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the Minister of Health was fired at the height of

Tunisian Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi was sacked by Prime Minister Hicham Mechchi on Tuesday evening, July 20, at the height of coronavirus contamination. This decision was announced in a brief statement from the Government Presidency without further explanation. Faouzi Mehdi is the origin of a vaccination initiative, Tuesday…

Covid-19: the Tunisian diaspora to the rescue of

For several weeks, Tunisia has been subjected to violence from highly violent Covid-19 contamination. A difficult situation that weighs heavily on a fragile health system. Citizens of the diaspora as well as Tunisian associations based in France have therefore joined forces to mobilize to help their country. By Nina Droff.

Faced the rise of Covid-19, Tunisia

"All indicators are red" in Tunisia. The country is overwhelmed by the Covid-19 health crisis, according to the World Health Organization. We apologize for more than one hundred daily deaths and a total of 16,000 deaths. The highest mortality rate on the entire continent and in the Arab world. Health infrastructures, notoriously underprivileged, are overwhelmed and the country is relying more than…

deaths and hospital stays are increasing

"Tunisia needs help" ahead of Covid-19, said Dr Yves Souteyrand, WHO representative on the ground. The country with only 12 million people registers more than 100 deaths per day, the highest death rate on the African continent and in the Arab world. Tunisia is one of the countries that transmits the most information about…

Amjad Maafi, the tough master of the suburbs

Qualified for the Olympics in Tokyo, Amjed Maafi will represent Tunisia in Greco-Roman wrestling. At 20, he approached summer with a double goal: to get Bac and win a medal at the Olympics. Amjed Maafi welcomes us home in his home, in the family home, a nice gladiator physique, packed in a t-shirt a little too tight. On the living room table, he spread his medal…

a year of health crisis marked by a

A report published in early July by a group of associations reports threats to individual freedoms acquired in Tunisia for 2020-2021. as reported from Tunis, Lilia blaisePunishing hatred on social networks is not punished, but in return it is punished to express oneself freely, especially when an Internet user criticizes…

Boat with migrants capsizes off Tunisia, 43 killed

A boat carrying migrants capsized overnight off the coast of Tunisia on Saturday, killing 43 people, the Tunisian Red Crescent said. About 84 migrants were rescued. Mongi Slim, head of the organization, told the Associated Press (AP) that the boat, which was carrying 127 migrants, left Libya's coastal city of Zuwara on Friday to cross the Mediterranean towards Italy. He said 46 Sudanese, 16 Eritreans and 12 Bengalis were among the migrants. Defense Ministry spokesman Mohamed Zekri said the 84…

Jabeur knocks down Muguruza and advances again

Tunisian tennis woman Ons Jabeur managed to turn the situation around to beat Spain's Garbine Muguruza in three rounds of the quarterfinals of the Wimbledon tournament. She is the first Arab woman to reach the knockout stages of the Grand Slam tournament. Ons Jabeur shows his progress and does not intend to stop there. Two…

Greater Tunisia in partial containment,

In the face of the rise in Covid-19 cases and the increase in deaths, the authorities continue to try to stop the tide. Following new reconfigurations in several regions, Greater Tunis was closed on Thursday, July 1, with a 20-hour curfew throughout the territory, disruptions to cultural events, demonstrations and closure of worship.…

“critical” situation facing

The country had to reconsider on Friday 25 June more than 28 municipalities in several regions until 11 July in view of the seriousness of the health situation, with more than 14,000 deaths and satiety in its hospitals. The government spoke of a "critical" situation as reported from Tunisia, Lilia blaiseFour regions had already…