The lessons of Tunisia’s democratic experience
By Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister of Tunisia Tunisia’s nascent democratic experience yields many useful lessons — some encouraging and some sobering — for advocates of democracy in the Middle East...
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Djerba: Tunisia’s most harmonious multicultural island
Muslims and Jews celebrate the holiday of Lag B’Omer side by side on the Tunisian island that prizes peaceful coexistence above all else Tucked in the dark brown benches of the Ghriba...
US laptop ban lifted on Qatar Airways
From Thursday, customers of Qatar Airways leaving Hamad International Airport will be able to take their electronic devices on board with them when travelling to the United States. “Qatar Airways...
Tunisia: Debt of households exceeds 20 billion dinars in 2016
The latest report of the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) highlights the enormous debt burden of Tunisian households. Indeed, the total indebtedness of individuals to the banking sector totaled 20.414...
TAP and Andalou agency ink cooperation agreement
Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) news agency and Anadolu Agency signed on Friday a cooperation agreement. The agreement was signed by TAP CEO Lotfi Arfaoui and Anadolu Agency’s Deputy Director-General Mustafa...
Zuwara, the Libyan city working to stop migrant smuggling
“If we want to rebuild the Libyan state, we need to start with protecting human dignity,” said Badis Halab, a 23-year-old member of the At-Wellol Movement (People of Zuwara) in Zuwara, an Amazigh...
Tourism up 29% in Tunisia
The number of tourists who visited Tunisia from January to the end of June has increased by 29.3 per cent compared to the same period last year, official data shows....
In Tunisia, a sense of change infuses the air
Tunisia is offering real-time test results on the limits of popular patience, how expectations react with reality and the conditions that must trigger government action Summer in the Maghreb is...
E.U. gives Italy $40m extra cash to deal with illegal...
The EU executive offered Italy more funding on Tuesday to help deal with Mediterranean migrants and said private rescue boats working off Libya should review their operations to avoid encouraging...
New UN report encourages African countries to harness growing tourism...
African governments should make it easier and safer for Africans to travel within the continent, the United Nations said in a new report released today, noting that tourism demand there...
