Tunisia

Tunisia

Twenty bodies found as migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast

Despite the coronavirus pandemic, the Tunisian coast remains a major departure point for migrants and asylum-seekers searching for a better life in Europe.

24/12/2020

Tunisia

Tunisian activists protest surveillance a decade on from Arab Spring

It's been ten years since a street vendor set himself on fire to protest against rising living costs and corruption in Tunisia, sparking the Arab Spring.

17/12/2020

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How are Tunisia’s plastics businesses faring during the COVID-19 crisis?

Back in April, the International Monetary Fund approved a $745 million emergency loan to help Tunisia navigate the financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The IMF also forecast the economy would contract by 4.3% this year.

18/09/2020

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Tunisia's startups target saving water & bees to counter global warming's effects

Global warming is having a sizeable impact on agriculture in some North African countries.

11/09/2020

World

How is Tunisia developing MedTech to fight COVID19 with limited resources?

Some hospitals in Tunisia are developing a variety of new technologies to combat the novel coronavirus, despite facing a number of setbacks in funding and resources.

17/07/2020

World

Why is hip-hop bringing change in Tunisia’s Kasserine Mountains?

Bordering Algeria, poverty and unemployment in Tunisia’s Kasserine Mountains has gone some way towards nurturing young recruits for extremism. Hip hop dancing, however, has emerged as a new way to potentially combat militant recruitment.

26/06/2020

Tunisia

Tunisian MPs reject asking France to apologise for 'colonial crimes'

The motion did not pass amid fears it would jeopardise relations with France, Tunisia's most important commercial partner.

11/06/2020

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Tunisian Olympic medalist Ines Boubakri shares home training tips

Tunisian Olympic medalist Ines Boubakri expressed support for the postponement of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games, saying it is in the best interest of all those taking part.

24/04/2020

Tunisia

Several injured after blast near American embassy in Tunis

Tunisian media are reporting that a suicide bomber on a motorcycle set off a blast near the U.S. Embassy in Tunis.

06/03/2020

Tunisia

Turkey's Erdogan makes surprise Tunisia visit to discuss Libya

Erdogan reiterated that Turkey would send soldiers to Libya if invited by Tripoli — a promise that infuriated the rival Libyan government in Benghazi.

25/12/2019

World

A look under the hood of a homegrown Tunisian car brand

Tunisian motor company WallysCar was set up by two brothers who had no prior experience in mechanical engineering.

13/12/2019

Tunisia

Tunisians pick new president in final round of voting

Kais Saied and Nabil Karoui are starkly different candidates who beat 24 rivals including many top politicians in the first round of voting last month, as Tunisians rejected a political establishment that has failed to address chronic economic ills.

13/10/2019

World

How Tunisia’s tech start-ups are changing the entrepreneurial ecosystem

With more than one-third of Tunisia’s graduates unemployed, many young nationals are taking matters into their own hands by creating their own tech companies.

11/10/2019

Tunisia

Tunisians vote in unpredictable parliamentary elections

Tunisians went to the polls on Sunday as the small North African state's economy stagnates and public services decline.

06/10/2019

Tunisia

Tunisia's former president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali has died: lawyer

The former leader fled to Saudi Arabia in 2011.

19/09/2019

Tunisia

Tunisian election: What you need to know about Karoui and Saied

Detained media magnate Nabil Karoui and populist academic Kais Saied, two political outsiders, both said on Sunday that they were through to the second round of Tunisia's presidential election.

16/09/2019

Tunisia

Tunisia election: Unofficial exit polls project landslide Saied win

An unofficial exit poll conducted by Sigma Consulting projected a landslide win in the Tunisian presidential election for independent candidate Kais Saied on Sunday, saying he had taken 76.9% of the votes.

13/09/2019

Tunisia

Tunisia’s 92-year-old president Essebsi has died: president's office

Tunisia’s 92-year-old president Essebsi has died said the president's office

25/07/2019

Tunisia

Meet the Tunisian running to be first openly gay Arab president

Mounir Baatour says there has been a “positive” reaction to his campaign to become Tunisia's first openly gay president.

20/07/2019

World

North Africa’s first tattoo school revives an old tradition in Tunisia

The National School of Tattooing, which opened its doors in Tunisia in January, is the only one of its kind in North Africa.

19/07/2019

Tunisia

Death toll from migrant ship capsize rises to 58, says NGO

The Tunisian Red Crescent said on Thursday that 58 bodies have so far been recovered after a ship carrying more than 80 migrants capsized off the coast of Tunisia last week.

11/07/2019

Tunisia

Tunisia bans wearing of niqab in public institutions after bombings

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has banned the wearing of the niqab in public institutions for security reasons, according to Reuters, citing an official source.

06/07/2019

Tunisia

Boat carrying 70 migrants capsizes off Tunisian coast

Boat carrying 70 migrants capsizes off Tunisian coast

04/07/2019

Tunisia

Hospitalised Tunisian president's health begins to improve: advisor

Essebsi, 92, was taken to a military hospital after suffering what the presidency called a "severe health crisis". Essebsi had been briefly hospitalised last week as well.

27/06/2019

Tunisia

Panic in central Tunis as suicide blasts kill police officer

A witness described a huge blast followed by dust and panic after a bomber targeted a police car near the French Embassy in the Tunisian capital.

27/06/2019

World

Film mogul Tarak Ben Ammar urges expansion of Arab cinema industry

Tunisian producer Tarak Ben Ammar has been in the international movie business for almost 50 years.

14/06/2019