Latest in Tag: Tunisia Highlight
Latest in Tag: Tunisia
Tunisia hunting ‘2 armed groups’ near Algeria border
Troops clashed with around 50 armed jihadists in the remote Mount Chaambi border region last Wednesday
Tunisia court reviews jail terms for prophet cartoons
Jabbeur Mejri and his co-defendant Ghazi Beji, who fled abroad, were sentenced in a closed hearing in March 2012 to seven and half years in jail
The Secret to Reviving the Arab Spring’s Promise: Property Rights
By Hernando De Soto The protests that toppled governments were fueled by anger over the lack of a basic element in market economies Al Qaeda is resurgent in Mali, Algeria and beyond. Violent turmoil and anti-Western hostility are rising in the Middle East and North Africa. Two years after the Arab Spring, it would be easy …
Tunisia releases photos of politician’s suspected assassin
The facebook page of Tunisia’s interior ministry are published the photos of five Islamists wanted for the assassination of Chokri Belaid
Riveting performance in Algerian play End/Igné
D-CAF presents an Algerian play that discusses the concept of self-immolation, corruption and the human spirit
Egypt major recipient of illicit Libyan weapons: UN report
A new report published by the United Nations says illicit arms from the Libyan civil war fuelling conflicts in the wider region
After Arab Spring, Islamists test religion in economics
By Farah Halime With the rise of political Islam across North Africa in the wake of the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011, Islamic finance is being touted as the solution to decades of unemployment and economic inequality. âWeâve tried socialism, weâve tried capitalism, now weâre trying Islam,â cried supporters of Mohamed Morsi, when he was …
Topless protests against Islamism staged across Europe
Protests were held in several capitals, of which are Berlin, Kiev, Paris and Brussels
Sabahy meets Tunisian president
Hamdeen Sabahy meets with high-level government officials in Tunis
Reform in Egypt ânot without difficultiesâ
The European Commission released a report on Wednesday assessing Egyptâs transition to democracy
Sweden supports free trade agreement between Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Tunisia
The official members’ meeting on 4 March supported achieving the objectives of the Agadir agreement
Political impasse sparks alarm on Tunisian economy
Standard and Poor’s was the first credit ratings agency to respond to the crisis, cutting Tunisia’s sovereign rating from BB to BB- with a negative outlook, citing “the risk of seeing the political situation deteriorate further”.
Tunisia renews state of emergency amid crisis
Tunisia is facing a grave political crisis after the February assassination of leftist politician Chokri Belaid
Suspected Salafist killer of Tunisia politician identified
Alleged killer of Chokri Belaid is identified by his own father
Salafists fail to stop ‘Harlem Shake’ in Tunisia
A number of social media sites belonging to Salafists and other Islamist groups have denounced the “Harlem Shake” as indecent.
Salafists behind Belaid’s murder, 4 held: Tunisia minister
“The killer has been identified and is being chased,” Larayedh told a news conference.
Tunisia new PM starts work on forming government
Larayedh has until 8 March to present a new government to the head of state, Marzouki’s spokesman said, adding that the president urged him to do so “as quickly as possible because the country cannot wait any longer.”
Tahrir Squared: the discussion continues
There is no stopping the train, and it is important to do all that is possible to try to get to the right destination, rather than just go faster
Tunisia PM seeks ‘another solution’ after cabinet plan fails
Jebali first floated his initiative in the wake of public outrage over the killing in broad daylight of outspoken government critic Chokri Belaid
Uncertainty in Tunisia ahead of political talks
Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi has strongly reiterated his party’s refusal to relinquish power in line with an initiative proposed by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali
Islamists protest in Tunis to bolster ruling party
The mass rally was called to defend the right of Ennahda to continue at the head of the ruling coalition and oppose to form a government of technocrats.
Tunisia in crisis as president’s party rejects government plan
Congress for the Republic party demands the resignation of the interior, justice and foreign ministers
Tunisia in political limbo after PM gamble
The ministers of President Moncef Marzouki’s party in the ruling Ennahda-led coalition are on the verge of stepping down
Tunisia opposition struggles to carve identity
Tunisia’s opposition has been undermined by differences since the 2011 revolution
Tunisia says one policeman dead, 375 arrests in unrest
The killing of Chokri Belaid plunges Tunisia into political crisis
Thousands gather for Tunisian slain politician’s funeral
Tunisian capital at a near standstill during burial of Chokri Belaid
Tunisia pledges new government after opposition leader’s killing
Furious demonstrators built barricades in central Tunis on Wednesday and clashed with police
Tunisian opposition leader assassinated
Chokri Belaidâs assassination is the first in Tunisia since the Arab Spring uprising began in 2011
Tunisia president scraps trip after opposition leader murder
Trip was to participate in the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation summit in Cairo
Breaking: Tunisian opposition leader Belaid shot dead: brother
Wife reports two bullets hit him