[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A naval unit rescued Tuesday five Tunisian undocumented migrants who were trying to reach Italy.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Representatives of the embassies of Germany, France, the Netherlands, Sweden, the European Union, Switzerland, England and Canada expressed, during a recent meeting with Abderrazak Kilani, Chairman of the Karam...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A general health lockdown has been instituted in the governorate of Bizerte in the delegations of Bizerte-North, Bizerte-South, Menzel Bourguiba, Tinja and Joumine, for a period of five days, from July 8 to Jul...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A naval unit rescued Tuesday five Tunisian undocumented migrants who were trying to reach Italy.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Seven people have died of the Coronavirus in the governorate of Manouba over the past 24 hours, bringing to 590 the total number of deaths linked to the pandemic in the region.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) aimed at making the Manouba University campus inclusive, resilient and sustainable was signed, on Tuesday, between the UN-Habitat office in Tunisia and the Manouba University...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Emergency measures to stem the spread of the coronavirus were announced Tuesday at a small cabinet meeting chaired by Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Regional Committee for the fight against natural disasters in the governorate of Medenine decided, on Tuesday during an emergency meeting, to establish a general sanitary lockdown in the delegation of Sidi ...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed on Monday evening decided to summon medics and paramedics, including biomedical specialists who graduated in the last three years, to perform national service.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Five more deaths have been recorded in the governorate of Kef as a result of the Coronavirus, bringing to 377 the number of fatalities linked to the pandemic in the region.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed received Tuesday in Carthage the credentials of five new ambassadors.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Second Deputy Speaker of the House of People's Representatives (French: ARP) Tarek Ftiti announced changes in the composition of parliamentary groups as a plenary opened on Tuesday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 1,999,363 COVID-19 vaccines (1,407,013 first shots and 592,350 booster shots) have been administered since the start of the national jab drive last March 13 till July 5.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Tunisian Association of Children's Rights on Tuesday denounced the lack of preventive measures against the coronavirus for children.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Baccalaureate re-sit exams kicked off on Tuesday and will last till July 9 with 38,693 applicants.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The inflation rate edged up to 5.7% in June 2021, after stabilizing at 5% for the last two months, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) said in its monthly newsletter for July 2021.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 78 undocumented migrants of foreign nationalities had been rescued by the Sfax coast guard units, spokesman for the National Guard Houssemeddine Jebabli said on Monday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 105 COVID-related fatalities and 3,530 infections from 11,221 tests (incidence rate of 31.46%) had been reported on July 4, the Health Ministry said Monday.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi, on Monday afternoon, resumed duties at the Kasbah, after observing a 10 day-quarantine in the wake of his infection with the coronavirus last June 25.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Secretary General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) Nouredine Taboubi called on US labour unions to urge the federal government to speed up the dispatch of medical supplies and vaccine doses, in suffi...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of Women, Family and Elderly Affairs Imen Zahouani Houimel said consultations are underway with all stakeholders to launch a national dialogue to reduce violence against women in public and private spa...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- The Committee for the Fight against Natural Disasters in Kasserine decided to impose full lockdown across the governorate from July 5 to 11, as the health situation in the region has worsened because of the COV...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Tunisair said on Monday that all passengers travelling to Morocco from Tunisia must present a negative PCR test certificate less than 48 hours old, before the date of entry into Morocco, following the new healt...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Ennahdha movement called to form a «strong political government in the next stage.»

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Three people died of the coronavirus in Sfax during the last 24 hours, while 66 infection cases were reported from 315 tests.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Four more coronavirus-related deaths were reported in the last 48 hours in the governorate of Medenine where the death toll from the pandemic has reached 678, local director of preventive health Zayd Al-Anz sai...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Minister of National Defence Brahim Bértégi, on Monday, with German ambassador in Tunis Peter Prügel.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- 91.8% of IC beds and 79.60% of oxygen-fitted beds in public hospitals were reported as occupied on July 4, according to the latest data released Monday by the Health Ministry.

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- In the absence of unoccupied beds in Greater Tunis, the Health Ministry had been compelled on Sunday evening, to transfer patients suffering from COVID-19 to other hospitals in the interior regions of the count...

[Tunis Afrique Presse] Tunis/Tunisia -- Flat6Labs, the first regional startup accelerator in the Middle East, launched in Tunisia, announced Monday the organisation of its 7th Demo Day in Tunis in a virtual edition on July 8 at 5:00 p.m., with a grou...