Latest in Tag: Tunisia Highlight
Latest in Tag: Tunisia
World Bank watches unfolding of political situation with great concern: Bank president
World Bank has helped finance several projects in various sectors during the past year
Jailed Israeli spy could be key to peace talks
A source close to the talks said on Tuesday that there was a proposal which could see Pollard freed before the Jewish holiday of Passover, which begins mid-April.
Tunisia looks to win back tourists with image makeover
The North African country hopes to welcome 7 million tourists this year, a slight increase on the 6.9 million who visited in 2010 before the revolution that ousted a decades-old dictatorship and unleashed outbreaks of Islamist violence that damaged Tunisiaâs reputation.
Ukraine is Egypt â well, not really
Egyptians know now what it was like to watch the Tahrir Square uprising in 2011 from outside of the country â because the same kind of media attention was recently projected on Ukraine. This country, which hasnât been the subject of monthly breaking news for a while â let alone daily breaking news â has …
Tunisiaâs economic woes could become âcatastrophicâ: PM
Tunisiaâs economic recovery since its 2011 âArab Springâ revolution has been hampered by political instability, social unrest and Islamist violence.
What did Bouazizi want?
How would the man who ignited the Arab Spring view his unintended legacy?
Tunisia gets $1.2bn from World Bank
It is the biggest loan package Tunisia has received since the 2011 revolution that toppled autocratic president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
Jobless protesters torch police post in Tunisia
AFP â Jobless Tunisian protesters have torched a police post in the impoverished central region of Gafsa, where social discontent is rife over high unemployment despite the strategic importance of its phosphate mines. The demonstrators set fire to the building in the town of Metlaoui late on Tuesday and confronted policemen, an AFP journalist reported. …
Return of jihadist fighters from Syria sparks fear in Tunisia
AFP â Around 400 Tunisian jihadists have returned from fighting in the Syrian war, the interior minister said, sparking fears that the battle-hardened militants could fuel Islamist violence back home. Since the 2011 revolution, Tunisia has been rocked by sporadic violence linked to Muslim extremists who were suppressed under the regime of ousted strongman Zine …
11 dead as Libya military plane crashes in Tunisia
The whole plane was completely burnt out.
Four killed by armed group: Tunisia ministry
Tunisia has been wracked by violence blamed on jihadist groups since the January 2011 Arab Spring revolution that ousted long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Investors cling to frontiers as emerging markets sink
Lebanon, Tunisia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Qatar and Kuwait are among the worldâs lesser developed markets and are outperforming more mainstream emerging markets
Tunisia’s new government of independents sworn in
The formation of a new government comes after weeks of horse-trading and is the cornerstone of a roadmap to end a political crisis that has plagued Tunisia since the assassination of two opposition MPs in 2013.
Tunisia parliament approves new cabinet line-up
The line-up was only agreed after weeks of horse-trading and will replace the government led by the Islamist Ennahda party, which accepted last year to step down as part of deal to end a crippling political crisis.
Tunisiaâs leaders sign new charter 3 years after revolution
Tunisiaâs dominant Islamist party Ennahda said it expected elections to take place in October.
Tunisia leaders sign new constitution
Marzouki was the first to sign the charter which the national assembly adopted by an overwhelming majority in an overnight session.
Tunisia gets new constitution and caretaker cabinet
The prime minister named a caretaker cabinet tasked with organising fresh polls
Rape victim complains of new delay in Tunisia police trial
Three police officers have been held in custody in connection with the case, two of them, Chawki Ben Ammar and Walid Feriani, on rape charges and the third on charges of extortion.
Tunisiaâs promising new constitution
The emerging Tunisian constitution is profoundly encouraging on multiple fronts, especially equal rights
Tunisia agrees on new charterâs chapter on judiciary
A two-thirds majority of parliamentâs 217 elected members is then needed to adopt the charter and avoid it being put to a referendum.
Tunisia marks uprising anniversary without new constitution
The main groups demonstrating were supporters and critics of Ennahda, the moderate Islamist party that was voted to power after Ben Ali’s downfall, but which finally resigned last week under an agreement to end months of political turmoil.
One man shot dead as protesters clash with police across Tunisia
Scattered protests over economic hardships have broken out as Tunisiaâs new prime minister takes office to lead a caretaker administration to end a crisis three years after its uprising ousted Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia’s Jomaa, technocrat PM tasked with ending crisis
Tasked with forming an interim government of technocrats and overseeing fresh elections
Tunisia Islamist PM set to step down as unrest mounts
The Islamist Ennahda party has been under mounting pressure to relinquish the grip on power
Tunisia police, protesters clash in deprived region
The region is one of the poorest in Tunisia and was a hotbed of unrest during the January 2011 revolt that toppled veteran strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia charter to uphold equality, freedom of opinion
The Islamists also agreed in recent months to drop their insistence on Islam being the main source of legislation, or criminalising âattacks on the sacredâ.
Tunisia votes for gender equality in new charter
They are equal before the law without discrimination,” states article 20 of the new charter, which was approved by 159 lawmakers out the 169 who voted.
Tunisia assembly begins voting on new constitution
Which must be adopted by January 14, the third anniversary of the 2011 revolution
Sporting Alexandria reach quarterfinals in Tunisia
Egyptian basketball team progresses from group stage of FIBA African Champions Cup
Three years on, Tunisia uprising marked by muted demos
Around 1,000 unionists and left-wing opposition activists gathered in Sidi Bouzid, the impoverished central town where Mohammed Bouazizi staged his iconic protest on 17 December 2011, for a demonstration against the lack of progress since the revolution.