Category: National

The Tunisian authorities retrieved the bodies of 27 irregular migrants after their boat capsized off the country’s eastern coast, a health official said Thursday. Sfax Regional Health Director Hatem Cherif said 25 other migrants were rescued after their boat sank off the coast of Kerkennah Islands Wednesday. He said the boat was carrying irregular sub-Saharan African migrants. On Monday, Tunisian authorities said two bodies were recovered and 17 others rescued after their makeshift boat broke down off the country’s northern coast. According to the National Guard, Tunisian authorities retrieved the…

Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad, Mohamed Ali Nafti, held a meeting on Wednesday 25 December with his Egyptian counterpart, Badr Abdelatty, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Egyptians Abroad, as part of his working visit to Egypt followed by an extended working session attended by delegations from both countries. On this occasion, the two ministers reviewed the excellent historical Tunisian-Egyptian relations and expressed their strong desire to raise them to the highest standards, in line with the will of the two countries’ Heads of State, President Kaïs…

Credit International Labour Organization United by a shared vision of empowerment and sustainability, the women of an Agricultural Development Group (GDA) called Femme et Palmier have built a collective that thrives on solidarity and innovation. Their story is one of resilience, community, and the transformative power of the social and solidarity economy (SSE), supported by the Jeun’ESS project. In South Douz, Kebili Governorate, a unique initiative is transforming the lives of rural women and redefining agricultural development. The GDA Femme et Palmier, established in March 2020, is a women-led cooperative dedicated to…

In the second migrant drowning tragedy off the Tunisian coast in a week, the Tunisian coastguard has recovered the bodies of 20 migrants from Africa after the boat they were in sank off the coast, the national guard said on Wednesday. Last Thursday, the Tunisian coastguard also recovered the bodies of nine migrants. Six others are still missing after their boat sank while they were trying to reach Europe. The National Guard said that on Wednesday the coastguard rescued five others who were on the same boat and that search…

Ministers of AU Member States will meet for the Fifth Ordinary Session of the African Union Specialized Technical Committee No. 8 (STC-No8) on 20 December 2024, in Tunis, Tunisia, in order to renew the Bureau of the AU-STC no 8, to inform on the achievement made by the outgoing Bureau during its term (2023 – 2024) and to deliberate and approve programs for the three (3) Subcommittees of AU-STC no 8 for the period 2025- 2026. Ahead of the  STC8 5th Ordinary  Session that will bring Ministers from AU Member states…

Photo credit US embassy to Tunisia Deputy Chief of Mission Emily Khatkar, attended the launch of the SAHA Academy with Abderrazak Bouzouita, General Manager of the Ministry of Health, and Sina Hadj Amor, General Manager of International Cooperation for the Ministry of Health, Tunisia’s first e-learning platform for healthcare professionals, US embassy to Tunisia reports. This initiative, funded by the US Embassy, is part of the 16 million Tunisian dinar project to support the fight against corruption in the health sector (SAHA). SAHA aims to modernise health training, promote transparency…

Ebrahim Azizi, deputy chairman of the Iranian Parliament’s National Security and Foreign Policy Committee emphasised Friday that his visit to Tunisia was successful and promising to further develop opportunities for cooperation between Iran and Tunisia. During a meeting with the press held on Friday evening at the Iranian Embassy in the capital, Azizi said that he and his accompanying delegation met with Parliament Speaker Brahim Boudarbala and Foreign Minister Mohammed Ali Nafti and discussed with them opportunities to sign more cooperation agreements, especially in the cultural field and removing obstacles…

In order to develop the quality of education and to promote research and innovation, the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research is working to lay the foundations for positioning Tunisia as a centre of higher education and scientific research at international and regional level. The main measures to achieve this were outlined by the Minister of Higher Education and Scientific Research, Mondher Belaid, at a forum on the internationalisation of the higher education system in Tunisia, which took place on 14 and 15 November. Speaking at the forum, Belaid…