Tunisia: "Environment in Gabes destroyed for years, situation must be urgently addressed" - Head of State

In a meeting, on Tuesday, with Health Minister Mustapha Ferjani, Minister of the Environment, Habib Abid, and Minister of the Industry, Energy, and Mines, Fatma Thabet Chiboub, President Kaïs Saïed said "that the environment in Gabès has been...

From crisis to construction: Nepal’s fight for democratic stability post Gen Z protests

Nepal’s political leadership must seize this moment and forge a path of principled reform Recent youth protests in Nepal led to the resignation of the KP Sharma Oli government and the dissolution of parliament. Sushila Karki, a former chief...

Tunisia caps banana prices to curb inflation

Tunisia acts on banana prices in ongoing fight against rising costsThe Tunisian Ministry of Commerce has announced new ceiling prices for bananas, a staple fruit in Tunisian households, as part of ongoing efforts to ease consumer pressures amid...

Tunisia: Seizure of 5.4 Tons of expired food products across several governorates

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The National Food Safety Authority recently announced a series of major food safety operations across various governorates in Tunisia. These actions resulted in the confiscation of large quantities of food deemed...

Tunisia – Mass Dismissal: French Company Fires 45 Tunisian Engineers Without Paying Their Dues [Video]

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The city of Sfax has recently been shaken by a social and professional scandal that has rocked Tunisia’s technology sector. A French company operating in the country abruptly dismissed 45 Tunisian engineers,...

Tunisian Internet Company opens external competition for 11 positions

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp The Tunisian Internet Company has announced the launch of external competitions based on applications for recruitment into 11 different positions within its departments. The openings include two administrators,...

Feature: Chinese-built bypass to end Tunisian city's traffic woes

TUNIS, Oct. 1 (Xinhua) -- When the new Bizerte Bridge opens to traffic in 2027 in the northern Tunisian city of Bizerte, it will link the two banks of the Bizerte Canal and put an end to years of traffic congestion that has long troubled both...

Prysmian’s Monna Lisa to connect Italy and Tunisia

Italy’s transmission system operator (TSO) Terna and Tunisian counterpart STEG have selected Italian cabling giant Prysmian for the construction of a submarine power interconnection between the two countries. Monna Lisa. Source: Prysmian The Elmed...

Ministry of agriculture: intensive preparations for the cereal crop season (video)

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp Heikel Hachlaf, chief of staff to the Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, confirmed that preparations for the upcoming cereal crop season are progressing at a steady pace. The objective is to...

IsDB Approves $1.27bn Projects Across 12 Nations, $50m for Agriculture in Nigeria

Members of Board of Executive Directors of Islamic Development Bank (IsDB) have approved a substantial number of projects amounting to about US$1.27 billion across 12 member countries in Asia, Africa and MENA. At their 362nd meeting on September...

Southcomp Polaris, a Mindware Company, Hosts Exclusive Partner Summit in Tunisia to Strengthen Ties with Libyan Channel Partners

(MENAFN- Procre8) Tunis, Tunisia, 29th September, 2025: Mindware, a leading value-added distributor (VAD) in the Middle East and Africa, as part of its partner summit series, hosted an exclusive event in Tunisia through its affiliate, Southcomp...

Egypt’s Renewable Energy Buildout Continues as First Utility-Scale Solar-Plus-Storage Facility Comes Online

Egypt is among the Middle Eastern countries looking to accelerate the growth of renewable energy. The country was among the first in Africa to embrace renewables; Egypt had brought 555 MW of wind power generation online as early as 2012....

Agriculture Minister Calls for Mobilizing Funding to Support Water and Agricultural Projects in Africa

Tunisia’s Minister of Agriculture, Water Resources and Fisheries, Azeddine Ben Cheikh, on Monday in Dakar, Senegal’s capital, called for the mobilization of innovative financing and the active involvement of the private sector and international...

Josef Renggli: Switzerland, a longstanding partner in vocational training in Tunisia [Video]

Facebook Twitter LinkedIn WhatsApp On the sidelines of the inauguration of the new Industry 4.0 training hub in Sfax, Swiss ambassador to Tunisia Josef Renggli highlighted the crucial importance of vocational training for the country’s economic...

Eerie abandoned Star Wars set left to rot in desert as sand slowly engulfs it

Amidst desert sand, a film set stands where numerous Star Wars scenes were filmed in Ong Jmel, in southern Tunisia(Image: AFP via Getty Images) Venture miles into Tunisia's orange-red desert and you'll stumble upon remnants of the Star Wars...

Maltese fisherman: 'Tunisian boats are poaching our lampuki'

Maltese fishermen are upset that their Tunisian counterparts are poaching their lampuki, and MEP Peter Agius is urging the EU Commission to take action. “This is like sowing your field with potato seeds, watering the crop, and then someone just...

AfCFTA Launches Tunisia Workshop to Harmonize Digital Trade Laws

Five-day programme aims to help North African nation domesticate protocol as digital commerce integration advances Tunisia has become the latest African country to receive targeted support for implementing the continent’s ambitious digital trade...

We Said ‘We Will Block Everything’ And We Did

Above photo: Palestine General Strike, Italy 2025. Paluello17 via Wikimedia Commons. As boats from the Global Sumud Flotilla prepared to set sail toward Gaza from the coasts of Italy, Spain, and Tunisia, a representative of Genoa’s Dockworkers’...

Bangladesh’s Democratic Transition: Learning from Tunisia’s Failed Promise

When protests erupted on Bangladesh’s streets in July 2024, toppling the Awami League after 15 years of increasingly authoritarian rule, many observers reached for historical parallels. The most seductive comparison was Tunisia — the sole “success...

Mindware’s Southcomp Polaris strengthens Libyan partnerships with Tunisia Summit

Mindware hosted an exclusive event in Tunisia through its affiliate, Southcomp Polaris (SCP), bringing 60 of its most prominent channel partners from Libya. The event aimed to strengthen relationships, share technology insights, and explore...