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Tunisians vote on proposal to give president more power
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoTunisians are voting Monday for a controversial new constitution put forward by President Kais Saied...
Tunisia's Saied unpicks 'Arab spring' democracy
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoPresident Kais Saied has dramatically reshaped Tunisian politics in his favour since mid-2021, amassing near total power in what critics see as a march...
Leaders of French-speaking countries hold summit in Tunisia
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoLeaders of French-speaking countries gathered Saturday on a Tunisian island to discuss debt relief,...
Six dead after Tunisia synagogue shooting, president blames 'criminals'
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoTUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia's president on Wednesday blamed "criminals" seeking to harm the tourism...
Tunisia arrests raise opposition fears of wider crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoCoordinated arrests of political and media figures represent a new phase in Tunisian President Kais...
Tunisians elect weakened parliament on 11% turnout
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoTUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia announced that a mere 11% of the electorate had voted on Sunday in parliamentary runoffs, with critics of President Kais Saied...
25 Europe-bound migrants dead in boat sinking off Tunisia
Associated Press via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoAt least 25 African migrants died and 15 are missing after a boat carrying them toward Europe sank in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Tunisia this week, Tunisian authorities said. The ...
Five African migrants die, 10 missing after boat sinks off Tunisia
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoAt least five African migrants died and another 10 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said on Saturday. In recent ...
Tunisians back new constitution, but with low turnout
Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News· 2 years agoTUNIS (Reuters) -A new Tunisian constitution that the opposition warns may dismantle the country's...
InstaDeep’s acquisition is a classic case of an African startup gone global
TechCrunch via Yahoo! Philippines News· 1 year agoThis January, Germany’s largest vaccine maker BioNTech announced that it had agreed to acquire...