This was a reference...

A judge in Tunisia has revealed that a new list is being prepared of more than 400 of his colleagues to be dismissed after 25 July, coinciding with the...

Tunisian judges have extended their ongoing strike for a third week in protest of the sacking of their colleagues by President Kais Saied, Anadolu Agency reported. "The strike has...

Riadh Chaibi, a leader of the Ennahda Movement and advisor to Rached Ghannouchi, described the actions at the Committee of Economic and Social Affairs meetings as "normalising the 25...

Lawyer Samir Dilou revealed on Friday that the Military Court of Appeal ruled to imprison lawyer and member of the dissolved parliament Seifeddine Makhlouf for one year, as Makhlouf...