Tunisia
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.
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Tunisia mothers decry wave of 'arbitrary' arrests after unrest
At least 1,000 people, including many minors, have been arrested, human rights and other non-government groups told a news conference on Thursday.
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Locked-down Tunisia marks decade since dictator's fall
In past years, demonstrators have rallied to recall the momentous events that kicked off the wider Arab Spring revolts and to push for further change, but not this year as the world is battling the pandemic.
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Pandemic impact on Tunisia tourism 'catastrophic'
The sector, a major employer that accounts for 14% of the nation's GDP, was hit hard by restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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Tunisia's economy could shrink by as much as 7% this year
The number of unemployed people in Tunisia will increase by 275,000, according a government study in partnership with the United Nations, investment minister Slim Azzabi said.
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Tunisia relaxes curfew with virus outbreak slowing
President Kais Saied has cut the curfew hours to 11 pm to 5 am instead of 8 pm to 6 am, state news agency TAP reported, 10 days after the start of a gradual reopening of the bureaucracy and economy.
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Tunisia allocates $850 million to combat effects of coronavirus
Tunisia has confirmed 60 cases of the disease, which is expected to hit its tourism sector, which accounts for about 10% of gross domestic product.
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Tunisia herbalists cash in on coronavirus fear
In the heart of the old city, Tunisians continue flocking to the Souk el-Blat and its herbalist stalls, where flasks, powders and dried herbs are stacked high.
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Tunisia talks on cabinet press on amid risk of new election
The proposed government must be approved by the deeply fragmented parliament in two weeks or there will be a new election.
