News Tunisia People: Toll in Migrant Boat Accident off Tunisia Rises to 82
The number of bodies recovered by Tunisia after a ship packed with migrants sank off its coast last week has risen to 82, in one of the worst disasters in recent years, the Tunisian Red Crescent said Saturday. The boat capsized after setting off for Europe from neighboring Libya. Survivors told the Tunisian coast guard last week that it had been carrying 86 people. Tunisian fishermen rescued four people but one later died in hospital, the U.N.
News Tunisia People: Tunisia in the Wake of the ‘Arab Spring’
Tunisia abandoned the Christian faith and today the population is entirely Muslim. We cannot see the future of course, but some people think that in a hundred or two hundred years Europe itself ...
News Tunisia People: Tunisia's Upcoming Elections Vulnerable to Terror Threats, Experts Warn
As an estimated 6.7 million Tunisian voters prepare to head to the polls to elect their next government later this year, a growing fear of terrorist attacks could risk undermining the democratic process in the North African country, some analysts warn. Two suicide attackers blew themselves up in two separate bombings against police in the capital Tunis on June 27, leaving at least one police officer dead and injuring eight people.
News Tunisia People: Who is Tunisia's First Gay Presidential Candidate?
Mounir Baatour, 48, lawyer, head of the Tunisian Liberal Party and well-known supporter for LGBT rights, announced two weeks ago he would contest in country's presidential elections in November. He is the first gay person to run for president in the Arab region where homosexuality is mostly outlawed. The New Arab: Why did you decide to bid for presidency? Mounir Baatour: After years of fighting for individual liberties and minority rights, I realised there is no progress on these matters and no one can do the job better than me.
News Tunisia People: Nigeria claim AFCON bronze over Tunisia as Rohr makes Super Eagles history
Nigeria earned their eighth bronze media in the Africa Cup of Nations with a 1-0 win over Tunisia. Omar Zoheiry/picture alliance ... wasn't causing palpitations for more than 180 million people. On ...
News Tunisia People: 2. More people are comfortable discussing politics in person than on their phones or via social media
And in Colombia, India, South Africa, Lebanon and Tunisia, people with partisan identifications are more likely than those who say no party represents them to say they have been surprised by someone’s ...
News Tunisia People: Repairing Tunisia’s Education System Is Key to Tackling Its Economic Woes
Obsessed with the image that he presented of himself to his own people, and more importantly to the West and to donor organizations, Ben Ali pursued populist reforms to an education system that under ...
News Tunisia People: “In Egypt and Tunisia, security forces have been totally overwhelmed by the return of jihadi fighters”
But it has been found that neither Egypt nor Tunisia has brought their legislative system into line with international recommendations. And even when we manage to identify, arrest and court cases of ...
News Tunisia People: Tunisia raises minimum wages, pensions to tackle discontent
Hundreds of disgruntled young people also rallied in the northern city of Kef on Tuesday, demanding jobs. A government statement said Prime Minister Youssef Chahed had approved a rise in the ...
News Tunisia People: Libya in spotlight as Italy, Tunisia shore up ties at summit
TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia and Italy bolstered their ties with a ... The clashes have killed more than 270 people. Conte said Italy talks with all sides and "has good relations with Hifter." But he ...
