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The Ministry of Health says a 66-year-old Tunisian man has died after being infected by the coronavirus following a visit to the Gulf. This is the first such case in Tunisia as the virus slowly spreads beyond the Middle East, according to the Ministry of Health’s National Observatory of New and Emerging Diseases, known by [...]

Amira Masrour | 21 May 2013 | 8 Comments

Two More Soldiers Injured by Land Mines in Hunt for Terrorists

Two members of the armed forces were injured in a land mine explosion this morning near the Algerian border. This followed multiple injuries caused by land mine explosions last week near Chambi Mountain, where security forces are searching for a terrorist group. The two officers were immediately brought by helicopter to the regional hospital of Kasserine [...]

Amira Masrour | 06 May 2013 | 2 Comments

Dean Acquitted of Assaulting Veiled Student

The dean of a Tunisian university accused of assaulting a veiled female student was acquitted Thursday. Two female students, including Fatouma Haji, the one who accused him of assault, were convicted of damaging the dean’s property and each received postponed four-month sentences. In a press conference following the verdict’s announcement, Dean Habib Kazdaghli said he thanked [...]

Asma Smadhi | 02 May 2013 | 5 Comments

Ennahdha Approves Mixed Political System

The Shura Council of the Ennahdha ruling party approved the creation of a mixed parliamentary/presidential system for Tunisia’s future government during an emergency meeting held yesterday, Fathi Ayadi, chair of the Council, told Mosaique FM. The new system of government would balance power between the president and prime minister. It was proposed by a key parliamentary committee [...]

Amira Masrour | 29 April 2013 | 1 Comment

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Indictment Chamber Rejects Request for Sami Fehri’s Release

Amira Masrour | 03 January 2013 | 2 Comments

The indictment chamber of the Court of Appeals in Tunis rejected today a request for the release of Sami Fehri, TV producer and director of Ettounsiya Television, confirmed Sonia Dahmani, Fehri’s attorney, to Tunisia Live. The chamber also issued arrest warrants for each of the five former CEO’s of Ettounsiya, added Dahmani. “It was not surprising to me… It [...]

Confiscated Assets of Ousted Tunisian President Go on Sale

Amira Masrour | 22 December 2012 | 8 Comments

Tunisia’s Ministry of Finance is exhibiting for sale an array of belongings of toppled president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali on Sunday, December 23. The items, confiscated by the state following the revolution on January 14, 2011, will be showcased to the public at the “Cleopatra Espace” venue in the upscale Tunis suburb of Gammarth. The [...]

Al-Qaeda Terrorist Cell Dismantled in Tunisia

Amira Masrour | 21 December 2012 | 4 Comments

Minister of the Interior Ali Laarayedh declared today in a press conference at the National Guard headquarters in the northern Tunis suburb of Aouina that an Al-Qaeda terrorist cell in Tunisia has been dismantled. The terrorist cell carries the name of “The Militia of Uqba Ibn Nafaa in Tunisia” and sought to act as the [...]

TV Producer Sami Fehri Begins Indefinite Hunger Strike

Amira Masrour | 18 December 2012 | 1 Comment

Sami Fehri, TV producer and director of Ettounsiya Television, started an indefinite ‘dry’ hunger strike today, confirmed his attorney Sonia Dahmani. In such a hunger strike, Fehri will refuse not only food but also water. “He was optimistic, believing that he would be released,” said Dahmani. “But now that he realized that there is no [...]

Son-in-Law of Ousted President Detained in Seychelles

Amira Masrour | 14 December 2012 | 0 Comments

Minister of Justice Noureddine Bhiri announced today during “The International Symposium to Retrieve Money Smuggled Abroad” that Sakher El Materi, son-in-law of Tunisia’s toppled president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, has been detained in the island country of Seychelles where he sought refuge following his expulsion from Qatar. Initial reports today indicated that El Materi was [...]

Tunisia Adopts Law to Establish Election Oversight Body

Amira Masrour | 12 December 2012 | 0 Comments

The National Constituent Assembly (NCA) adopted today the bill of the Independent Higher Authority of the Election, known by its French acronym ISIE, in spite of calls by some parties to postpone the vote until tomorrow. More than 160 were present at today’s vote with four NCA members voting against the bill and just over 40 [...]

Trade Union Calls Off Nationwide Strike for Tomorrow

Amira Masrour | 12 December 2012 | 7 Comments

The executive body of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT) decided this afternoon to cancel tomorrow’s general strike after more than nine hours of negotiations and discussion among union members. The UGTT’s executive body gathered today in a Tunis hotel to look into an agreement that was reached yesterday evening with government members that would prevent [...]

Policeman Dead After Police and Armed Men Clash on Algerian Border

Amira Masrour | 10 December 2012 | 0 Comments

Clashes between police and an unknown group of armed men on the Algerian border resulted this afternoon in the death of one policeman. The incident occurred near the town of Feriana in the governorate of Kasserine. “The armed men seem to be terrorists with a political agenda,” said Mohamed Neji Gharsali, a National Constituent Assembly member [...]

Trial of Tunisian Activist Graffiti Artists Postponed to January 23

Paul Rosenfeld | 05 December 2012 | 2 Comments

The trial of two Tunisian graffiti artists arrested last month in the industrial town of Gabes will be postponed until January 23, 2013. Oussama Bouagila and Chahine Berriche were arrested on November 3 as they wrote on a wall: “the people want rights for the poor.” The defendants are charged with defying the state of [...]

Attacks Raise Tension Between Trade Union and Ennahdha Party

Amira Masrour | 04 December 2012 | 4 Comments

Unknown assailants attacked trade unionists and members of civil society organizations today in downtown Tunis during the annual commemoration of the assassination of Farhat Hached, founder of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT). Those who came to celebrate Hached’s memory gathered in front of the UGTT’s headquarters in Mohamed Ali square and marched to the Kasbah square [...]

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