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Tunisia waiting for new political phase
Aug 08, 2021 09:10Tunisia has been witnessing a wave of dismissals of officials in government and judicial positions over the past days which ended the tenure of more than 30 officials until Fridays evening.
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Tunisia’s president launches new round of dismissals
Aug 04, 2021 14:54Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sacked the country’s ambassador to the United States and the governor of Sfax province.
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Arrests of Tunisian MPs raise fears of violating freedoms
Aug 04, 2021 09:25Few hours after President Kais Saied’s decisions were published in the official gazette, Tunisian security forces arrested lawmaker Yassin Ayari, to serve a two-month jail term handed down to him by a military court in 2018.
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Tunisia president names new interior minister after sacking PM, parliament
Jul 30, 2021 09:21Tunisian President Kais Saied has appointed a new interior minister days after seizing control of the government and freezing the parliament, pledging to protect civil rights and respect freedoms.
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Self-restraint, dialogue key to solving political crisis in Tunisia: Iran Foreign Ministry
Jul 27, 2021 18:24Iran has called on all groups in Tunisia to show self-restraint and resort to dialog to resolve the political crisis gripping the North African country and restore stability to their homeland.
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Tunisia political turmoil: President ousts PM, suspends parliament
Jul 26, 2021 10:07Tunisian President Kais Saied has dismissed the country’s prime minister and suspended parliament following a day of rallies against the ruling Ennahda Party, a move greeted with both celebrations and protests on the streets.
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At least 17 refugees drown off Tunisia in shipwreck: Red Crescent
Jul 22, 2021 09:31At least 17 Bengali migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy from Libya, while more than 380 were rescued by the coastguard, the Tunisian Red Crescent said.
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Tunisian president to visit Libya in show of support for new government
Mar 16, 2021 13:14Tunisian President Kais Saied is set to head to Libya in a show of support for the country's newly formed, United Nations-backed unity government, the first presidential trip between the neighboring countries since 2012.
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At least 39 die as two refugee boats sink off Tunisia
Mar 10, 2021 09:24At least 39 migrants died when two boats sank off Tunisia on Tuesday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island of Lampedusa, the Tunisian defense ministry said.
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Hundreds of young Tunisians clash with police in third day of protests
Jan 19, 2021 09:28Hundreds of Tunisian youths clashed with police in cities across the North African state late on Monday, throwing stones and gasoline bombs in the capital as security forces used tear gas and water cannons to try to quell the unrest.