Tunisia in turmoil after prime minister’s resignation
The extreme right are battling the extreme left on the streets and both sides loath the moderates that try to keep the thing together. Why does this sound familiar? bertb news feed
View ArticleTunisia Al-Qaeda groups will be defeated: PM
When the PM in Tunisia says that the war on Al-Qaeda is almost won despite losses to the security units you have to start thinking something might be wrong. Other voices in Tunisia openly state that a...
View ArticleLibya in deal to sell Tunisia 10 mn barrels of oil
This oil will, eventually, be refined in the Skhira refinery in Tunisia, a Qatar funded project. Coincidentally Qatar was also the main sponsor of the Libyan revolution. bertb news feed
View ArticleBig payout to Egypt and Tunisia at G8
Egyptians and Tunisians left the table with pledges of twenty billion dollars from the G8 as a whole, and another 10 billlion in support from individual states. Interview with a joyous Mohammed Mouldi...
View ArticleIn turnaround, ruling Tunisia Islamists will meet rivals
Tunisia’s governing Islamist party Ennahda switched course on Sunday and agreed to meet with opposition parties to seek a consensus on resolving the country’s worst political crisis since its 2011 Arab...
View ArticleTunisia union pushes concessions to end deadlock
Tunisia’s powerful labour movement on Friday urged the country’s Islamist-led government to make “painful” concessions to end a stalemate over its rule after talks with secular opposition failed to...
View ArticleTunisia arrests 5 Salafist ‘terrorists’ over attacks
Tunisian security forces arrested five Salafist “terrorists” implicated in two failed attacks on Wednesday in resort towns on Tunisia’s eastern coast, the interior ministry announced. The Daily Star...
View ArticleRape victim complains of new delay in Tunisia police trial
A woman who accused Tunisian policemen of raping her more than a year ago complains that the trial has been repeatedly delayed, saying she cannot sleep at night. The Daily Star >> Live News
View ArticleTunisia sees elections in 2014, despite delays
Tunisia’s presidential and parliamentary elections will go ahead as planned later this year despite delays in approving a new election law, authorities said on Wednesday. The Daily Star >> Live...
View ArticleObama: US to provide loan guarantees for Tunisia
The United States is providing $ 500 million in new assistance to Tunisia, the birthplace of the Arab Spring movement, to help the North African nation revive its faltering economy as it continues its...
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