Tunisian Presidency, late Saturday, announced a partial cabinet reshuffle involving the interior and social affairs ministries. According to the announcement, President Kais Saied appointed the governor of Ariana Province, Khaled Nouri, as the new Interior Minister. Nouri replaces Kamel Feki. Saied also sacked Malek Ezzahi, the Social Affairs Minister and appointed the former CEO of […]
Tunisian security seized 300kg of cannabis resin and 25,000 psychotropic tablets in the eastern province of Sousse, private radio station Mosaique FM reported on Sunday. Security seized “a large sum of money, 8 billion dinars (around $2.5 billion). They also seized cars and jewellery during this operation,” Mosaique FM quoted Fakher Bouzghaia, spokesperson for the Interior […]
At least 9.37 million tourists visited Tunisia in 2023, marking a rise of 45.5 per cent compared to 2022, Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) said, on Monday, citing figures by the Tourism and Handicrafts Ministry. The growth trend has persisted into the current year, with tourist arrivals reaching close to 2.125 million from Jan. 1 to […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied, on Monday, sacked the Minister of Education, Mohamed Ali Boughdiri, according to a statement by the presidency. The statement did not specify the reason for the dismissal. Saied has appointed Salwa Abbassi, previously the general inspector of secondary education, as the new Minister of Education. Boughdiri was appointed as the Minister […]
Tunisia has arrested 19 people for alleged links to an extremist religious cell, the Tunisian National Guard said in a statement on Friday. The statement, posted on the National Guard’s Facebook page, said the 19 people, were wanted by security and judicial agencies. They had been sentenced to one to 10 years in prison on […]
Tunisia said, on Sunday, it foiled 52 irregular immigration attempts to cross the Mediterranean into Europe, Anadolu Agency reports. In a statement, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said it arrested 1,004 people during a security operation between Sept. 27 and Sept. 29 in the southern province of Sfax. According to the statement, the ministry officials rounded up […]
Ten wildfires have erupted in five Tunisian provinces in the past 24 hours, forcing the evacuation of 11 families, the Tunisian civil protection services said on Monday. “These wildfires broke out in Jendouba and Beja provinces in northwestern Tunisia, in Bizerte in the north, in the central province of Kairouan and in Ariana province in […]
Tunisian National Guard, said on Friday it intercepted 74 undocumented migrants of sub-Saharan African nationalities off its southeast coast. The National Guard spokesman, Houcemeddine Jbabli, said they apprehended the migrants while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. “As part of the fight against illegal immigration, we foiled two illegal immigration attempts late Thursday night […]