Tunisia News
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As Tunisia marks Monday a month since the ousting of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the interim government battled European pressure to curb an exodus of migrants and a key minister quit.
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Trained at Sochaux FC, the Tunisian, Adel Chadli 34, wants to end his international career by bringing to the end the Carthage Eagles who are playing this competition ''for all the martyrs'' during the demonstrations that led to the downfall of President Ben Ali.
In a long interview with correspondents of the Senegalese press, the Tunisian
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Tunis - Tunisia's Senate agreed unanimously on Wednesday to grant wide powers to the interim president struggling to restore order to the country following the overthrow of ex-leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
The upper house followed the lead of the lower house of parliament which on Monday authorised interim President Foued Mebaza to rule by
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TUNIS, Tunisia – The leader of a long-outlawed Tunisian Islamist party was welcomed at the airport by thousands of cheering supporters on Sunday as he returned to his homeland after more than two decades in exile.
Rachid Ghanouchi and about 70 other exiled members of Ennahdha, or Renaissance, flew home from Britain two weeks after autocratic
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Mohammed Ghannouchi, the Tunisian prime minister, has reshuffled the interim government, dropping key ministers from the heavily criticised government of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
"This is a temporary government with a clear mission - to allow a transition to democracy," he said in a live television address on Thursday.
"Its
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The head of Tunisia's main union body said Friday that Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi had agreed to meet critics demanding his removal amid signs that mass protests were running out of steam.
The day after Ghannouchi sacked key allies of deposed dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, there were none of the usual chants and slogans
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Tunisia braced Friday for public reactions to a shake-up of the cabinet aimed at quelling huge daily protests that have called for a clean break with the regime of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
Following days of tense negotiations, Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi on Thursday said he was staying on but replaced five ministers
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Tunisia on Thursday unveiled radical changes to its interim government in a bid to put an end to daily protests, replacing five ministers from disgraced president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's last cabinet.
"This is a temporary government with a clear mission -- to allow a transition to democracy. Its mission is to organise elections," Prime
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From Egypt to Jordan and Algeria to Yemen, Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution" has begun to undermine Arab regimes that have for decades maintained their control through fear, analysts say.
"The question is who remains," not which country is next, said Amr Hamzawy, the research director at the Carnegie Middle East Centre in Beirut, adding that popular protests
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Tunis - Tunisian Foreign Minister Kamel Morjane has resigned his post in the interim unity government amid tense consultations over a cabinet reshuffle, the state news agency TAP reported on Thursday.
"I have decided to renounce my functions of foreign minister and I wish success to those who will take part in the government during this
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Tunis - After being left on the sidelines of the social protests that led to the ouster of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in Tunisia's "Jasmine Revolution," the Islamists are beginning to speak out.
Mixed in among the protesters taking part in daily rallies against the north African state's new interim government, they tell stories
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Tunis - Tunisian Justice Minister Lazhar Karoui Chebbi said on Wednesday 71 prisoners died during riots before and after the fall of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, including 48 killed in a fire.
"The number of prisoners killed during recent events is 71," the minister told reporters. "Among them 48 were killed in a fire
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The restive North African nation of Tunisia has issued an international arrest warrant for its ousted president, his wife, and several members of their families, Tunisian media reported.
Tunisian Justice Minister Lazhar Karoui Chebbi on Wednesday announced that the warrant had been brought against Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, according to Tunis Afrique Presse, or TAP, the country's
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Washington - The United States, which was quick to size up the groundswell of protest on the streets of Tunisia, is trying to press its advantage to push for democratic reforms there and further afield.
The top-ranking US envoy for the Middle East, Jeffrey Feltman, was the first foreign official to arrive in the country and
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Protesters pressured Tunisia's new interim government to quit on Tuesday in the wake of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ouster, as the cabinet prepared a major shake-up and a top US envoy visited.
Hundreds of protesters from impoverished regions in central Tunisia chanted anti-government slogans in front of Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi's offices for a
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Tunis - Hundreds of protesters kept up an angry vigil outside Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi's offices for a third day on Tuesday calling on him to quit, ahead of an expected government reshuffle.
The government said it was releasing $355m for impoverished regions in the centre where many of the protesters had come from and
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Tunis - Tunisia braced for a major cabinet shake-up on Tuesday following days of protests to topple the interim government, in charge after a mass uprising ended president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's 23-year rule.
The head of the army warned a "power vacuum" could lead to a dictatorship as protesters defied a curfew for a
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TUNIS, Tunisia – Authorities clashed with anti-government protesters outside the prime minister's office Monday, teachers went on strike, and police demanded the right to form a union as Tunisia struggled to stabilize itself after its president was overthrown.
Following an overnight 'sleep-in' in defiance of the country's curfew, scores of protesters from Tunisian provinces gathered in central Tunis,
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The Paris state prosecutor's office says it has opened a preliminary investigation into the property assets held by ousted Tunisian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in France.
Mr Ben Ali fled his country earlier this month following a number of violent protests.
Separately, the head of Tunisia's armed forces has warned a power
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Tunis - The head of Tunisia's armed forces on Monday warned that a "power vacuum" in the country could lead to a dictatorship, as he addressed a crowd of anti-government protesters in the capital Tunis.
"Our revolution, your revolution... risks being lost, others could take it away. There are forces that are calling for a void,
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France's President Nicolas Sarkozy admitted on Monday that France had previously underestimated the anger of the Tunisian people at Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's ousted regime.
France was criticised for having supported Ben Ali's authoritarian rule for too long, in the face of mounting frustration of Tunisian citizens seeking greater political and economic freedom.
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Tunis - Hundreds of defiant Tunisians camped in front of Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi's office to force the government to quit, as schoolteachers were set to launch an open-ended strike from Monday.
Protesters said the revolt against strongman Zine El Abidine Ben Ali had not gone far enough and should be followed up by the removal
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Security forces acting under the orders of Tunisia's new government have detained the head of the Senate and a key adviser to ousted veteran leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the state news agency reported Sunday.
The adviser, Abdel Aziz Ben Dhia, was a key ideologue of the old regime and the head of the Senate,
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Tunis - Pressure was rising on Tunisian Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi to quit as the main trade union targeted his transitional government and the United States called for democratic reforms to stem turmoil.
Thousands rallied in Tunis and other cities on Saturday, while hundreds of protesters backed by the UGTT union launched a march on the
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Tunis - Thousands of people rallied in Tunisia on Saturday calling on their new government to quit, as protesters from the region where an uprising began last month set off on a symbolic march on the capital.
Demonstrators in Tunis were joined by hundreds of police officers, who said they were not responsible for the bloody crackdown against
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