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April 22, 2021 |
Halima Ben Nasr Tunisia is currently witnessing a prolonged political stalemate amid increasing tension and fear for the country's future and democratic ideals in the Arab world. The core of the political...
Observers claim that the statements and stances of Tunisian President Kais Saied have recently raised concerns over potential deviations that could threaten the country, stating that he appears to...
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Tunisia Fawzi Al-Daas, the director of Tunisian President Kais Saied's 2019 election campaign, announced that the military judiciary had opened an investigation on 20 April into accusations made by MP...
The newly appointed Director-General of the Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP), Kamel Ben Younes, announced his resignation yesterday, after days of protests by journalists who rejected his designation as head of...
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Tunisia Tunisia's Ennahda Movement has denounced President Kais Saied for "monopolising power" and contravening the constitution and laws of the country. The criticism follows a speech on Sunday in which...
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Tunisia A member of the Tunisian Parliament accused President Kais Saied of treason, claiming that he had documents proving that the head of state had received funding from the US'...
The Tunisian National Office for Civil Protection (ONPC) on Friday recovered the bodies of 21 immigrants whose boat sank off the coast of Sfax while trying to illegally cross...
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Tunisia A Tunisian court has fined Head of the Heart of Tunisia party Nabil Karoui 19.3 million dinars ($6.5 million), local media reported on Wednesday. The ruling issued by the...
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Tunisia Tunisian security forces stormed the headquarters of the Tunis Afrique Presse news agency (TAP) on Tuesday and attacked journalists who refused the state appointment of the media group's director. The Tunisian General...
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Tunisia Tunisian President Kais Saied said Tunisians are "Muslims, not Islamists" after his visit to Egypt, sparking widespread controversy. Saied added: "There is a major manoeuvre taking place in our...
Residents of the Tunisian town of Souassi torched a police station and police vehicle after two young men were killed by a police car in a road accident, Agence Tunis Afrique...
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Tunisia Speaker of Tunisian parliament and head of the Ennahda Movement, Rached Ghannouchi, stressing on Monday that Ramadan is a "month of reconciliation" among all people, including political "parties and...
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Tunisia Tunisian Minister of Trade and Export Development, Mohamed Bousaid, pledged to open an immediate investigation to verify reports that products by some Tunisian companies had been exported to Israel...
Tunisian Minister of Finance and Investment Ali Al-Kali announced that public debt has reached its highest level, amounting to 16 billion Tunisian dinars ($5.7 billion). In a statement to Watania...
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Tunisia Tunisia will not accept any harm to Egypt's water security, Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Saturday, Anadolu Agency reported. "We look for fair solutions , but Egypt's...
Tunisia will not accept any harm to Egypt's water security, Tunisian President Kais Saied said today, Anadolu Agency reports.. "We look for fair solutions , but Egypt's...
Tunisian President Kais Saied has asserted: "Tunisia needs a respectable national parliament and a fully responsible ministry (referring to the government)." This came in a speech delivered by Saied...
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Tunisia Tunisian President Kais Saied showed Parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi and Head of the government Hichem Mechichi a caricature dating back to 1936, intended to describe the state of the...
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Tunisia The legal committee of the Libyan Political Dialogue Forum (LPDF) concluded its meetings on the third day in Tunisia without reaching a final agreement on the constitutional basis for...
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Tunisia Tunisia's Ministry of Religious Affairs announced on Thursday that citizens are allowed to perform prayers in mosques, including the Friday prayer, outside of curfew hours. This came in a...
Former Tunisian President, Moncef Marzouki, yesterday called for "early elections to help solve the political and economic crises" which are currently rocking the North African state. "Early presidential and...
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Tunisia Tunisia's President Kais Saied said on Tuesday that he had rejected parliament's attempt to reduce the number of votes needed to approve the formation of a constitutional court, Anadolu...
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Tunisia Tunisia's Ennahda movement on Monday stressed the need to complete the election process for members of the Constitutional Court, which has been stalled by political disputes. A statement issued...
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Tunisia Tunisia's Ennahda Movement announced on Thursday that the country urgently needs a national dialogue to bring together all parties to ease political and social tensions. This came in a...
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Tunisia The Grand Mufti of Tunisia Othman Battikh confirmed that he had requested the coronavirus vaccine from the Ministry of Health on the first day of Ramadan. "I am still...
Three terrorists and a toddler were killed during two security operations in Tunisia, the country's Interior Ministry announced on Friday, Anadolu reports. In a statement, the ministry said it...
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Tunisia Tunisia has renewed on Friday its firm and supportive stance on the peaceful settlement of the conflict in Libya, expressing its readiness to provide all forms of support to...
The Tunisian parliament yesterday ratified recent revisions of the draft bill for the Constitutional Court. The bill was passed by a majority of 111 votes. Arabi21 quoted sources as saying...
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Tunisia Tunisian media has revealed new developments in a case involving a Tunisian flight attendant who was arrested by the French authorities at Marseille Provence Airport. A Tunisian radio station...
Tunisian railway employees continued their strike for the second day yesterday, crippling the transportation network across the country. In statements to local media, Hassan El-Miyadi, a spokesperson for the...
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Tunisia Members of parliament in Tunisia from various parliamentary groupings have demanded that the competent authorities should take measures to stop attempts by the head of the Free Destourian Party...
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Tunisia Tunisia's Acting Justice Minister, Hasna Ben Slimane, announced on Monday that Canada has extended the freeze on funds linked to former President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. The decision...