Tunisia

Tunisia's prez sacks PM, 1st woman to hold that job in Arab League nation

Tunisia's president has sacked the country's prime minister, who was the first woman to hold that job in an Arab League nation. A brief statement from the presidential office late Tuesday did not give reasons for the dismissal of Najla Bouden Ramadhane. President Kais Saied had appointed the engineering school professor as Tunisia's first female prime minister in September 2021. Her replacement is retired central bank director Ahmed Hachani, who was sworn in Tuesday night. Tunisia is in the midst of an economic crisis with shortages of basic necessities and, in recent days, long lines for bread.

European Union, Tunisia announce progress in building economic, trade ties

European leaders and Tunisia's president announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often-lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. The leaders of Italy, the Netherlands, and the European Commission made their second visit to Tunis in just over a month. They expressed hope that a memorandum newly signed with Tunisia during the trip would pave the way for a comprehensive partnership. On their last visit in June, the leaders held out the promise of more than 1 billion euros in financial aid to rescue Tunisia's teetering economy and better police its borders, in an effort to restore stability to the North African country and to stem migration from its shores to Europe. This time, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte didn't detail the full monetary value of EU aid on offer to Tunisia, in statements they made after talks

Syria, Saudi Arabia agree to resume consular services, air flights

Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed in a joint statement to resume consular services and flights, after the bilateral ties have been stranded for years

Tunisia welcomes decision as Saudi Arabia, Iran move ahead to resume ties

Tunisia welcomed the decision by Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic ties, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said

Tunisia's economy expected to see moderate growth, expand by 1.8% in 2023

Tunisia's Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saied said that the country's economy is expected to expand by 1.8 per cent in 2023, a "modest" growth that "reflects the difficult economic situation"

Fifa World Cup 2022: A tournament of underdogs and major upsets in Qatar

Fifa World Cup 2022, Qatar: The tournament has seen a lot of upsets, and Morocco has been the best team that has upset many big teams in the world.

Fifa World Cup: Why are players wearing Batman-style facemasks in Qatar?

Fifa World Cup masked men: Who are these players wearing stylish black masks and why are they wearing the masks? Find out here

Leckie takes Australia into knockouts, eliminates Denmark and Tunisia

A second half goal from Mathew Leckie helped Australia pull off a shocking 1-0 win over Denmark and its entry to the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup for the first time in 16 years

Fifa World Cup: Australia beat Denmark reach Round of 16, Tunisia shock FRA

Fifa World Cup 2022 Highlights: Historic day for Australia as they qualified for the Round of 16 for only the second time in their World Cup history. They beat Denmark 1-0. Tunisia shocked France 1-0

FIFA World Cup Group C and D analysis: Argentina, Denmark to make headlines

FIFA World Cup 2022 Qatar: Here's a detailed analysis of which two teams will qualify for the knockouts from Group C and D of the tournament

Tunisia announces measures to cut public sector pay to unlock IMF loan

The Tunisian government has proposed urgent measures to cut the public sector pay in a bid to unlock a loan from IMF

Six African countries will receive mRNA vaccine technology

The 6 African countries selected to receive mRNA vaccines technology against Covid are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a European Union and African Union nations meet heard.

Tunisia president Kais Saied suspends parliament as Covid fuels unrest

The stakes are huge for the North African nation

Tunisia coronavirus update: 2,373 Covid cases reported, tally at 362,658

Tunisian Health Ministry reported 2,373 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 362,658.

United Nations mission announces resumption of intra-Libyan talks

UNSMIL confirmed that it will strive to ensure broad consultations, transparency, and a rights-based approach during this "Libyan-led and Libyan-owned" process

Tunisia suicide attack kills one police officer and injures five others

Police dispatched reinforcements to the area, including forensic experts as a helicopter flew overhead.

Stung by record defaults, China vows more transparent bond handling

Erdogan's visit to Tunis came a month after Turkey and Libya signed two separate accords, one on maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean and another on security and military cooperation

Tunisia opens trial over 2015 beach massacre

Six of the defendants are policemen accused of failing to assist a person in danger

Tunisian Prime Minister loses parliamentary confidence vote

This government will continue its mission until investiture of a new government