Tunisia

The arrest and detention of money laundering by former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui provoked strong reactions within his party, in the heart of Tunisia, which has 30 seats in Montage. Its deputies held a press conference in parliament on Friday 25 December. An 870-page expertise pointing out certain false mechanisms and…

Former presidential candidate and businessman Nabil Karoui is in jail again in connection with a money laundering case. as reported from Tunis Lilia blaiseIt was an expected arrest in legal circles, as an investigation was still ongoing since the first arrest of Nabil Karoui in August 2019. He had at that time been released in…

At a time when Tunisia is experiencing a severe economic and social crisis, the trade union center and civil society wanted to mobilize to get the country out of paralysis. A demonstration was held in front of the parliament in Tunis on Friday 18 December. Divided, the Assembly fights to promote the legislative process necessary for reforms.…

"The 10th anniversary of the revolution: everything is bitter, but hope is still possible!" This is the big title Time in Tunis this Thursday morning. "Here we are! Ten years ago, on December 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, an unemployed person from Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire to protest against the Ben Ali regime. And the Tunisian 'revolution' has fought to become a reality. for ten years.Nothing goes further in the…

The protest as a memory. It has been ten years since the revolution began in Tunisia. Death by death, in the middle of the country, in Sidi Bouzid by a street vendor, Mohamed Bouazizi, led to an unprecedented uprising that led to the fall of Ben Ali. The government maintains a low profile when it comes to scoring goals on December 17, but the day promises to be tense given the small improvement in…

Ten years in the past, the spark of the Arab Spring erupted in Tunisia, in Sidi Bouzid, a disadvantaged village within the heart of the nation the place Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on hearth. Ten years later, within the area, social anger has not died, fairly the other. And the well being disaster solely exacerbated the signs. Dozens of cities are demonstrating to demand the promised jobs and funding.…

Nurses have gone out into the country to condemn working conditions that have become unbearable. Nearly 10,000 white coats marched in Tunis to demand a profound reform of a health system at the end of its rope. as reported from Tunis, Michel PicardAnger is felt in the long procession that links the Ministry of Health to the…

This Tuesday, December 8, is declared a day of anger by doctors in Tunisia. Only minimum services should be provided at the country's public hospitals. The Danish Medicines Agency's advice calls for a profound reform of the currently harmful health system. as reported from Tunis, Michel PicardThe accidental death last week, in…

Several unions for public health care workers are demanding a new mobilization day, Tuesday 8 December. Hundreds of doctors gathered in Tunis on Friday. This protest movement after the death of a young colleague this week in the hospital. It is the death of a 27-year-old doctor that causes this anger. On Thursday, he fell…

Where will the most important meetings in African culture take place during this month of December? There are nine suggestions. Do not hesitate to send your "essentials" to fipageculture@yahoo.fr. In Cameroon, from 1 to 5 December, Festi7, the second international poetry festival in Yaoundé's seven hills, will be held. Under…