Tag: Tunisia
At the 2022 Cannes Film Festival, Africa advances out of competition
What is Africa’s place at the 2022 Cannes Film Festival? The absence of an African director in the running for the Palme d’Or should not make us lose sight of…
the arrest of a traveling restaurateur reveals the problems of the bureaucracy
In Tunisia, the street food exists on every street corner, through snack stalls or even itinerant sellers of sandwiches, mlewis, a kind of pancake, and chapatis. However, when Habib el…
Tunisian comedian Samia Orosemane on African tour
He is the most famous Tunisian comedian on the African continent. Samia Orosemane made a name for herself by imitating the accents and dialects of several West African countries. She…
Hundreds of pro-Saïed demonstrators gather in Tunis
In Tunis, despite criticism from the political opposition and an economic situation that is not improving, President Kaïs Saïed can still count on his support. A few hundred of them…
investigation opened after alleged leak of conversations of a former adviser to the president
In Tunisia, Nadia Akacha, former adviser and chief of staff to President Kaïs Saïed who resigned last January, is talking about her through leaked recordings of supposed conversations she allegedly…
demonstration of journalists against the decline of freedoms
In Tunisia, dozens of journalists demonstrated Thursday, May 5 in Tunis at the call of their union and other associations. Many denounce the regression of press freedom in the country,…
In Tunisia, Kaïs Saïed’s hold-up on democracy
It’s a resurrection that would make you smile if it didn’t awaken so many bitter memories. That of a seemingly harmless character, a good-natured fennec fox well known to Tunisian…
an opposition coalition bringing together Ennahda and Qalb Tounès is born
Tunisian opponent Ahmed Néjib Chebbi has launched the National Salvation Front, a new political group bringing together two heavyweights: the Islamist party Ennahda and the Qalb Tounès movement of businessman…
the sinking of the Xelo, whose tanks are empty, multiplies the gray areas
On Friday (April 22nd), Tunisian authorities said they did not find any diesel fuel during the pumping operation of the Xelo ship which sank off the Gulf of Gabes in…
In Tunisia, President Saïed takes control of the electoral body
A new text published this Friday, April 22 at Official newspaper Tunisian indicates that the upcoming elections in Tunisia will be supervised by a body whose members will be appointed…