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Latest in Tag: Tunisia
Tunisia’s leaders sign new charter 3 years after revolution
Tunisia’s dominant Islamist party Ennahda said it expected elections to take place in October.
Tunisia leaders sign new constitution
Marzouki was the first to sign the charter which the national assembly adopted by an overwhelming majority in an overnight session.
Tunisia gets new constitution and caretaker cabinet
The prime minister named a caretaker cabinet tasked with organising fresh polls
Rape victim complains of new delay in Tunisia police trial
Three police officers have been held in custody in connection with the case, two of them, Chawki Ben Ammar and Walid Feriani, on rape charges and the third on charges of extortion.
Tunisia’s promising new constitution
The emerging Tunisian constitution is profoundly encouraging on multiple fronts, especially equal rights
Tunisia agrees on new charter’s chapter on judiciary
A two-thirds majority of parliament’s 217 elected members is then needed to adopt the charter and avoid it being put to a referendum.
Tunisia marks uprising anniversary without new constitution
The main groups demonstrating were supporters and critics of Ennahda, the moderate Islamist party that was voted to power after Ben Ali’s downfall, but which finally resigned last week under an agreement to end months of political turmoil.
One man shot dead as protesters clash with police across Tunisia
Scattered protests over economic hardships have broken out as Tunisia‘s new prime minister takes office to lead a caretaker administration to end a crisis three years after its uprising ousted Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia’s Jomaa, technocrat PM tasked with ending crisis
Tasked with forming an interim government of technocrats and overseeing fresh elections
Tunisia Islamist PM set to step down as unrest mounts
The Islamist Ennahda party has been under mounting pressure to relinquish the grip on power
Tunisia police, protesters clash in deprived region
The region is one of the poorest in Tunisia and was a hotbed of unrest during the January 2011 revolt that toppled veteran strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia charter to uphold equality, freedom of opinion
The Islamists also agreed in recent months to drop their insistence on Islam being the main source of legislation, or criminalising “attacks on the sacred”.
Tunisia votes for gender equality in new charter
They are equal before the law without discrimination,” states article 20 of the new charter, which was approved by 159 lawmakers out the 169 who voted.
Tunisia assembly begins voting on new constitution
Which must be adopted by January 14, the third anniversary of the 2011 revolution
Sporting Alexandria reach quarterfinals in Tunisia
Egyptian basketball team progresses from group stage of FIBA African Champions Cup
Three years on, Tunisia uprising marked by muted demos
Around 1,000 unionists and left-wing opposition activists gathered in Sidi Bouzid, the impoverished central town where Mohammed Bouazizi staged his iconic protest on 17 December 2011, for a demonstration against the lack of progress since the revolution.
Tunisia’s PM-designate is a little-known newcomer
The opposition accuses the current government of failing to rein in militants who have stepped up attacks, and failing to deal with an economic malaise that has led to a rise in strikes and protests.
Egypt grabs fourth place in African Canoeing-Kayak Championship
Egyptians bring home 11 medals – 4 gold, 3 silver and 4 bronze
Qatar Bank gives Tunisia $500mn deposit : Source
The deposit was made as Tunisia’s Islamist-led government faces pressure from lenders such as the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to make reforms to trim its budget deficit and end a political crisis.
Egypt returns ambassador to Tunisia
Egypt’s ambassador returns to Tunis having been recalled two months ago over Tunisian president’s comments
Gunman killed, police wounded in Tunisia clashes
The interior ministry said other gunmen had fled, and that two policemen were wounded by shots to their legs.
Egyptian fishing boat held and fined in Tunisia
The Egyptian Embassy in Tunisia is currently making efforts to try to return the boat and crew back to Egypt
Tunisia old guard shuts out youths behind revolt
Two veterans dominate the crisis-hit political scene in the North African country, where people under the age of 30 account for 51% of the population.
Morsi’s trial sparks reactions in Egypt and beyond
Islamists across the Arab World decry court’s legitimacy
Car bomb found at site of deadly Tunisia clash
A quantity of TNT and ammonium nitrate substances frequently used in homemade explosives were also found
Tunisia protesters torch ruling Islamist party’s office
AFP – Protesters on Thursday torched the office of Tunisia’s ruling Islamists in the town of Kef, where a policeman killed in fighting with suspected jihadists is to be buried, an AFP photographer reported. The walls of the building were burned and equipment inside it destroyed, with witnesses saying that protesters had ransacked the office …
Tunisia PM says committed to ‘principle’ of resigning
Prime minister’s speech as clashes between security forces and gunmen rocked the central Sidi Bouzid region, leaving at least six policemen dead
Hundreds stage Tunis anti-government protest
Protesters demand the resignation of Tunisia’s Islamist-led government, ahead of a national dialogue aimed at ending months of political deadlock.
Saudi withdrawal stuns UN Security Council
Russia criticized the Saudis’ “strange” decision but the conservative kingdom got a more understanding reaction from its western allies.
Relief, distrust as Tunisia Islamists agree to quit government
The document foresees the nomination of an independent prime minister by the end of next week, who would then have two weeks to form a cabinet.