Tunisia

A Tunisian court on Friday imposed a travel ban on the Speaker of the Tunisian parliament Rached Ghannouchi over alleged offences regarding the country's national security, Tunisian media reported.Ghannouchi is one of several…

In the presence of a ministerial delegation led by Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabeiba and his Tunisian counterpart, Hichem Mechichi, the Minister of Economy and Trade of the Government of National Unity, Mohamed Al-Hawaij, spoke at…

The Libyan - Tunisian Economic Cooperation Council announced the opening of a maritime line between the two countries soon.The Council announced on its Facebook page that the Executive Director of the Libyan-Tunisian Economic…

In a statement issued by Tunisia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Tunisian government expressed its desire to support Libya in its uphill battle to restore stability, security and the sovereignty of the Libyan people over their own…

Assuming the presidency of the 68th session of the UN Security Council yesterday, Tunisia called for a UN peacekeeping force to maintain the fragile ceasefire in Libya.Tunisian Ambassador to the UN, Tarek Ladeb told the Security Council…

The Government of National Accord's Minister of Interior Fathi Bashagha welcomed today the ambassador to Libya for the Republic of Tunisia Al-Asaad Al-Ajili.The meeting between the representatives of the sister nations addressed…

The Foreign Minister of the Government of National Accord, Mohamed Taha Sial, met yesterday with his Algerian and Tunisian counterparts, Sabri Boukadoum and Othman Jerandi, respectively.According to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the…

Libyan human rights organisations officially filed a complaint with the Attorney General in Tripoli to investigate the use of political money to bribe participants during the activities of the Libyan Political Dialog Forum, which was…

Tunisia's parliament speaker Rachid Ghannouchi said Tuesday, peaking in an interview with Anadolu Agency, neutrality on Libya is meaningless, adding that a political solution is the safest way to end insecurity and chaos in Libya.…

Tunisia's death toll from the novel coronavirus has risen to three, according to the country's health minister on Sunday.Abdellatif Mekki said in a statement that an elderly man had died in the capital Tunis, taking the overall deaths…

The Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan arrived in Tunisia on Wednesday in a surprise visit for talks with his Tunisian counterpart, his office said.The visit comes as Turkey has ramped up efforts to strike deals with nations on the…

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday met with Libya's UN-backed Prime Minister Fayez Al-Sarraj to discuss strengthening bilateral economic ties and political consultation.The two leaders discussed ways to remove the various…

A tragic bus accident has killed 22 Tunisian tourists north of the country, according to the Interior Ministry on Sunday.   The bus was travelling from the capital Tunis to the Ain Snoussi region when it plunged into a ravine, the…

The Libyan Football Association have appointed veteran Tunisian manager Faouzi Benzarti as their new head coach on an expendable six-month contract.Faouzi Benzarti was sacked by Etoile du Sahel last month after a poor run of results,…

The Head of the High Council of State Khalid Al-Mishri talked on the phone with the president-elect of Tunisia Kais Saied on Tuesday, congratulating him on winning the elections.Al-Mishri hailed the win of the Tunisian president-elect…

Kais Saied, a retired law professor with no political experience, has won Tunisia’s presidential election with a landslide victory over his opponent, Nabil Karoui, a wealthy businessman and television tycoon, according to exit polls…

Tunisia's elections advanced to a runoff on Tuesday between a jailed media mogul and a socially conservative academic, according to final results from the electoral commission.Both have branded themselves political outsiders in a…

Two anti-establishment candidates claimed the lead in the first round of Tunisia's presidential election on Sunday, in a poll focused on high unemployment and a surge in the cost of living, Aljazeera said. Twenty-four candidates were…

Tunisia is holding its second free presidential poll since the 2011 uprising that toppled ex-president Ben Ali and sparked the Arab Spring.It was brought forward from November after the death in July of Beji Caid Essebsi, the first…

Tunisian diplomat and Special Envoy of the Secretary-General of the Arab League in Libya, Salaheddine Jamali, died on Friday at the age of 72 in Tunis, said the Tunisian foreign ministry.In a statement, the ministry mourned Jamali who…