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Tunisia goes after speculators taking advantage of the pandemic
Tunisia’s law enforcement authorities have upped their campaign to limit the damage of the speculative practices that put public health at risk. Since the outbreak of the Covid-19 in Tunisia, authorities seized nearly 100,000 protective masks, almost 150,000 pairs of...
Tunisia brings back loudspeakers to get its message out and fight coronavirus
MEA Risk brief: The municipality of Tunis resuscitated the old means of communicating official statements with loudspeakers. On Tuesday, 17 March 2020, the city's awareness campaign against used pickup trucks and vans equipped with speakers to ask residents to stay...
Several Muslim countries close mosques, conservatives push back
Several Muslim countries have decided to close their mosques and ban collective prayers to protect their populations from COVID-19. Tunisia issued the mandatory suspension of prayers on 15 March as it closed cafes and banned all cultural, sporting and economic...
Tunisia-16 March: Parliamentary Commission on Security and Defense Commission calls for immediate closure of all borders
Tunisians turn to herbalists to thwart the coronavirus
Tunis, March 16, 2020 (By Kaouther Larbi) - There is no known cure for the new coronavirus, but in the medicinal herbs souq in Tunis, anxious Tunisians are consulting with herbalists and stocking up on traditional remedies. "I am afraid for my father, who is old and...
Food and grocery shopping skyrockets in Tunisia
MEA Risk Brief: The average daily purchases of food products in Tunisia, including couscous, semolina, flour, pasta, etc., have skyrocketed these days, increasing tenfold in some parts, according to research from the Tunisia news agency TAP. Detergent and bleach...
North Africa coronavirus: 12 March 2020 update
Listen to the audio podcast above By Arezki Daoud: It is not total panic mode yet, but there is a feeling that the situation is bubbling up a bit more every day and could get out of control. Most of the pressure that has been building can be attributed to the hype...
Tunisians rush to buy garlic to fight coronavirus
Tunis, March 12, 2020 - The price of garlic has shot up in Tunisia amid a buying rush as consumers hope it will help protect against the new coronavirus, despite caution from the World Health Organization. In Tunisia's central market this week, and in supermarkets and...
Tunisia: Terror attack in Tunis, one dead, five wounded
At 11:20 AM Tunis time this morning (6 March), two men on a motorcycle attempted to breach the checkpoint leading to the US embassy in the Berges du Lac district. This is where the Tunis stock exchange, major embassies and some large businesses are located. In an...
Tunisia announces first case of coronavirus, joins four other African nations affected
Tunisia is now the fifth African country to report a coronavirus case, announced on Monday March 2, 2020. It now joins Egypt, Algeria, Nigeria and Senegal, who are being affected by an outbreak that began in far-away China. Tunisia’s proximity to hard-hit Italy meant...
Tunisia: At last, Tunisia has a new government
Tunis, Feb 27, 2020 - Tunisia's new government won a confidence vote in parliament on Thursday, after more than four months of political wrangling since elections. Former finance minister Elyes Fakhfakh was named prime minister-designate by Tunisia's president Kais...
Tunisia: President threatens to dissolve parliament as cabinet unable to form
On Monday, 17 February, Tunisian President Kais Saied said that without a vote of confidence to validate the future government, the only other option was to dissolve the assembly elected four months ago and call early elections. Receiving the President of the...
North Africa confronting tough climate change
Skoura, Morocco, Feb 14, 2020 (By Ismail Bellaouali) - Dead palm trees lie on dry, yellowish earth near an abandoned adobe house in Morocco's arid southeast, as drought threatens ancient oases. "I grew up in this oasis and I have seen it shrink," says 53-year-old...
Tunisia: President Kais Saied’s unsettled foreign policy
Tunis, Feb 13, 2020 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - Tunisian President Kais Saied's first major foray into international affairs appears to have backfired, with his diplomatic strategy called into question over the dismissal of Tunis' UN envoy. Saied, a 61-year-old...
Tunisia: At least 200 children of Tunisian Jihadists stranded in war zones
Human Rights Watch on Thursday called on Tunisia to bring home nearly 200 children of suspected jihadists stranded or held in crowded camps and prisons in Libya, Iraq and Syria. The New York-based rights watchdog welcomed Tunisia's repatriation last month of six...
Tunisia: President fires Tunisia rep in UN over his criticism of US Mideast plan
Tunis, Feb 7, 2020 - Tunisia fired its ambassador to the UN on Friday accusing him of failing to consult the foreign ministry on key issues that diplomatic sources said included Washington's controversial Middle East peace plan. "Tunisia's ambassador to the United...
With oppression and no free speech, North Africans turn to football stadiums for politics
By Hamza Mekouar - From Casablanca to Algiers via Tunis, the chants belted out across football stadiums echo young North African fans' frustrations not connected to the highs and lows of the beautiful game. Chants of "F'bladi delmouni!" ("Oppressed in my country!") at...
Tunisian Customs seizes thousands of psychotropic pills in Sidi Bouzid, arrests Algerian trafficker
Tunisia: Police find unauthorized bullets in Skhira
Analysis: Northern half of Africa bracing for upheaval this year
MEA Risk LLC - 29 January 2020: There has been a dangerous escalation of security risks and instability in the Maghreb and Sahel region since the start of 2020. War looks set to intensify in countries like Libya, Niger, Chad, Burkina Faso, Mali and others in the...
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