[Egypt Online] Assistant Foreign Minister for Consular Affairs Amr Mahmoud Abbas said Thursday that the Foreign Ministry closely follows up the conditions of 17 Egyptian fishermen detained by Tunisian authorities.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied paid and inspection visit on Thursday evening, to the Interior Ministry, where he checked on the new operations room and was briefed about the high-tech equipment it comprises.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The African Youth Climate Hub (AYCH) has launched a call for applications to train climate entrepreneurs in Africa as part of its Climate Start-up Incubation Programme promoting sustainable development.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 2,414 additional COVID-19 infections have been reported on December 29, from 6,403 conducted tests, the health ministry announced Wednesday evening.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Siliana Local Labour Union (URT) announced that a general strike will be observed in the governorate on January 28, 2021.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Six more COVID-19 patients died over the last 24 hours in Médenine, pushing the death count to 193 since the pandemic began.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A COVID-19 patient from Ghannouch, Gabes governorate, has died, bringing the total number of fatalities from the virus in the region to 145 since the pandemic began.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A death from the coronavirus was recorded on Wednesday in the governorate of Kebili, taking the death toll in the region to 129 people since the outbreak of the pandemic, said health programmes officer in Kebil...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- In its daily report on the pandemic situation in the country released on Tuesday evening, the Health Ministry said that 1,598 additional infections by the coronavirus have been recorded on December 28, from 6,4...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- More COVID-19 infections and fatalities have been reported in the Kasserine, Sidi Bouzid and Manouba governorates.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tozeur local hospital received, Sunday, medical aid in the guise of equipment, medicines and protection devices against coronavirus (protective masks, disinfectant gel, etc.), sent by members of the Tunisia...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The findings of a clinical study conducted to show the benefits of prickly pear seed oil in cosmetics and thus promote this Tunisian product, have proved promising.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Tunisian Union of Judges and Magistrates (SMT) Amira Amri said that an agreement has been reached with the Prime Ministry on the proposals tabled by a number of judicial structures.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research informs that the Huawei company has launched in Tunisia a know-how development programme for young Tunisian talents called - Telecom Seeds For the Future...

[Cameroon Tribune] The "Dangerous" waste imported illegally from Italy has led to the resignation of the Minister of Environment and arrest of several top officials.

[IPS] New Delhi, India -- Ten years ago a young street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi set himself afire in the central Tunisian provincial town of Sidi Bouzid to protest against police harassment. Bouazizi's sacrificial act served as a catalyst and inspire...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia "categorically" denied any intention to establish diplomatic relations with the Zionist entity, contrary to the information relayed on this subject.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed, on Monday, warned against those "who seek to cripple the state from within, by undermining the proper functioning of its institutions.»

[CAF] Hosts Tunisia were held to a goalless draw by Morocco on Monday (21 December 2020) at Rades stadium, in Match Day 3 of the North African (UNAF) U-20 Championship, serving as qualifying tournament for the Total U-20 Africa Cup of Nations, Maurit...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kaïs Saïed handed over credentials to five new ambassadors during a ceremony held Wednesday at the Carthage Palace.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Monastir has reported 3 more fatalities due to COVID-19, bringing the death toll in the region to 169 people since the outbreak of the pandemic, said local health director in Monastir Hammoud...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The governorate of Gabes has recorded 4 more fatalities due to COVID-19 over the past 24 hours, taking the death toll in the region to 126 since the outbreak of the pandemic.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The decapitated body of a young man from the locality of Hassi El Frid (Kasserine governorate), had been found Sunday afternoon by his family in the military buffer zone in Jebel Salloum, said the victim's uncl...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The first coworking space achieved as part of a public-private partnership between Vivo energy (the brand that distributes and markets Shell products in Tunisia) and the Polytechnic School of Tunisia, was inaug...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi decided to dismiss Minister of Local Affairs and Environment Mustapha Laroui from office, the Prime Ministry announced on Sunday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Numerous COVID-19 infections and fatalities have been reported in several regions during the past 24 hours.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian women's football team ended 2020, ranking 74th (+4) at the FIFA Rankings released in December.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis -- A body in an advanced state of decomposition had been recovered by National Guard units in collaboration with Civil Protection officers on Sunday afternoon on the beach of Cap Zebib in the Ras Jebel delegation in Bizer...

[MAP] Tunis -- The Embassy and the Consulate General of Morocco in Tunisia held Saturday a ceremony to award prizes to children of the Moroccan community living in this country who won a drawing competition organized under the slogan "Let's draw Moro...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, who is still self-quarantined following his visit to France, ordered on Sunday Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine to go to Kasserine to offer condolences and provide psycholog...