Tunisia
Now in charge, Tunisian president faces looming fiscal crisis
Middle East
August 18, 2021
Now in charge, Tunisian president faces looming fiscal crisis
TUNIS, Aug 17 (Reuters) – At the Sidi Bahri market in Tunis, shoppers were pleased with the president’s attacks on…
In exclusive Al-Masry Al-Youm interview, Tunisian MP Samia Abbou says President Kais Saied saved Tunisia
Features/Interviews
August 17, 2021
In exclusive Al-Masry Al-Youm interview, Tunisian MP Samia Abbou says President Kais Saied saved Tunisia
Tunisian parliament member Samia Abbou, a member of the Democratic Current Party, said that President Kais Saied’s decisions to dismiss…
Tunisia bans 12 officials from traveling on suspicion of corruption in phosphate
Middle East
August 10, 2021
Tunisia bans 12 officials from traveling on suspicion of corruption in phosphate
TUNIS, Aug 9 (Reuters) – A Tunisian judge on Monday banned 12 officials, including a former minister and lawmaker, from…
On Tunisian streets, economic worries and political fury
Middle East
August 5, 2021
On Tunisian streets, economic worries and political fury
Wadi bin Soleiman taps at his mobile phone. He’s sitting on his chair, inside his ceramics store in the historic…
Tunisia received 6 million doses of vaccine as donations- president
Middle East
August 3, 2021
Tunisia received 6 million doses of vaccine as donations- president
TUNIS, Aug 2 (Reuters) – Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Monday that his country has received six million doses…
Anger over Tunisia’s pandemic failures fuels political crisis
Middle East
August 1, 2021
Anger over Tunisia’s pandemic failures fuels political crisis
JENDOUBA, Tunisia, Aug 1 (Reuters) – Waiting in line to receive a COVID-19 jab from the Tunisian army, Zubeir Bin…
We trust the Tunisian political leadership to achieve the will of its people: Egypt FM
Egypt
August 1, 2021
We trust the Tunisian political leadership to achieve the will of its people: Egypt FM
Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry on Saturday stated that the Egyptian state is fully confident in the Tunisian administration’s ability…
Tunisia’s Ennahda puts off party meeting amid crisis
Middle East
August 1, 2021
Tunisia’s Ennahda puts off party meeting amid crisis
TUNIS, July 31 (Reuters) – The head of Tunisia’s biggest party, the moderate Islamist Ennahda, on Saturday postponed a meeting…
Tunisia’s turmoil is being watched warily around the globe
Middle East
July 31, 2021
Tunisia’s turmoil is being watched warily around the globe
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Days of political turmoil in Tunisia over a crippled economy and surging coronavirus infections have unnerved…
Tunisian president names new security chief amid crisis
Middle East
July 30, 2021
Tunisian president names new security chief amid crisis
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s president has named a new interior minister, in his first major appointment since he froze…