[RFI] In Tunisia, public anger over how the government has been handling the Covid pandemic is rising, highlighting an ongoing political power struggle between the President and the Prime minister.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Local Health Directorate in Tataouine announced 19 more fatalities of the coronavirus during the last 48 hours, in addition to 264 new infections.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tokyo/Japan -- On the eve of the Tokyo Games, organisers fired the director of the opening ceremony over a joke he made about the Holocaust, while media reported former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, a staunch advocate for the Toky...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The reported investments in the services sector jumped 22.9% during the first half of 2021, reaching 542.4 million dinars (MD) against 441.4 MD during the same period of 2020, according to the latest data publi...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 14 COVID-19 fatalities were reported in Sidi Bouzid governorate, taking the death count in the region to 559, Deputy Director of Basic Healthcare in Sidi Bouzid Bechir Saidi told TAP Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- One person died of the coronavirus in Monastir and 79 were infected in the last 48 hours, the Local Health Directorate said on Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the paediatric association Mohamed Douagi said 3,000 children have tested positive for the coronavirus in one week.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- At least 150 undocumented migrants of different nationalities, most of whom are Bangladeshi, have been rescued on Wednesday by 3 navy units backed by national coast guard units, as their boat is drifting some 3...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- "France will provide Tunisia with a new batch of 500,000 COVID-19 vaccine doses," Minister of State for Tourism, French Nationals Abroad and Francophonie Jean Baptiste Lemoyne said Thursday at a meeting with Pr...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Eight people have died of the coronavirus during the last 48 hours in Gabes, where the death toll reached 499, said Director of Preventive Health in Gabes Yahia Hamdi on Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A scientific study will be conducted shortly to assess the efficiency of the COVID-19 vaccines used in Tunisia, Head of the Clinical Immunology Ward at the Pasteur Institute Malika Ben Ahmed said Thursday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, on Thursday, made an inspection visit of the vaccination campaign in the rural areas of Sejnan and Jomin in Bizerte, where he stressed the need to step up the vaccination pace.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The transport revenues of the Tunisair carrier declined by 29.3%, during the first half of 2021, to reach 183 million dinars, according to data provided by the company on the Tunis Stock Exchange website.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi met on Wednesday at the Kasbah Palace with Mohamed Trabelsi, Minister of Social Affairs and acting Minister of Health.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The trade balance of fisheries products remains stable to the end of May 2021, recording a surplus of 102.7 MD against 101.5 MD, during the same period of 2020, according to the bulletin of the (National Observ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied, had, Wednesday, a telephone conversation with King of Jordan Abdullah II Ben Hussein, during which they exchanged greetings on the occasion of the advent of Aid El-Idha.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied, spoke, Wednesday, by phone with Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Supreme Vice Commander of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) armed forces.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Three more COVID-19 fatalities were logged in the past 24 hours in Tozeur governorate, taking the toll to 204.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Three military trucks transported on Tuesday 67 oxygen concentrators to hospitals in Sidi Bouzid, Gafsa, Beja, Jendouba, Kef, Zaghouain and Siliana, the National Defence Ministry said on Wednesday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisia's national volleyball team conceded defeat to Italy 3 sets to 0 (20, 25-19, 25-16) at a friendly played on Wednesday, as part of their preparation of the Tokyo Olympic Games.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Kébili local hospital has just overcome the critical phase of oxygen shortage, hospital director Salwa Mezgheni assured to TAP on Wednesday, pointing out that a load of oxygen is on its way to the establis...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Civilian Committee to Combat COVID-19 called for the sole use of the Evax vaccination platform to summon candidates for vaccination by SMS and to avoid open-ended, walk-in vaccination operations.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied Monday had a phone call with his Egyptian counterpart Abdelfattah al-Sissi during which both presidents exchanged greetings on the occasion of Eid Al-Idha.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied Monday had a phone talk with Mauritania's Mohamed Ould El-Ghazaouani during which they exchanged greetings on the occasion of the Eid Al-Idha.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisia's foreign trade edged up in June 2021 reaching levels surpassing those reported before the pandemic (February 2020), after declining for two consecutive months.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President Kais Saied has Monday a phone talk with Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, during which they exchanged greetings on the occasion of the Eid Al-Idha.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Bizerte logged 43 fatalities of the coronavirus during the last 48 hours, in addition to 308 more infections reported on Monday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A batch of oxygen generators, ventilators and various medical equipment, donated by the Kingdom of Spain to Tunisia was delivered Monday morning at the Tunis-Carthage airport to support the country's efforts in...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four Moroccan military planes loaded with the remaining equipment necessary for setting up of the field hospital, have landed Monday at the Tunis-Carthage Airport as part of an urgent medical help ordered by Ki...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Nine people died of the coronavirus in Manouba during the last 24 hours, while 434 more people were infected and 197 patients recovered.