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Interior ministers from 14 nations and the European Union agreed Monday to boost cooperation to tackle the migrant crisis along the deadly central Mediterranean route, promising to address why migrants leave home and to beef up actions against human traffickers. In a declaration at the meeting in the Tunisian capital ...

In Tunis, municipal elections are on the horizon. However, democracy is at risk.  Registration to vote is very weak and there is a clear reluctance among the many Tunisian political parties to participate. The municipal and regional elections are the democratic exercise in post-revolution Tunisia since the last elections took ...

The Long-Range Identification and Tracking (LRIT) system provides for the global identification and tracking of ships. During a recent workshop in Tunis, Tunisia, (17-18 July), held on the request of the Government of Tunisia, participants were briefed on the functioning, operation and use of the LRIT system, taking into account ...

Thirty Saudi businessmen will participate in the Tunisian-Saudi Economic Forum scheduled for July 27, on the fringes of the 9th session of the Tunisian-Saudi Joint Commission, according to a Development, Investment and International Co-operation Ministry press release Monday. Financial co-operation agreements and memoranda of understanding will be signed during works ...

In January 2011, weeks-long street protests and civil disobedience resulted in regime change in Tunisia. The uprising was triggered by self-immolation of a young Tunisian in protest at economic hardship the 26-year-old Mohamed Bouazizi and his family had endured for years. The revolution was followed by promising changes in the ...

Tunisia’s prime minister vowed on Thursday to push ahead with a war against corruption to restore trust in the state, adding this would exclude no-one whatever their political affiliation. Youssef Chahed’s speech to lawmakers is part of a campaign that has gained him some plaudits among Tunisians even as he ...

China is willing to make joint efforts with regional partners to seek a political settlement in the Libyan crisis, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Wednesday. Wang made the remarks after talks with visiting Tunisian Foreign Minister Khemaies Jhinaoui. Libya’s sovereignty, independence and territorial integrity should be respected and maintained, ...

Tunisia was ranked 85th out of 128 countries in the Intellectual Capital Index. It is ahead of Morocco (94th), Algeria (98th) and Egypt (103rd). The first Arab country in this index is the United Arab Emirates (49th), followed by Qatar – 60th, Saudi Arabia (62nd), Kuwait (63rd), Bahrain (65th), Oman ...

Prime Minister Youssef Chahed completed his working and friendship visit to Washington from 10 to 12 July. “Mainly of a political nature,” said a Prime Ministry statement, the visit was an opportunity for the Prime Minister to meet senior officials of the new Trump administration. On the first day of ...

Activists from anti-capitalist militant organizations in North Africa have met in Tunis on July 4-5, 2017 to set up the North African Network for Food Sovereignty. The North African Network for Food Sovereignty is a unifying structure for struggles in the region and will be involved in local, continental and ...