Tunisia

Tunisia is imposing COVID-19 vaccine passes on Tunisians and all foreign visitors, Reuters reported on a presidential decree on Friday. Officials, employees and users are required to show a...

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, said on Thursday that a "national dialogue" will be launched in which young people will participate and will address topics including the country's "political and...

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday sacked the Governor of Gafsa, Sami El-Ghabi, according to an official statement. "The President of the Republic, Kais Saied, issued on Thursday, a presidential...

Ahmed Aboul Gheit, secretary-general of the Arab League, found nothing else to occupy his time other than to declare his support and understanding of the coup carried out by...

Tunisia's Ennahda party yesterday called to put an end to the "exceptional measures", announced by President Kais Saied in late July, saying they have damaged Tunisia's gains and reputation...

When the news circulated that Morocco's leading political group, the Development and Justice Party (PJD), had been trounced in the latest elections held in September, official media mouthpieces in...

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) today, Thursday, adopted a resolution on the situation in Tunisia in which they expressed deep concern about the concentration of powers in the...

The Secretary-General of Tunisia's largest union, Noureddine Taboubi, has criticised President Kais Saied and called on him not to treat the state as a "game". The head of the...

The Tunisian Parliament called on President Kais Saied to reconsider his "unconstitutional" decisions, and lift the freeze imposed on legislative institutions. In a statement issued on Tuesday, the parliament's presidency called...

The Tunisian National Guard yesterday thwarted 18 irregular migration operations heading to Italy and rescued 340 migrants. National Guard spokesperson, Hossam El-Din El-Jabali, was quoted by local media as...

The International Monetary Fund has been in contact with Tunisian authorities after a new cabinet was formed last week, and more talks are expected soon on the type of...

Israel's Regional Cooperation Minister, Issawi Frej, has said that every Arab state has direct or indirect ties with the occupation state, Emirati website Erem News reported on Monday. "We...

Staff at the recently purchased American news agency, Politico, has been warned that they must abide by the parent company's commitment to Israel or else find a new job,...

The new Tunisian Interior Minister, Taoufik Charfeddine, pledged on Sunday, not to allow "anyone to prejudice the prestige of the State", in light of a severe political crisis and...

81 percent of Tunisians surveyed expressed concern about the future of democracy in their country, following the exceptional decisions taken by President Kais Saied on 25 July, according to...

A Tunisian court on Sunday ordered the detainment of lawmaker and former minister, Mehdi Ben Gharbia, on suspicion of tax fraud and money laundering charges. Ben Gharbia is the...

A Tunisian court on Sunday ordered a lawmaker to be detained over suspected tax fraud and money laundering – the fourth parliamentarian to be taken into custody since President...

The Public Prosecution of the Court of Appeal in Tunis has launched an investigation on Friday into the statements of former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on French TV channel...

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday expressed his country's dissatisfaction with US Congress discussions on democracy in the North African state. In a meeting with the US Ambassador to Tunisia, Donald Blom, at the Carthage Palace, Saied "informed the US ambassador of his dissatisfaction with the inclusion of the situation in Tunisia on the agenda of...

Tunisian President Kais Saied yesterday launched an attack on his predecessor and threatened to withdraw his diplomatic passport and ban him from travel. Amnesty International has monitored the Tunisian...

Democracy in Tunisia is in danger following a series of executive orders issued by President Kais Saied, the Congress Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East, North Africa and Global Counterterrorism said yesterday....

Tunisia's Ennahda movement yesterday slammed what it called a "de facto government led by Bouden." In an official statement, the movement said that the formation of the Bouden government...

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi on Tuesday assured his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, that Cairo supports the steps he has taken to maintain stability in Tunisia, Anadolu reported. The presidency said...

On Tuesday, 12 October 2021, the World Bank said that governments around the world have responded to the Covid-19 pandemic by launching massive tax, monetary and fiscal stimulus packages....

Tunisia's Permanent Council of La Francophonie yesterday agreed to postpone the 18th Summit of La Francophonie to next year. The proposal will be presented in the coming days to...

Turkish President, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has announced that Turkey has lost its patience with the Kurdish militias attacking the country from neighbouring Syria, stating that a new military operation...

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), the largest trade union organisation in Tunisia, demanded that the exceptional period in the country not be extended, and a clear vision after...

Since 25 July, Tunisian President Kais Saied has been unable to achieve anything, neither for the state nor for the Tunisian people. He only succeeded in freezing parliamentary life...

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, has decided to cancel the house arrest orders against former deputies and officials, a move that observers considered as an attempt to appease the rising...

Journalists working for Tunisia's national television station were "violently attacked" while covering 'anti-coup' demonstrations in the country yesterday. Sources at the Journalists Syndicate were quoted by local media as...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has offered new financing to the Middle East and North Africa worth $16.6 billion to overcome the COVID-19 crisis, Anadolu reported yesterday. According to the report,...

"We are only against the coup, not against our people”