President Abdel Fattah El Sisi directed the government to expand a plan for establishing industrial complexes in new areas across the country, as well as to provide the necessary financial resources in order to integrate the system of industrial complexes with a strategy to increase local components in products. The president gave the directives at […]
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President Abdel Fattah El Sisi voiced on Monday26/7/2021 Egypt’s keenness on boosting relations with Jordan at the economic and commercial levels to serve the interests of the Egyptian and Jordanian peoples. During a meeting with Jordanian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs & Expatriates Ayman Safadi in Cairo, the president lauded efforts exerted […]
President Kais Saied’s suspension of parliament and threat to personally oversee prosecutions of parliamentarians is ‘alarming’ Security services’ raid on Al Jazeera’s Tunis office heightens concerns ‘The hard-won freedoms and human rights gains of Tunisia’s 2011 uprising are at risk’ – Heba Morayef Tunisian President Kais Saied should publicly commit to respecting and protecting human […]
Cairo — (Updated July 26, 2021 12:40 PM) Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the country’s prime minister and suspended parliament, amid applause from some quarters and protests from others. The move came after weeks of political turbulence in the country, fueled in part by public anger over the government’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. […]
After a series of demonstrations across the country, Tunisian President Kais Saied announced on Sunday evening that he was suspending the work of Parliament and dismissing the head of government, Hichem Mechichi, from office. Although Tunisia is under curfew, a number of people took to the streets on Sunday night after the announcement and others […]
Tunis/Tunisia — President Kaïs Saïed went to the Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis, a few hours after his announcement to freeze the work of the Parliament for 30 days and to take in hand the executive power. The national TV channel broadcast live footage showing Kais Saied’s arrival at the Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis amid shouts […]
APR FC will hold a training camp in Morocco in a bid to prepare for the CAF Champions League. The army side will represent the country in the elite football competition after winning the 2020/21 Championship unbeaten. The champions are expected to start the camp on August 15 in Morocco. The first qualifying CAF Champions […]
President Kais Saied removed Hicham Mechichi from his post as Tunisia’s prime minister after violent protests. The ruling party is now accusing the president of a “coup.” Tunisia’s President Kais Saied on Sunday said he would assume the country’s executive authority after dismissing the prime minister. The political escalation came after thousands of Tunisians took to […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Tabboubi, called Sunday for “positive pressure to review some national choices and achieve the claims of the revolution of freedom and dignity. In a statement to the press after a ceremony held at the Square of Martyrs at the Jellaz cemetery, to commemorate the […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The security forces have barricaded, Sunday, the day of commemoration of the 64th anniversary of the Republic, all access to Avenue Habib Bourguiba, while calls have been made to descend in large numbers into the streets and express fed up with the general situation of the country and the system in place. In […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Tunisian elite should show more solidarity and state institutions show more inter-institutional cohesion, said Speaker of the House of People’s Representatives (ARP), Rached Ghannouchi. He called to avoid “unnecessary tension” and to act to “revive hope”, he added in a press statement after a ceremony to raise the national flag, the Bardo […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The number of vaccines donated by brotherly and friendly countries could reach five million doses in the coming days, said President Kaïs Saïed, during his visit Saturday in the governorate of Gafsa. These vaccines will be distributed fairly and according to the needs of each region, he added. President Kaïs Saïed visited Saturday […]
Agriculture Minister Sayyed el Quseir underlined the state’s keenness to benefit from the relative advantage of water bodies to meet Egypt’s needs of fish and boost exports. In statements to Al Masry Al Youm on Sunday, he said the bill on protecting lakes and fish wealth – which is due to be tackled later in […]
Egyptian national table tennis champion Dina Meshref qualified Sunday to the 3rd Women’s Single Round in Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Meshref secured a place in the 3rd round after having defeated her Polish rival Natalia Partyka 4/2.
President Abdel Fattah El Sisi issued a presidential decree approving a 5.5-million-dinar loan with the Kuwaiti Fund for Arab Economic Development to finance the establishment of two seawater desalination plants in Rafah and Bir el Abd. The loan was signed on November 23, 2020. The decree was published in the Gazette out Sunday.
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian tennis player Ons Jabeur ( World 23rd) was defeated Sunday by Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro (206th) 4-6, 1-6, in the first round of the women’s singles draw of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic tennis tournament. Ons Jabeur misses for the third time in a row its passage to the second round of an […]
The Health Ministry said Saturday night that 38 new coronavirus cases were detected, upping the total number of confirmed cases since the outbreak in the country began to 283,985. In a statement, Spokesman for the Health Ministry Khaled Megahed said four patients have died from the virus over the past 24 hours, raising the death […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisian swimmer Ayoub Hafnaoui offered Tunisia its first gold medal at the Olympic Games Tokyo-2020, after winning the final of 400 m freestyle in 3.43.36, Sunday at the aquatic centre of Tokyo. The silver medal went to the Australian Jack McLoughlin (3:43.52) and the bronze to the US Kieran Smith (3:43.94).