Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saied and Director-General and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD) Bader Mohammed Alsaad signed Saturday in Rabat, Morocco, an agreement under which 16 …
Month: April 2023
School trip: 23 injured as bus skids on Sousse-Tunis highway
Twenty-three passengers, including pupils, sustained injuries Sunday when the bus they were boarding skidded off Sousse-Tunis highway at the entrance of Hammamet.The bus was carrying pupils of a private school in Jammel, Monastir, on a Tunis-bound sch…
Takfiri arrested in Hammam Sousse over ties with terrorist group
A Takfiri wanted for ties with a terrorist organisation was apprehended on Friday night in Hammam Sousse, the spokesperson for the National Guard said on Sunday.The man was handed a one-and-a-half year sentence.Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
Bizerte: attempted prison break foiled
An escape attempt by two inmates at Borj Roumi facility, Bizerte, was thwarted, the spokesperson for the First Instance Court Oualid Ache bellah said.The public prosecutor’s office ordered an investigation into the case to disclose the circumstances o…
Twelve migration attempts foiled, 238 crossers rescued (National Guard)
Twelve illegal migration attempts were thwarted on Friday night and 238 crossers were rescued, the Directorate-General of the National Guard said on Sunday.Coast guards in the Sahel region foiled six attempted crossings and rescued 68 undocumented Tun…
Tarek Harakati re-elected at helm of Tunisian Association of Young Lawyers
Tarek Harakati was re-elected Saturday at the helm of the Tunisian Association of Young Lawyers.He will serve a new three-year term (2023/2026), lawyer Nissaf Saidi told TAP. Fellow lawyer Mahdi Zargouba gained most votes in executive bureau elections…
Tunisian Diplomacy Day: Interview with Minister of Foreign Affairs Nabil Ammar
An experienced diplomat who has worked in London, Brussels and Damascus, Nabil Ammar, who was appointed in early February to head the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, advocates a return to the basics of Tunisian diplomacy: respect for international legali…
High political commitment will eradicate malaria in a generation – Prof Binka
A Professor of Clinical Epidemiology at the University of Health and Allied Sciences (UHAS) School of Public Health, Prof Fred Newton Binka said spirited political commitment is required to eradicate malaria from Ghana.The major challenge to fighting …