CDE News - The Dispatch

Analysis: Tunisia’s Saied poised for more power but economy crumbles

TUNIS (Reuters) - President Kais Saied looks on course to tighten his grip on Tunisia through a constitutional referendum in July, but it could prove to be a poisoned chalice…

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Tunisia international flights to be cancelled on Thursday – union

TUNIS, June 15 (Reuters) - All international flights to and from Tunisia will be cancelled on Thursday due to a national public strike called by the powerful UGTT union, a union official…

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Tunisia labour union rejects Saied power grab, widening opposition

Tunisia's influential labour union rejected key elements of President Kais Saied's seizure of near total power and warned of a threat to democracy as opposition widened against a move his…

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Tunisia to impose compulsory quarantine on visitors who have not been fully vaccinated

Tunisia will from Aug. 25 require 10 days of quarantine for visitors who have not been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, a move to help keep the pandemic under control as…

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U.S. will grant Tunisia $500 million in aid

The United States will grant Tunisia $500 million in aid to finance infrastructure and other projects and talks are also advanced on a loan guarantee, Tunisian finance minister Ali Kooli…

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Tunisia sees 14% budget gap in 2020, aims to halve it in 2021

Tunisia expects the coronavirus crisis to drive its budget deficit to 14% of gross domestic product this year, double the original target and the highest in nearly four decades, a…

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Protesters clash with police in Tunisia

Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in a provincial Tunisian town on Tuesday after authorities bulldozed an unlicensed cigarette kiosk, killing its owner sleeping inside, witnesses said. Street protests…

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Tunisian economy shrank by 21.6%

Tunisia's tourism-dependent economy shrank 21.6 % in the second quarter of 2020, compared to the same period last year, due to the coronavirus crisis, the state statistics institute said on…

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Tunisian Health Minister resigns over deaths of 11 newborn babies

Abderraouf Cherif, the Tunisian Health Minister, has resigned following the deaths of 11 newborn babies at a state-run hospital in the Tunisian capital, Tunis. Cherif was appointed Minister only four…

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