Youssef Chahed

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‘Green Police’ To Battle Tunisia Trash Scourge

Tunisia on Tuesday launched a special "green police" unit aimed at dealing with the proliferation of waste, a scourge...

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Tunisia PM Warns No One Safe In Anti-Graft ‘war’

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed was reported on Sunday as saying no one in the North African country involved in...

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Tunisia Declares ‘war On Graft’ After Social Unrest

Tunisia declared a "war on corruption" on Wednesday after the arrest of three businessmen and a customs officer on...

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Tunisia Protester Death Raises Fears of More Unrest

A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia,...

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Tunisia Protester ‘accidentally’ Killed In South

A young protester was killed Monday after a national guard vehicle "accidentally" ran him over in south Tunisia,...

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Tunisia Seeks UNESCO Status For Jewish Pilgrimage Isle

Tunisia plans to seek UNESCO World Heritage status for the island of Djerba, site of Africa's oldest synagogue and an...

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Tunisian Officials Sacked After Protests

Tunisia said Saturday it had replaced two senior officials in a southeastern region, days after protesters there booed...

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General Strike In Tunisia City Over Jobs

More than a thousand people demonstrated Tuesday in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine during a general strike to...

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Nov 26 Proposed As Date For Tunisia Local Polls

The body in charge of organising elections in Tunisia on Tuesday proposed November 26 as the date for holding the first...

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Algeria’s Ailing President Doing ‘very Well’

Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has rarely appeared in public since a crippling stroke in 2013, is doing...

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Tunisia PM Hails Ben Guerdane Battle As ‘turning Point’

The battle against jihadists in Ben Guerdane a year ago was a "turning point" for Tunisia, Prime Minister Youssef...

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Angela Merkel Visits Tunisia For Talks On Migrant Crisis

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal...

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Tunisia Parliament Adopts Anti-Graft Law

Tunisia's parliament on Wednesday approved a law to fight widespread corruption that has plagued the North African...

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Merkel Visits Algiers In Bid To Curb Africa Migrant Flow

German Chancellor Angela Merkel visits Algeria from Monday to press efforts to get North African countries to reduce...

International

Germany Pushes Tunisia On Failed Asylum Seekers

The two leaders visited the site of the attack The German Chancellor, Angela Merkel, has told her Tunisian counterpart,...

International

Tunisia Defends Itself After German Criticism

A Tunisian was behind in the Berlin Christmas market attack Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has dismissed...

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Tunisia PM Rejects German Criticism On Migrant Returns

Tunisia's prime minister on Tuesday rejected German claims that his country has been blocking the return of rejected...

International

Tributes To Tunisian Killed In Quebec Mosque Attack

Mourners held a ceremony at Tunisia’s main airport on Saturday to receive the body of a Tunisian-born victim of the...

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Tunisian Lawyers Go On Strike Over New, Austerity-Driven Taxes

Thousands of Tunisian lawyers went on strike on Friday to protest at new taxes and tighter fiscal controls on their...