Africa Tunisia Tunisian police forces have dismantled about 150 militant cells in the past six months, affirmed the National Guard spokesman
Africa Tunisia The Date Technical Centre in Kebili conducts field and laboratory research in order to increase the quantity and quality of date production, which is severely threatened by climate change
Africa Tunisia Head of State Kais Saied stressed the need to enact a text banning foreign funding of associations that constitute "extensions" of parties and "antennas" of foreign powers in the country
Africa Tunisia The secretary general of Tunisia's national order of doctors said that over 970 doctors left the country in 2021 to work abroad, a sharp increase from 570 in 2018
Africa Tunisia Magistrates and lawyers staged a demonstration outside the Palace of Justice in Tunis to protest against the recent announcement by the nation's president that he intends to dissolve the national judicial body
Africa Tunisia President Saied acknowledges the salary crisis after unions protested over delays of more than 10 days on due dates, calling on his government to pay civil servants' salaries on time
Africa Tunisia Some 47.957 individual photovoltaic systems connected to the low-voltage grid have been installed since 2011, generating savings of some 117,9 million dinars (US$40 million) on fuel costs, according to the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company
Africa Tunisia The country has passed its ninth hottest autumn month since 1970, during which rainfall fell 36% below the reference rate - the data has been released by the National Institute of Meteorology
Africa Tunisia The Citizens Against the Coup initiative announced its intention to sue the president, the prime minister and the finance minister over the 2022 financial law, considering it 'unconstitutional' given the very high taxes and almost non-existent services
Africa Tunisia The start-up TrustiT Sharek Initiative has collected, refurbished and distributed more than 1000 electronic devices from e-waste to pupils and students since the start of the pandemic, with the support of civil society and international organisations
Africa Tunisia A national census of people with disabilities will start in the Q1 of 2022, covering only disability card holders; according to the last general 2014 census, there were 241.000 disabled people, of whom only 45% were card holders
Africa Tunisia The vaccination target for 2021 was reached, with the symbolic milestone of 10 million people receiving at least one dose being exceeded; this means that more than half of all eligible people (aged 15 and over) have been vaccinated
Africa Tunisia Date producers are hit by a serious decline in the quality of their harvests due to low rainfall; according to the president of the Union of Local Farmers of Tozeur prices have fallen so severely that producers are no longer able to cover production costs