Tunisia

The Tunisian foreign ministry said yesterday that it did not have "detailed information" about the conditions, whereabouts or kidnappers of Tunisian journalists kidnapped in Libya, the Anadolu Agency reported....

Tunisia borrowed €99.9 million ($116.2 million) from Germany to support developmental projects, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement released yesterday, the Tunisian foreign ministry said that Tunisia and...

Former Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has criticised the involvement of Ennahda in the upcoming government, calling it a "democratic mistake", German news agency DPA reported. Jebali, who headed...

Tunisia announced yesterday that an official delegation will visit Libya to discuss the fate of two Tunisian journalists who have been missing since September after the Libyan branch of...

Observes have anticipated that the intensity of the internal dispute within the Nidaa Tounis party will escalate during the coming days. Political analyst and writer Salahuddin Al-Jurshi told Arabi21...

The Shura Council of Tunisia's Ennahda Movement said on Saturday that it would participate in the government now being formed by Tunisia's new Prime Minister Habib Essid. "A majority...

The grisly killing of 10 journalists and two police officers at the French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo on Jan. 7 was met with global indignation. A day later, Agence...

A leader in Tunisia's Ennahda party said that the movement does not have any objection to Habib Essid who was assigned by President Beji Caid Essebsi to form a...

Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda movement, which holds the second most parliament seats, will not participate in the new government, a source from majority-holding Nidaa Tounis Party said Thursday. "The new...

The Palestinian Authority has made important amendments to the draft resolution submitted for a vote in the UN Security Council, Foreign Minister Riyad Al-Malki said yesterday. Speaking from Algeria,...

With the finalisation of the presidential vote and preliminary result pointing to Essebsi as Tunisia's next president, the political coalition awaits to be formed. Could there be an Ennahda-Nidaa...

After counting most votes in Tunisia's presidential election, leader of the Nidaa Tounes Party Beji Caid El Sebsi is leading the runoff polls. With 75 percent of votes counted,...

Presidential candidate Moncef Marzouki said on Friday that he would win over those who consider money to be everything in politics, Anadolu news agency has reported. Speaking at the...

As Tunisia's presidential runoff draws ever closer, the political campaigning has stepped up a gear, and has been full of smearing, aggressive rhetoric, media gossip and political lobbying. Opposition...

The Tunisian authorities yesterday ordered the partial closure of border crossings with Libya during the upcoming presidential elections, the Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement, the Tunisian government said:...

The Ennahda party will cooperate with the next president whoever he is because he is because he is chosen by the people, the party's President Rashid Ghannouchi said. In...

The interim president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki, has insisted that the battle against the regime of ousted president Zine Al-Abidin Bin Ali is ongoing. He has called for it...

Tunisia's Interim President Moncef Marzouki, who is seeking re-election, pledged Sunday to defend public and private freedoms and to fight against all forms of terrorism and poverty if he...

Tunisia's independence is at threat when foreign states seek to influence the course of the presidential elections, the country's President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki said. Anadolu Agency reported Marzouki saying:...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement yesterday decided to postpone naming the presidential candidate it will support in the second round of the presidential elections until Saturday. The movement's head of the...

Almost four years into the so-called Arab Spring one could be forgiven for thinking that it hasn't been worth it, judging by the death and destruction that has taken...

Questions were raised in Tunisia's local media and social networking sites over why President Moncef Marzouki was not invited to attend the new parliament's inaugural session held yesterday. The...

Tunisia's presidential candidate Mohamed Moncef Marzouki's campaign is holding on to the appeals it filed at the Administrative Court regarding breaches during the elections, spokesperson Adnan Mansar said. In...

The Administrative Court of Tunis has rejected appeals filed by incumbent presidential candidate Mohamed Moncef Marzouki against alleged violations committed during the first round of the country's presidential elections....

Israeli media have reported a meeting in Paris between Tunisian presidential candidate Beji Caïd Essebsi and officials from Gulf States. The meeting is alleged to have focused on ways...

Presidential candidate Moncef Marzouki has appealed against the results of the first round of the Tunisian elections held on November 25. The interim president filed eight appeals with the...

With over 1.6 billion followers, one third of them living as minorities, Islam is a major force in the world today. An active factor in international relations, its influence...

Turkey will continue to support the democratic transition process in Tunisia, the country's foreign ministry said in a statement today. According to a statement, the Tunisian people passed the...

The deputy chief of Tunisian Islamist movement Ennahda, Abdelfattah Mourou, announced on Wednesday that he has been prevented from travelling to the US. Anadolu news agency reported that Mourou...

Tunisia's Popular Front, a coalition of democratic and left-wing forces, announced it would not support the presidential candidate Moncef Marzouki, Al-Arab Al-Yawm reported today. The announcement came in the...

The campaigns of both Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki and his rival Beji Caid Essebsi have secured the top two positions in the first round of the presidential elections, which...

In order for us to be realistic, we must describe the Arab revolutions in Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya, and Syria as "takeaway" revolutions; they are like fast foods that...