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Tunisia’s Saied Declares ‘War’ on Food Profiteering

Tunisian President Kais Saied declared war Wednesday on food speculators amid a shortage of products such as wheat and semolina -- key staples in a country already mired in a political-economic crisis. Russia's invasion of Ukraine has threatened supplies of basic foodstuffs, particularly wheat which many Arab countries chiefly import…

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Tunisian questionnaire on constitution is met with a nationwide shrug

As Tunisia's president prepares to rewrite the constitution after dismissing parliament last year and ruling by decree, he has called for citizens' input by setting up a voluntary multiple-choice questionnaire online.

Reuters

Tunisia’s Ennahda Party Says Its Senior Official Bhairi Released from House Arrest

Tunisia's moderate Islamist Ennahda party said on Facebook that its senior official, Noureddine Bhairi, was freed from house arrest early on Tuesday. The Tunisian Interior Ministry had lifted the house arrest order against Bhairi, the state news agency (TAP) reported late on Monday. Bhairi was placed under house arrest due…

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Tunisia Investigates Alleged Forced Recruitment of its Nationals in Ukraine War

Tunisia is investigating press reports claiming that a number of its nationals held in Ukrainian prisons were forcibly recruited to join the fighting against Russia in the Ukraine war, a source in the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said Monday. “Tunisian authorities contacted Ukrainian ambassador in Tunisia (Volodymyr Khomanets) to request information…

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Senior official from Tunisia's Ennahda party released from house arrest

A senior official from the biggest party in Tunisia's suspended parliament was released from more than two months of detention early on Tuesday, his party said.

Reuters

Tunisian President Appoints Members of New Top Judicial Council

Tunisia's president on Monday appointed a temporary replacement for the country's top judicial council, a body he dissolved last month in what his opponents called a move to consolidate his power. President Kais Saied seized executive authority last year and last month broke up the top supreme judicial council which…

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Tunisian president appoints members of temporary supreme judicial council

Tunisian president Kais Saied appointed on Monday members of a temporary supreme judicial council, a presidency statement said, after he last month dissolved the council, one of the last remaining institutions in the country able to work independently of him.

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‘We need bread’: fears in Middle East as Ukraine war hits wheat imports

Aid agencies warn of ‘ripple effect’ as soaring wheat prices hit countries already facing inflation, food insecurity and conflict

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia Foils Terrorist Attack, Woman Arrested

Tunisia's interior ministry said on Saturday that security forces had foiled a planned terrorist attack and arrested a female militant suspected of involvement. In a statement, the ministry said investigators believed the woman had planned to kidnap the children of some members of the security forces and the military to…

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Tunisia's interior ministry foils terrorist attack, woman arrested -statement

Tunisia's interior ministry said on Saturday that security forces had foiled a planned terrorist attack and arrested a female jihadist suspected of involvement.

Reuters

Expert Simon Calder answers your questions about international travel

From Tunisia’s must-sees to how Brexit is really affecting travel as things open up, The Independent’s travel correspondent takes reader questions

The Independent UK

Dubai, Canada, Tunisia, Jordan and Cyprus remove testing requirements for travellers

Countries around the world are relaxing restrictions

The Independent UK

Exiled writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija sues Uganda

In tonight's edition: We speak to award-winning exiled Ugandan writer Kakwenza Rukirabashaija. The author has filed a case against Uganda at the East African Court of Justice. He says he was tortured over tweets in which he called the president's son obese and a curmudgeon. But first: nationals from Tunisia…

France 24

12 countries with recently eased travel rules that Brits can visit

Countries including Spain, Italy, Canada and Sri Lanka have eased their entry requirements

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12 countries recently eased Covid travel rules for Brits including Italy and Cyprus

Countries such as Canada, the UAE, Spain, Greece and Australia that have relaxed travel restrictions for UK travellers including Covid tests and vaccine rules

Al Jazeera

MENA faces a crisis as the world’s key wheat producers are at war

The near future looks grim for Middle East and North African countries that depend on Russian and Ukrainian wheat.

The Independent UK

Dubai, Canada, Tunisia, Jordan and Cyprus remove testing requirements for travellers

Countries around the world are relaxing restrictions

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At Least 9 Migrants Drown, 9 Rescued off Tunisian Coast

At least nine migrants died after their boat capsized off Tunisian coast, the Tunisian defense ministry said Tuesday. The bodies were recovered by the country's coast guards while two units of the Navy rescued nine other migrants, including some in critical condition. They were from varying African nations, it said.…

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Nine migrants drowned, another nine rescued off Tunisia -TAP

Nine African migrants drowned and another nine were rescued after the boat carrying them capsized off the coast of Tunisia, the country's TAP news agency reported on Monday citing the Ministry of Defence.

The Independent UK

Recipe: Spicy harissa adds zing to chickpea soup

In Tunisia, partiers and laborers alike line up during the pre-dawn hours for steaming bowls of lablabi

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Issues 380 Verdicts in 'Electoral' Crimes

Tunisia's Court of Accounts issued more than 370 preliminary rulings subject to appeal against some parliamentary candidates in cases related the 2019 elections, announced judge Fadela Karkouri. Karkouri said the defendants were found guilty of committing electoral crimes, denying issuing an appeal in these cases. Recent reports claimed the Court…

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Tunisia's Saied will bar foreign funding for civil society

Tunisia's President Kais Saied said on Thursday he will outlaw foreign funding for civil society organisations as he tries to remake the country's politics after establishing one-man rule.

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Tunisia Withdraws ‘Death on the Nile’ over Israeli Actress

Tunisia has withdrawn from cinemas a new Agatha Christie adaptation starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot, following protests over "normalization" with the Jewish state, officials said Wednesday. British director Kenneth Branagh's "Death on the Nile", already banned in Kuwait and Lebanon for the same reason, will no longer be shown in…

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IMF Reports ‘Good Progress’ in Tunisia Talks

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had made "good progress" in talks with Tunisia ultimately aimed at a possible rescue package to avert what economists fear is a rapidly looming crisis in the country's public finances. The fund on Tuesday completed a week of online meetings with Tunisian…

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IMF Calls for Structural Economic Reforms in Tunisia

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission concluded virtual talks on Tunisia by calling on the authorities to implement structural economic reforms. Tunisian sources reported that the Fund stressed the need to reduce subsidies on essential goods such as petrol and staple foods, adding that state resources should be invested in…

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