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Souad Abderrahim, the likely future Mayor of Tunis has rejected proposals offering her a ministerial portfolio if she abandons her plans to become the Tunisian capital’s first female Mayor. Souad Abderrahim from the Islamist party Ennahdha is leading the mayoral Read more
The international Olympic Committee (IOC) has decided not to allow Tunisia host the 2022 edition of youth Olympic Games over the North African country’s recent refusal to allow Israeli athletes to participate in the world youth Taekwondo competition, held in Read more
Tunisian Authorities Wednesday announced they have identified alleged killers of Mohamed Zaouari; a Tunisian drone expert affiliated to Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, ruler of Gaza. Zaouari, 49, was gunned down by two masked men in December 2016 in the city Read more
Tunis has re-opened its consulate in Tripoli after three years of closure following the deteriorating security situation as result of rivalry among factions vying for the control of the capital. Work at the consulate resumed Friday after talks between the Read more
UNESCO will launch April 24 a pilot project: “Youth Preventing Violent Extremism” in four Arab countries, namely Jordan, Libya, Morocco, and Tunisia. Funded by the UN Counter-terrorism Centre (UNCCT) and Canada, the project seeks to empower youth in the fight Read more
A Tunisian court has ruled against the participation of four Israeli athletes in an ongoing international competition after a group opposed to normalization of ties between the two countries sued the head of Tunisian taekwondo federation. The National Commission for Read more
Reviving the Tunisian economy and boosting exports requires weakening the dinar, IMF officials in Tunis told Bloomberg. The call comes as Tunisia struggles with falling foreign exchange reserves, which plummeted to $4.6 billion, enough to cover just 78 days of Read more
A Tunisian MP from a left-wing opposition party Tuesday tore an Israeli flag in the Parliament premises to protest the normalization of ties with Israel. Ammar Amroussia ripped up the flag after the parliament indefinitely delayed the debate of a Read more
British tour operator, Thomas Cook, resumed package tours to Tunisia, marking a return of British tourists to the North African country since 2015 terrorist attacks leaving 38 UK tourists dead in a beach in Sousse resort. As the Foreign and Read more
Tunisian transport minister Thursday announced that Dubai-based carrier Emirates was allowed to resume air traffic to Tunis in an apparent end of crisis between the North African country and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) sparked by Emirati authorities’ ban on Read more