Tunisia’s economic struggle
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...
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Tunisian Premier Seeks to Restore Trust With Anti-Corruption Push
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...
China calls for political settlement in Libyan crisis
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...
Tunisia ranked 85th in Intellectual Capital Index
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...
PM’s working visit to Washington seeking support for Tunisia to...
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...
Charter of the North African network for food sovereignty
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...
McCain vows to restore federal aid to Tunisia
Sen. John McCain vowed Tuesday that Congress will restore Tunisian aid cuts that were proposed by President Trump as a top official said U.S. support is critical to keep reforms alive and...
Pentagon receptive to Tunisian lobbying against proposed Trump aid cut
unisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed received some encouraging support from US Defense Secretary Jim Mattis today at the start of a two-day visit to Washington aimed at reversing proposed aid...
Commission approves disbursement of €100 million in assistance to Tunisia
The European Commission, on behalf of the EU, has today approved the disbursement of a €100 million loan to Tunisia. This represents the third and last tranche of the €300...
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...