Tunis/Tunisia — The Ministry of Family, Women, Children and the Elderly reaffirmed utmost commitment to continue to support and defend the rights of rural women and girls and to further empower them. In a press release issued on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, observed on October 15 each year, under the […]
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Tunis/Tunisia — Out of the 135,211 text message invites sent on October 14, only 39,824 people honoured their jab appointments, the Health Ministry said. The number of fully vaccinated people stands at 4,149,625 and is as follows: 3,250,388 got two shots, 390,073 got one shot as the J&J/Janssen vaccine requires a single dose and a […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisia logged 220 COVID-19 infections from 5,364 tests conducted on October 13, i.e. 4.10% positivity rate, taking the caseload to 710,542, according to the Health Ministry. 3 more deaths were also reported, pushing the death toll to 25,066. The number of recoveries also rose by 347 to 683,727. 9 new hospitalisations were recorded […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The governorate of Medenine had reported a one mor COVID-19 fatality in the last 24 hours, bringing the death toll to 1,148, Preventive Health Director Zayed El Anz said on Friday. Besides, 14 more infections were detected, bringing the caseload to 32,667, including 31,456 recoveries. Regarding the progress of the jab drive, 304,959 […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie (APF) suspended Tunisia’s membership. This measure was taken at the end of the meeting Tuesday of the APF bureau members, dedicated to the state of democracy in the Francophone world. “(…) the members of the Bureau reviewed the political situation in the Francophone world and took note […]
Tunis/Tunisia — A new rally against President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed’s exceptional measures started Sunday in Mohamed V avenue, Tunis. Protesters chanted slogans against parliament freeze. They walked along Mohamed 5 and Jean Jaurès avenues. Their number is estimated in few hundreds at 9:30 am, a security source told TAP. Heavy police presence was […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Lawyer and former president of the National Anti- Corruption Authority (French: INLUCC) Chawki Tabib said Sunday he was notified of the decision to lift the house arrest order against him. Tabib said last August 20 he was put under house arrest by decision of the acting interior minister without giving any reasons. He […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The governorate of Gabes reported 2 more COVID-19 fatalities in the last 48 hours, bringing the death toll to 647 since the outbreak of the pandemic. 14 further infections had been recorded from 203 tests, bringing the caseload to 22,229, including 21,998, health watchdog unit coordinator in Gabes Houssine Jobrane specified to TAP […]
Tunis/Tunisia — President of the Republic Kais Saied received, on Thursday at the Palace of Carthage, Néjib Ktari, First President of the Court of Auditors and President of the Financial Disciplinary Court, who presented him with an audit report on the administrative and financial management of the Independent High Authority for the Elections (ISIE). Quoted […]
Tunis/Tunisia — BeMed, an association that combats plastic pollution in the Mediterranean, is launching on the occasion of World Sea Day its 2021 call for micro-initiatives targeting actions that strive to curve plastic pollution in the Mediterranean region. NGOs, territorial authorities, municipalities, small and medium sized enterprises, scientific institutions from every country in the Mediterranean […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied surprised many Wednesday with his appointment of Najla Bouden Romdhane, a 63-year-old professor at a prestigious engineering school, as the country’s first female prime minister. The geologist was named prime minister after the office was vacated July 25 when Saied froze parliament and seized executive powers, leaving the country in limbo. […]
Tunis/Tunisia — The President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed on Wednesday tasked Najla Bouden Romdhane with forming the government as soon as possible, pursuant to Decree Law 117 of 2021 dated September 22, 2021 (Article 16) on exceptional measures. President Saied recalled that this is the first time in Tunisia’s history that a woman holds […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisia had logged 840 COVID-19 infections from 11,177 tests (7.52% positivity rate) on September 27, pushing the caseload to 706,314, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday. Ten more fatalities were also reported, taking the death count o 24,842. The number of recoveries also rose by 552, hitting 673,990. 25 new hospitalisations were reported […]
La Palma — Emergency authorities early on Monday ordered people in an area on the eastern shore of La Palma island to lock down as the lava gushing from the Cumbre Vieja volcano approaches the sea. The 1,250 Celsius degree lava may touch the Atlantic Ocean in the coming hours, likely causing explosions and send […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Thousands of protesters, including politicians and civil society actors on Sunday rallied in front of the Municipal Theatre in Tunis to denounce the exceptional measures decreed on July 25 by President Kais Saied, describing them as a “coup” as well as the presidential decree No. 2021-117, considering it an attempt by the Head […]
Tunis, Tunisia — More than 100 officials of Tunisia’s Islamist party Ennahda announced their resignations Saturday to protest the choices of the movement’s leadership in confronting the North African country’s political crisis. The split within the ranks of Ennahda comes amid a deep political crisis in Tunisia. In July, President Kaïs Saied’s decided to sack […]
The musician found a new sound in the silence and space of Tunisia’s el-Djerid region, resulting in an album that is ‘organic, minimal and natural’. From initial blackness the camera starts panning over a dry and desolate landscape, the sound of a heartbeat at the centre of a howling wind. Dancer Mellina Boubetra comes into […]
Tunis/Tunisia — Tunisia is among the countries with low climate risks for children. It is ranked 121 out of 163 countries in terms of the Children’s Climate Risk Index (CCRI) released in August 2021 by UNICEF as part of the report The Climate Crisis is a Child Rights Crisis. The climate crisis is a child […]