Members of the Tunisian Constituent Assembly expressed differing views over the announcement yesterday by Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali’s spokesman, Lutfi Zaitoun that March 20, 2013
Today, the Arabic-speaking world commemorates the 67th anniversary of the establishment of the Arab League – an organization of 22 nations from the Middle East and
Today internet activist and Wikileaks founder Julian Assange conducted an interview, via video teleconference, with Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki. According to Ghassen Dridi, communication
Around 4,000 people gathered today in front of the National Constituent Assembly, calling for the implementation of Shariaa law in the new constitution. Shariaa is
An aide to Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali has announced that the three parties in the coalition government currently holding a majority of seats in Tunisia’s
UNESCO has announced that Tunisia will host the 2012 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize. The prestigious award, worth US$25,000 will be presented in a
Tunisia’s National Constituent Assembly (NCA) has begun the process of drafting the country’s new constitution, and consequently different political movements have lobbied tirelessly to influence the composition of the
After meeting with Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali this morning, Sadako Ogata, the President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), announced that Japan remains committed
Abdullah Senussi, intelligence chief of former Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, was apprehended in Nouakchott Airport in Mauritania on Saturday March 16. Senussi was caught traveling from
A protest is planned tomorrow in Morocco following the death of 16-year-old Amina Filali. The Moroccan teen drank rat poison after being pressured into marrying
The Tunisian Government officially recalled the consul from the east Libyan city of Benghazi, announcing the end of his mission. This decision was made after the
The Tunisian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Rafik Abdessalem, is to receive his Egyptian counterpart Mohamed Amrou tomorrow, March 15th in Tunis. The two ministers will