December 18, 2022
Tunisia: League of Arab States Observer Mission Urges 'Looking At Reasons Behind Low Voter Turnout in Parliamentary Elections'
The League of Arab States' observer mission for the December 17 legislative elections, called on stakeholders in the electoral process in Tunisia to "look at the reasons that led… Read more »
December 20, 2022
Tunisia: 23 Constituencies Not Concerned By Legislative Runoff, Says Mnasri
23 constituencies will not be concerned by the legislative runoff according to the preliminary results of the legislative elections, Spokesman for the Independent Higher Authority… Read more »
December 19, 2022
Tunisia: Voter Turnout in December 17 Legislative Election Stands At 11.22 Percent, Says Isie's Bouasker [upd 1]
President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker said Monday the voter turnout in the December 17 parliamentary elections reached 11.22 percent. Read more »
Tunisia: 21 Candidates Have Won Parliamentary Seats in 1st Round (Mansri)
21 candidates won parliamentary seats in the 1st round according to the preliminary results of the legislative elections, said spokesperson for the Independent Higher Authority for… Read more »
December 17, 2022
Tunisia: Change to Voting System and Absence of Political Money Behind 'Modest' Voter Turnout
President of the Independent High Authority for Elections, Farouk Bouasker, described the voter turnout in the legislative elections as "modest", saying the reasons for the low… Read more »
December 07, 2022
Tunisia: Socialist Party to Boycott Dec.17 Legislative Elections
The Socialist Party said it will boycott December 17 legislative elections and called for protecting State institutions against any authoritarian "drift." Read more »
Tunisia: Parties Urge Tunisians to Join Protests Against Elections
The National Salvation Front and a number of political parties (the Democratic Current, the Workers' Party, Ettakatol, Al-Qotb and Al-Joumhouri) urged Tunisians to attend two… Read more »
Tunisia: National Union of Tunisian Journalists Denounces Ongoing Assaults On Journalists
The National Union of Tunisian Journalists (French: SNJT) Wednesday denounced ongoing assaults on journalists. It also called on the President of the Republic to revoke cybercrime… Read more »
Tunisia: Tunisia, Algeria Ink MoU to Promote Support for Startups
Tunisia and Algeria inked, on the fringes of the 1st African Start-up Conference (held December 5-6 in Algiers), a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in the startups support field,… Read more »
November 22, 2022
Tunisia: Legislative Elections 2022 - Final Number of Candidates Brought Down to 1,055
The final number of candidates for the legislative elections was brought down to 1,055, after the withdrawal of five candidates and the return of two others to the electoral race,… Read more »
Tunisia: Francophonie Summit Adopts Djerba Declaration
The 18th Francophonie Summit, hosted November 19-20 in Djerba under the theme: "Connectivity in Diversity: The Digital, Vector of Development and Solidarity in the French-speaking… Read more »
November 20, 2022
Africa: Economic Forum of Francophonie - Saied Calls for Innovative Investments to Support Young Entrepreneurs
President Kais Saied called Sunday in Djerba to consider ways to implement "innovative" investments to support entrepreneurship among young people in the Francophone space. Read more »
September 23, 2022
Tunisia: Tunisia Stands By Libya to Help It Complete Political Process, Says Jerandi
Tunisia stands by Libya at this crucial time in its history to help it complete its political process on the basis of an inter-Libyan dialogue away from any foreign intervention,… Read more »
September 22, 2022
Tunisia: Cabinet Meeting Adopts Several Economic and Social Decrees and Orders
A cabinet meeting chaired Thursday at the Kasbah by Prime Minister Najla Bouden adopted the following draft decrees and presidential decrees Read more »
September 19, 2022
Tunisia: Tunisia Seeks to Strengthen Social Welfare System, Transition to New Working Schemes (Minister)
Tunisia seeks to strenghten its social welfare system through a reform programme and gear up for transition to new working schemes, Social Affairs Minister Malek Ezzahi said in an… Read more »
August 30, 2022
Tunisia: Nigerian FM Affirms His Country's Willingness to Open Consular Office in Tunis
Minister of Foreign Affairs, Migration and Tunisians Abroad Othman Jerandi on Monday conferred with his Nigerian counterpart Hassoumi Massoudou. Read more »
August 29, 2022
Tunisia: Japan to Consider Financial Assistance to Tunisia Once IMF Deal Reached (Jica President)
President of the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) TANAKA Akihiko Monday said his country will consider financial assistance to Tunisia once an International Monetary… Read more »
August 24, 2022
Tunisia: Three Decades of Promoting Ownership and Partnership - History of Ticad
Tunisia will host the eighth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD 8) from August 27 to 28, 2022. Read more »
August 03, 2022
Tunisia: Saied, Bouden Review Agenda of Upcoming Cabinet Meeting
The agenda of the upcoming cabinet and the issuance of decrees and orders were the focus of the meeting held Wednesday at Carthage Palace between President Kais Saied and Prime… Read more »
August 01, 2022
Tunisia: Saied, Bouden Discuss Outcome of Audit On Grants and Loans Obtained By Tunisia Since 2011
The outcome of the audit on the grants and loans obtained by Tunisia since 2011 were at the heart of a meeting between President Kais Saied and Prime Minister Najla Bouden Monday… Read more »
July 25, 2022
Tunisia: Referendum - Number of Voters Exceeds 2.4 Million At 10:00 PM
President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), Farouk Bouasker said that until 10:00 pm after the closing of polling stations, 2 million 458 thousand 985 voters… Read more »
Tunisia: 'Calls to Boycott Referendum Could Affect Turnout but Have No Impact On Electoral Law'
Spokesman of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Mohamed Tlili Mansri said that calls for boycotting the referendum on the draft of the new constitution could… Read more »
Tunisia: After 10pm, Polling Stations Will Be Transformed Into Counting Centres - Election Head
President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker, said that after 10:00 pm all polling stations will be transformed into counting centres. Read more »
Tunisia: Referendum - Turnout Reaches 21.85% By 7pm
The total number of voters who participated in the referendum on the draft of the new Tunisian Constitution, reached 1 million 951 thousand 563 citizens until 7:00 pm, i. e. a… Read more »
Tunisia: Number of Voters Is Encouraging - Election Body President
President of the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) Farouk Bouasker, announced on Monday (on the 3rd and last day of voting by the Tunisian community living abroad),… Read more »