Tunisia
Tunisia, Morocco hoteliers eye an end to COVID downturn
After two ruined seasons in a row, operators in Tunisia and Morocco are licking their wounds and hoping the lifting of travel restrictions will spell better...
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Tunisia president appoints new govt nearly 3 months after power grab
State television broadcast a swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet headed by Najla Bouden, the North African country's first ever female prime minister.
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Tunisia president names Najla Bouden as country's first female PM
"The President of the Republic Kais Saied charged Najla Bouden with forming a government as quickly as possible," said a statement from his office published on Facebook.
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Tunisia's Saied issues decree strengthening presidential powers
Under the current system most of the executive power was in the hands of the government, and the measures announced by Kais Saied clearly tip the balance in favour of the presidency.
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Tunisia wins Africa men's volleyball title for a record 11th time
The tournament's top two teams, Tunisia and Cameroon, qualify for the 2022 International Volleyball Federation-Volleyball Men's World Championship as the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) representatives.
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G7 calls on Tunisia president to wind back power grab
Elected in late 2019, President Kais Saied invoked the constitution to extend his authority, dismissing prime minister Hichem Mechichi and freezing parliament.
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Tunisian president extends suspension of parliament indefinitely
In a statement issued by the presidency late on Monday, Saied also extended an order freezing immunity for lawmakers and said he would address the Tunisian people in the coming days, without providing further details.
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US urges Tunisia to return to 'democratic path'
Saied on 25 July sacked premier Hichem Mechichi and suspended parliament for 30 days. He ordered a graft crackdown targeting 460 businessmen and an investigation into alleged illegal funding of political parties.
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After power grab, Tunisia's Saied declares graft crackdown
Saied slammed the "bad economic choices" made in recent years, during a meeting with a leader of the employers' federation UTICA.
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Tunisia in political turmoil as president sacks more officials
Late Tuesday, 63-year-old Saied, a former law lecturer who was a political newcomer when he won a landslide 2019 presidential election victory, issued decrees sacking a long list of senior government officials, including the army's chief prosecutor.
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Tunisians worry about outcome of president's power grab
But away from the legislature and the police roadblocks on the wide boulevards of Tunis, there are few outward signs of an intense political crisis -- and many have welcomed the president's orders.
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Police shut Al Jazeera TV's Tunis office
"Around 15 policemen, some in uniform others in civilian clothes, entered our offices and asked us to leave," Al Jazeera director in Tunis Lotfi Hajji told AFP.
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Tunisian protesters march against government
In the capital Tunis, hundreds of protesters gathered in front of parliament, shouting slogans against the Islamist-inspired ruling Ennahdha party and Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi.
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Donations seek to save Tunisia from COVID catastrophe
The small North African nation of 12 million people had been struggling to come up with the necessary vaccine doses even before COVID-19 really began to hit hard.
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23 migrants missing, two dead off Tunisia coast
The Tunisian navy said a boat headed for Europe from Zuwara in Libya was intercepted on Tuesday near Miskar oil platform, some 67 kilometres (52 miles) off the coast.
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'Europe or death': West Africans risk all to leave Tunisia
For the 28-year-old from Ivory Coast, the perilous Mediterranean crossing from the North African nation of Tunisia is her only way to build a better future.
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Tunisia starts Covid vaccinations month behind plan
Around 300 nurses, doctors and other health personnel who are heavily exposed to the virus received shots during the morning at the El Menzah vaccination centre in the capital Tunis.
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At least 39 migrants drown off Tunisia as two boats capsize
Rescuers pulled 165 survivors from the floundering boats out of the sea to safety.
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Tunisia set to receive first coronavirus jabs
An initial 30,000 doses are due to arrive on Tuesday from Russia, followed by 500,000 doses "in coming weeks", a presidency statement read, citing "constant diplomatic efforts" to procure them.
