[CAF] Comoros leapfrogged Tunisia to finish at the summit of Group A in the TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers following a hard-fought 1-0 victory over Madagascar.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- The activities and services of the Energy Transition Fund (FTE) have been digitised, the National Energy Management Agency (ANME) announced on Thursday, adding that this measure aimed at simplifying administrative procedures has been in force since November 11, 2024.
[CAF] Niger, Tunisia, and Libya each secured vital wins in their respective TotalEnergies CAF Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON) qualifiers on Thursday, further reshaping the standings as teams inch closer to the coveted tournament spots.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President Kais Saied visited, on Sunday, Henchir Enfidha (farm), owned by the Tunisian State (Office of State Lands), on the occasion of the celebration of the Tree Day, according to a statement from the Presidency.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, Nov. 10 -- Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Mohamed Ali Nafti will head the Tunisian delegation participating in the Joint Arab Islamic Extraordinary Summit to be held in Riyadh on Monday, on the instructions of President Kais Saied.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, Nov. 5 -- President Kais Saied met Prime Minister Kamel Madouri at Carthage Palace on Wednesday to discuss the general progress of the government's work and the implementation of the decisions of the National Security Council (NSC) meeting held on Monday, November 4.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- A small cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Kamel Madouri on Tuesday dealt with a number of issues related to the health sector and health care.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, Nov. 5 -- President Kais Saied stressed the crucial importance of culture during a meeting with Minister of Culture Amina Srarfi at the Carthage Palace on Tuesday, saying that culture is a "sovereign sector."
[AI London] On 18 October 2024, the Criminal Chamber of the Court of First Instance in Tunis sentenced Ennahdha leader and former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri to ten years in prison on the basis of a social media post attributed to him and which he denied writing.
[RFI] French PhD student Victor Dupont has been detained in Tunisia on breach of state security charges for at least 12 days, it was announced this week. His university has denounced the arrest as an attack on fundamental liberties.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Kairouan -- President Kais Saied made an unannounced visit to the Aghlabid Basins in Kairouan on Wednesday evening.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Carthage -- President Kais Saied stressed the need to "break with the usual methods that have led to limited results in the fight against monopoly and speculation," as he met with Minister of Trade and Export Development Samir Abid on Tuesday.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Carthage -- President Kais Saied called on Tuesday for "full participation in the fight for national liberation by reducing prices" during a meeting with Samir Majoul, president of the Tunisian Confederation of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts (UTICA).
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- A cabinet meeting held on Tuesday at the Government Palace in the Kasbah and chaired by Prime Minister Kamel Madouri was dedicated to measures and proposals to speed up the completion of public projects and encourage private investment, according to a statement from the Prime Ministry.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President Kais Saied stressed during a meeting with Prime Minister Kamel Madouri at the Carthage Palace on Monday the need to speed up the preparation of several draft laws in all areas, particularly in the social field, in order to finally break with a legal system that is not suited to this stage in Tunisia's history.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President Kais Saied stressed the need to decide on many cases within a reasonable time, saying during a meeting with Justice Minister Leila Jaffel on Monday that "judicial time is an important element in achieving the desired justice".
[CPJ] New York -- Tunisian authorities must immediately and unconditionally release political commentator Sonia Dahmani, who was sentenced on Thursday to two years in prison for spreading false news, the Committee to Protect Journalists said Friday.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- The National Guard commemorated on Wednesday the 11th anniversary of the martyrs of Sidi Ali Ben Aoun terrorist attack in Sidi Bouzid governorate.
[VOA] Tunisian President Kais Saied was inaugurated for a second term following a tumultuous first term in which he suspended parliament, jailed his critics and rewrote the country's constitution.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President Kais Saied met with all members of the government at Carthage Palace on Monday afternoon and urged them to work harder, stressing the need to speed up the preparation of new laws with shorter deadlines and to put an end to tailor-made legislation.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Bardo -- President-elect Kais Saied was sworn for a second term before the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) and the National Council of Regions and Districts at an extraordinary session held Monday in Bardo.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- A swearing-in ceremony of President-elect Kais Saied kicked off Monday at the seat of the parliament before members of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP) and the National Council of Regions and Districts during a joint extraordinary plenary session.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis, Oct. 20 -- The Tunisian Constitution of 2022 provides in Chapter IV devoted to the Executive Function, Article 92, that the elected President of the Republic takes the oath before the Assembly of People's Representatives and the National Council of Regions and Districts in a joint session.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- President Kais Saied received a written message from the President of the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria, Abdelmadjid Tebboune, inviting him to attend the celebrations by the Algerian people on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the Algerian Revolution.
[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- "Tunisia's position is firm and the state will not abandon its social role, nor will it accept dictates from any quarter," stressed President Kais Saied on Thursday during a meeting with Governor of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT), Fethi Zouhair Nouri, at the Carthage Palace.
[UN News] Nearly six and a half million people in southern Africa are starving because of an "historic drought" linked to last year's El Niño, UN humanitarians said on Tuesday.