Tunisian delegation visits the Food and Drug Control Center in Benghazi

Benghazi – The Director of the Benghazi Center for Drug and Food Control, Mahmoud Al-Zaydi, announced that a delegation from the Republic of Tunisia conducted a working visit to the center’s headquarters in the city of Benghazi, as part of...

My Time as a Prisoner of Israel

“You know we’re the good guys, right?” Their faces were masked, but I could tell they were smiling. They mean “we’re the good guys and Hamas are the bad guys,” I thought. Later, though, with my hands cable-tied and my knees pressed to the tarmac,...

The Numbers: In 2025, Tunisia Once Again Attracts Europeans and Maghreb Visitors

Despite an unfavorable global economic and geopolitical climate, Tunisia’s tourism sector recorded significant growth in 2025, confirming the resilience of an industry that remains a cornerstone of the national economy. According to data from the...

Justice: Businessman Maher Chaabane Sentenced to Two Years in Prison

The criminal chamber specializing in financial corruption cases at the Tunis Court of Appeal has sentenced businessman Maher Chaabane to two years in prison. This ruling follows an investigation conducted by the Judicial Financial Division, which...

Tunisia: UBCI and EBRD sign Mandate Letter to establish green credit line

UBCI and the EBRD signed an agreement on Monday in Tunis for joining the GEFF program. The GEFF program provides, with the support of the European Union, favorable financing to limited private companies for their investments in the areas of...

Tunisia: Trade deficit plunges to -16,728.3 MD at end of September 2025

The trade deficit stood at -16,728.3 million dinars (MD), compared to -13,497.4 MD during the first nine months of 2024, the National Statistics Institute (INS) just announced. The coverage rate reached a level of (73.5%) compared to (77.5%)...

Tunisia attacks victim remembered with scholarship

Ben Workmanin Worcester ShareSave Joel Richards was killed near Sousse in Tunisia in 2015 A scholarship has been launched in memory of a former University of Worcester student who was killed in a terrorist attack. Joel Richards, 19, who was...

Pyrolysis Liquid from Tunisian Woods: Antifungal & Anti-Termite Insights

A groundbreaking study has recently highlighted the remarkable potential of pyrolysis liquid derived from the carbonization of five distinct wood species indigenous to Tunisia. This innovative research, focused on the antifungal and anti-termite...

'Deadly poison': Ageing fertiliser factory stifles Tunisian town

Ikram Aioua has seen her 12-year-old son rushed to the hospital three times in the past weeks for gas poisoning. Like thousands who have turned out to protest in her southern Tunisian city of Gabes, Aioua is demanding the closure of a nearby...

2026 Finance Bill: Government Authorized to Waive Debts of the Tunisian Sugar Company

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The 2026 Finance Bill contains an important measure regarding the Tunisian Sugar Company (STS). According to Article 43, the Minister of Finance is authorized, on behalf of the State, to waive the unpaid tax...

Clashes break out in southern Tunisia as protest over pollution turns violent

Clashes broke out in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes on Wednesday during a rally by protesters denouncing decades of pollution and environmental neglect. The demonstrators had marched onto a phosphate-processing plant of the Groupe Chimique...

Tunis – Kef : The Morning Train Resumes Service Starting Tomorrow

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The National Tunisian Railways Company (SNCFT) announced in a statement issued on Monday that the morning train service linking Kef to Tunis will resume tomorrow, Tuesday, starting at 5:10 AM. It is worth noting...

Violence erupts during anti-pollution protest as anger boils in Tunisia’s phosphate belt

GABES, Tunisia (AP) — Police rained tear gas on crowds and several demonstrators and riot police were injured in the southern Tunisian city of Gabes as thousands of people marched Wednesday to protest worsening air pollution from a...

Landmark trade forum calls for borderless prosperity

The International Trade and Cooperation Forum, themed: ‘Trade Partnership Without Borders’, opened as diplomats, entrepreneurs, and policymakers from across Africa gathered to reimage how the continent does business. Ambassador Chief Zainab...

Tunisia: Bank financing of state sees strongest growth in fifteen years

The latest statistics published by the Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) highlight a sharp acceleration in the State’s bank financing. As of August 2025, loans granted to the public sector jumped by 37.5% year-on-year, marking their strongest increase...

UN liquidity crisis: analysis of contributions paid by UN Member States by date of payment (2019-2025)

This analysis is regularly updated and serves as complementary information to ISHR’s report ‘Budget Battles at the UN: How States try to Defund Human Rights’ launched on 21 October 2025. Funding the UN’s regular budget The UN’s regular budget...

Protests against Tunisian chemical factory blamed for health issues turn violent

GABES, Tunisia (AFP): Several thousand people rallied in southern Tunisia on Wednesday, calling for the closure of an aging chemicals factory which locals have blamed for a host of poisonings and health issues. As the procession reached the...

Green transition: UBCI and Amen Bank receive €20 million in funding from EBRD

Two financing agreements were signed on Monday between the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) and two Tunisian banks — Amen Bank and UBCI — for a total amount of €20 million, as part of the launch of the Green Economy...

Kenya turns to the Bank of England for gold in a bid to protect its economy

Parts of the conversation the Kenyan government is having with the Bank of England concerning its plans to buy gold include bullion storage. Given the rapid rise in gold prices this year, Kenya has joined the list of countries looking to...

US Senate confirms Lebanese-American ambassadors for Tunisia, Lebanon

The US Senate has now confirmed two out of President Donald Trump's three Arab American picks for ambassadorships in the Middle East: his golfing companion, businessman Michel Issa, to be ambassador to Lebanon; and Bill Bazzi, former mayor of...