TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has succeeded in repaying all its 2023 domestic and external debts despite huge pressure on public finance, Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri said on Monday, dispelling doubts…
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…
TUNIS (Reuters) – Seven more bodies believed to be of migrants who drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia have washed ashore, local authorities said on Monday, bringing the confirmed death…
TUNIS (Reuters) – The Tunisian defense ministry said on Tuesday it had received four T-6C training aircraft from the United States, as part of cooperation to renew its fleet of…
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…
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…
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…
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…
(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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…