Tunisia

Tunisia's president has sacked the country's prime minister, who was the first woman to hold that job in an Arab League nation. A brief statement from the presidential office late Tuesday did not give reasons for the dismissal of Najla Bouden Ramadhane. President Kais Saied had appointed the engineering school professor as Tunisia's first female prime minister in September 2021. Her replacement is retired central bank director Ahmed Hachani, who was sworn in Tuesday night. Tunisia is in the midst of an economic crisis with shortages of basic necessities and, in recent days, long lines for bread.

European leaders and Tunisia's president announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often-lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. The leaders of Italy, the Netherlands, and the European Commission made their second visit to Tunis in just over a month. They expressed hope that a memorandum newly signed with Tunisia during the trip would pave the way for a comprehensive partnership. On their last visit in June, the leaders held out the promise of more than 1 billion euros in financial aid to rescue Tunisia's teetering economy and better police its borders, in an effort to restore stability to the North African country and to stem migration from its shores to Europe. This time, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni and Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte didn't detail the full monetary value of EU aid on offer to Tunisia, in statements they made after talks

Syria and Saudi Arabia have agreed in a joint statement to resume consular services and flights, after the bilateral ties have been stranded for years

Tunisia welcomed the decision by Saudi Arabia and Iran to resume diplomatic ties, the Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs said

Tunisia's Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saied said that the country's economy is expected to expand by 1.8 per cent in 2023, a "modest" growth that "reflects the difficult economic situation"

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The Tunisian government has proposed urgent measures to cut the public sector pay in a bid to unlock a loan from IMF

The 6 African countries selected to receive mRNA vaccines technology against Covid are Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia, a European Union and African Union nations meet heard.

The stakes are huge for the North African nation

Tunisian Health Ministry reported 2,373 new Covid-19 cases, raising the total number of infections in the country to 362,658.

UNSMIL confirmed that it will strive to ensure broad consultations, transparency, and a rights-based approach during this "Libyan-led and Libyan-owned" process

Police dispatched reinforcements to the area, including forensic experts as a helicopter flew overhead.

Erdogan's visit to Tunis came a month after Turkey and Libya signed two separate accords, one on maritime boundaries in the eastern Mediterranean and another on security and military cooperation

Six of the defendants are policemen accused of failing to assist a person in danger

This government will continue its mission until investiture of a new government