US Embassy in Tunisia to close two days due to expected pro-Palestinians protests
TUNIS (Reuters) – The U.S Embassy in Tunisia said on Wednesday it would close to the public for routine services on Thursday and Friday in an abundance caution, due to expected pro-Palestinian…
Tunisia says undocumented migrants in the country received $1 billion this year
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Undocumented sub-Saharan African migrants in Tunisia received three billion dinars (about $1 billion) in remittances from their countries during the first half of 2023, an official from…
Rights group urges Tunisia to halt collective expulsions of African migrants
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia should halt collective expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants and urgently enable access to humanitarian services for those the government sent to a dangerous area of…
Tunisia removes hundreds of migrants to desert border region -rights group, lawmaker
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has removed hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants to a desolate area along the border with Libya, a local rights group and a lawmaker said on…
UN says 37 migrants missing after shipwreck between Tunisia and Italy
ROME (Reuters) – Thirty-seven migrants are missing after their boat capsized between Tunisia and the Italian island of Lampedusa, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) said on Friday, citing an account by…
Tunisia tells IMF conditions for financial support risk unrest
(Reuters) – Tunisia’s President Kais Saied told the International Monetary Fund’s managing director that the fund’s conditions to provide financial support to the North African country risks sparking civil unrest, the Tunisian…
Tunisia preparing alternative IMF proposal, official says
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia is preparing an alternative proposal to put to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) after President Kais Saied rejected the terms of a $1.9 billion loan agreement negotiated last…
Blinken says would like to see Tunisia present revised reform plan to IMF
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on Monday said he would like to see Tunisia present a revised reform plan to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), adding that it is…
France says it backs ongoing talks between Tunisia and IMF
PARIS (Reuters) – France backs the ongoing talks between Tunisia and the International Monetary Fund, the foreign ministry said on Tuesday, as the cash-strapped North African country eyes a key IMF bailout…
IMF says has not received request from Tunisia to re-examine reforms
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it had not received any request from Tunisia to re-evaluate loan conditions while also denying it had imposed ‘diktats’ on the country…
Five African migrants die, 28 missing after boat sinks off Tunisia
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – At least five African migrants died and another 28 were missing after a boat sank off Tunisia, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy,…
World Bank most concerned in MENA about Lebanon and Tunisia
By Yousef Saba DUBAI (Reuters) – The World Bank is particularly concerned in the Middle East and North Africa region about Lebanon and Tunisia and, to a lesser extent, Egypt and Jordan,…
Five African migrants die, 10 missing after boat sinks off Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – At 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…
Tunisia union threatens to ‘occupy the streets,’ rejects 2023 budget
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union will hold mass protests and “occupy the streets” soon to show its rejection of next year’s austerity budget, the leader of the…
Tunisia seeks to cut fiscal deficit to 5.5% in 2023, led by economic reforms
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia expects to reduce its fiscal deficit to 5.5% next year from a forecast 7.7% this year, driven by austerity measures that could pave the way for…
Tunisia to start difficult economic reforms soon – central bank governor
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia will soon enact difficult economic reforms that have been delayed for years, the central bank governor said on Saturday, adding that financial authorities were trying to keep the…
IMF reaches staff-level agreement with Tunisia for loan programme
By Angus McDowall and Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1.9 billion rescue package that could be finalised in…
Georgieva to meet with Egypt, Tunisia, confident of IMF ‘backing them up’
By Andrea Shalal WASHINGTON (Reuters) -International Monetary Fund chief Kristalina Georgieva said she would meet on Saturday with delegations from Egypt and Tunisia and was confident the global lender would be “backing…
Tunisia to submit reform plan to IMF in September
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia will submit a national reform programme to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) in September, the economy minister said on Wednesday, part of efforts to secure a bailout to…
IMF says loan talks with Tunisia to continue over coming weeks
TUNIS – The International Monetary Fund (IMF) said its talks with Tunisian authorities for a staff level agreement on a rescue package would continue “over the coming weeks” as the government seeks…
IMF says it will start talks with Tunisia over loan program
By Tarek Amara TUNIS – The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it welcomed an economic reform program announced by the Tunisian government this month and is ready to start negotiations in…
Tunisia resumes phosphate exports, looks to double next year
By Tarek Amara TUNIS – Tunisia has resumed phosphate exports after 11 years, and expects to ship more than 300,000 tonnes this year due to a sharp increase in global demand and…
Tunisia says talks with IMF positive, committed to paying debts
TUNIS – Tunisian Finance Minister Sihen Boughiri said on Wednesday that initial talks with the International Monetary Fund were positive and that Tunis was committed to paying all its foreign debts. Tunisia,…
Death toll from migrant shipwrecks off Tunisia rises to 17
TUNIS – The death toll from several migrant shipwrecks off the Tunisian coast has risen to 17 people, a judicial official said on Sunday. On Saturday the Tunisian coast guard said four…
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