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Ten African countries account for 46% of Omicron cases reported globally, according to the World Health Organization. It says the majority of these countries are within southern Africa, where scientists are being extra-vigilant for other cases and are analysing samples to check for changes to the virus. Hospitalisation rates and severe cases remain low in […]
Tunisia’s president on Wednesday named Najla Bouden as the country’s first ever female prime minister and tasked her with forming a government. “The President of the Republic Kais Saied charged Najla Bouden with forming a government as quickly as possible,” said a statement from his office. Romdhane will take office at a moment of national […]
The death toll in the tour bus crash in northern Tunisia has risen to 26 in the latest update by the health ministry. The tour bus was carrying 43 people on Sunday when it plunged off a cliff in the town of Amdoun. The driver is said to have failed to negotiate a sharp turn. […]
Retired law professor Kais Saied has won Tunisia’s presidential election with 73% of the vote, according to preliminary results from the electoral commission. His challenger in the run-off, Nabil Karoui, won 27%.
TUNIS – Tunisians are choosing between a retired law professor and a media mogul in the final vote of a presidential election on Sunday, eight years after a revolution that forged a new democracy and inspired the “Arab spring”. Kais Saied and Nabil Karoui are starkly different candidates who beat 24 rivals including many top […]
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, who suffered a health crisis on Thursday, is reportedly improving “significantly”. The 92 year old was taken to hospital on Thursday. A spokesperson said Mr Essebsi’s health had improved significantly and he had called the defence minister to discuss the situation in the country. Earlier on Thursday, two suicide bombs […]
Aeveral people wounded and a police officer has been killed in a suicide bomb attack in Tunisia’s capital Tunis on Thursday. A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a police patrol in Charles de Gaulle street, close to the French embassy, Reuters reports. Two police officers and three civilians were injured, according to […]
Official sources in Tunisia say President Beji Essebsi has been taken to hospital. The presidential office said the 92-year-old had suffered what was termed as a “severe health crisis”. There had been reports that the president had died. Mr Essebsi won Tunisia’s first free elections in 2014 following Arab uprisings across the region. Earlier this […]
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