Tunisia foils the departure of 555 migrants to Europe in...
The Tunisian navy has arrested more than 550 Tunisian and African migrants trying to sail to Europe in September, nearly three times more than last month, official data showed. Human...
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Five Chevening scholarships awarded to young Tunisian leaders
The British Embassy in Tunisia announced the selection of five young Tunisians as this year’s Chevening scholars. The scholarships will allow them to pursue one-year postgraduate study in the UK...
UN rights experts encourage Tunisia to follow up lifting of...
Tunisia is being encouraged to do more to tackle discrimination by a group of UN experts* who have welcomed the abolition of a ban on Muslim women marrying men who...
Libya groups start talks in Tunisia to launch new UN...
The opposing sides of a conflict in Libya have begun a series of negotiations in neighboring Tunisia to officially launch a new plan by the United Nations to end the...
UNHCR praises UAE’s role in humanitarian work worldwide
TUNIS: The Representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in Tunisia, Mazin Abu Shanab, hailed the role played by the UAE in the humanitarian aid field and its...
EU socialists make ‘progressive’ push in Tunisia ahead of election
The European Parliament’s Socialists and Democrats (S&D Group) is exploring ways to bring progressive centre-left forces in Tunisia into the fold in order to ensure a democratic transition ahead of the...
Tunisia, at UN, calls for comprehensive response to global terrorism
The threat of terrorism has forced Tunisia to double the budget of its military and security expenditures, Foreign Minister Khemais Jhinaoui told the United Nations General Assembly today, stressing that...
Tunisian Navy Rescues Dozens of Migrants in Leaking Boat
Tunisia’s navy rescued 78 migrants including two girls after their vessel en route to Europe took on water off the coast of Chebba and was stranded for three days, the...
Tunisia backs UN drive to hold Libya elections this year
Khemaies Jhinaoui, Tunisia’s foreign minister, used his address to the UN General Assembly meeting in New York on Friday to give strong backing to the special envoy’s roadmap for Libya....
Dougga Gas Condensate Discovery, Tunisia
The Dougga gas condensate field is located in the Sicily channel in the Gulf of Hammamet offshore Tunisia in a water depth of 328m. The field is 100% owned and...
