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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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"...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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