Tunisia Bound

Tunisia: Presidency fires Governor of Kasserine and Sbeitla Delegate A press release issued by the Tunisian presidency announced the dismissal of the governor of Kasserine and the Delegate of Sbeitla. Also fired is the head of the National Security District and the...

Tens of thousands of Tunisians have lost their jobs in a worsening economic crisis exacerbated by efforts to stem rising cases of novel coronavirus, a key employers' federation has warned. "The first wave of the epidemic (March to June) resulted in the loss of 165,000...

Nine more bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat sank off Tunisia, raising the death toll to at least 11 with several still missing, the National Guard said Monday.  National Guard spokesman Houcem Eddine Jebabli told AFP the nine were found in the water...

Tunisian authorities have warned that hospitals are struggling to cope with an influx of Covid-19 patients and urged residents to respect anti-virus measures to avoid another lockdown. "If we don't manage to flatten this curve, which is really going up, we risk being...