tunisia

Tunisia’s leader wants corrupt tycoons to fund poor regions

July 30, 2021 Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press

TUNIS, Tunisia — Tunisia’s president is proposing that hundreds of tycoons suspected of embezzlement reach a deal with the state to finance public hospitals, schools and development projects in poor regions to avoid convictions. President […]

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Tunisia on edge as president suspends parliament, fires PM

July 28, 2021 Bouazza Ben Bouazza, Associated Press

TUNIS, Tunisia — Troops surrounded Tunisia’s parliament and blocked its speaker from entering Monday, after the president suspended the legislature and fired the prime minister and other top members of government, sparking concerns for the […]

Tunisian doctor plays violin to boost virus patients’ morale

February 27, 2021 Mehdi El Arem, Associated Press

SFAX, Tunisia — When Dr. Mohamed Salah Siala began working on the COVID-19 front line in January in a Tunisian hospital he never imagined harnessing his music skills in the fight against the virus. Yet […]

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After Arab Spring, a decade of upheaval and lost hopes

December 29, 2020 The Associated Press

CAIRO — Was it real? It’s all been erased so completely, so much blood has been shed and destruction wreaked over the past decade. The idea that there was a moment when millions across the […]

Tunisians fleeing economy, not COVID, cause tension in Italy

October 1, 2020 Mehdi El-Arem, Associated Press

RAS JEBEL, Tunisia — Once it was just the jobless young men who set off from Tunisia’s rocky northern beaches for Sicily, usually defying their parents in hopes of a better future. Now Tunisian families, […]