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Apr
10
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia to review curfew

Tunisia to review curfew

COVID-19
TUNISIA’S government will review the 7 pm curfew it has brought in to slow COVID-19 infections, after the president and a powerful labour union said it would hit shops, cafes and restaurants in the month of Ramadan that starts next week. "The measures will be subject to study after the request of the president, who called for a review of the nightly curfew," Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said. The intervention of President Kais Saied and the UGTT union followed a gathering of hundreds of workers in the city of Sousse who said they would keep shops and cafes open, and…
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Feb
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s main party holds huge rally as government row grows

Tunisia’s main party holds huge rally as government row grows

NEWS
TAREK AMARA TUNISIA'S biggest political party assembled an immense crowd of supporters in the capital on Saturday in a show of strength that could fuel a dispute between the president and the prime minister. In one of the biggest demonstrations since Tunisia's 2011 revolution, tens of thousands of Ennahda supporters marched through central Tunis chanting "The people want to protect institutions!" and "The people want national unity!". The dispute has played out against a grim backdrop of economic anxiety, disillusionment with democracy and competing reform demands from foreign lenders and the UGTT, the powerful main labour union, as debt repayments…
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Feb
06
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisian union calls for four ministers to quit as way to end crisis

Tunisian union calls for four ministers to quit as way to end crisis

NEWS
TUNISIA’S powerful UGTT labour union has called for four proposed new cabinet ministers to stand aside as a step towards resolving a political crisis. Parliament last week approved a cabinet reshuffle put forward by Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi with 11 new ministers. But President Kais Saied rejected the reshuffle, saying four of the appointments were believed to have conflicts of interest. The dispute is causing a political logjam as the government struggles to combat the coronavirus pandemic and its economic fallout. Protests have been going on for nearly three weeks over the political and social crisis. "A concession must take…
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Jan
28
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s parliament approves Cabinet reshuffle amid protests

Tunisia’s parliament approves Cabinet reshuffle amid protests

NEWS
TAREK AMARA and ANGUS McDOWALL TUNISIA’S parliament has approved a Cabinet reshuffle that deepened the conflict between the prime minister and the president, as hundreds protested outside the heavily barricaded parliament over social inequality and police abuses. Riot police turned water cannon on protesters outside the parliament earlier on Tuesday, trying to quell the largest rally since demonstrations began this month. Hundreds of protesters had marched from the Ettadhamen district of the capital, Tunis, where young people have clashed with police several nights this month, and were joined by hundreds more near the parliament. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi named 11…
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Jan
20
2021
By The African Mirror
“The people want the fall of the regime”

“The people want the fall of the regime”

NEWS
PROTESTERS have rallied in Tunisia's capital after several nights of street violence, reviving the chant that rang a decade ago in a revolution that brought in democracy: "the people want the fall of the regime". Daytime protests in Tunis and some other cities demanding jobs, dignity and the release of detainees have followed clashes over recent nights between security forces and youths, as COVID-19 restrictions add to wider economic malaise. "The whole system must go... We will return to the streets and we will regain our rights and our dignity that a corrupt elite seized after the revolution," said Maher…
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Jan
17
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisian PM appoints 12 new ministers

Tunisian PM appoints 12 new ministers

NEWS
TAREK AMARA  TUNISIAN Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has named 12 new ministers in a cabinet reshuffle he hopes will inject new blood into his government amid rising political tensions and an unprecedented economic crisis. Mechichi named Walid Dhabi as the new interior minister, having this month sacked Taoufik Charfeddine, who is close to President Kais Saied, a move underscoring tensions between the country's two most powerful leaders Saied and Mechichi are at odds over their respective powers and political alliances, jeopardising the stability required to push through much-needed reforms. Hedi Khairi was named health minister following criticism over the government's…
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Dec
21
2020
By The African Mirror
Tunisia militants behead shepherd near Algeria border

Tunisia militants behead shepherd near Algeria border

NEWS
ISLAMIST militants kidnapped and beheaded a young shepherd in mountains in Tunisia near the border with Algeria, security sources and residents said. Troops found the body of Okba Dhouibi after he had been seized by militants, the sources said. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said that the act would not go unpunished. Tunisian forces are carrying out operations in the Kasserine and Saloum mountain range to flush out Ajned Kilafha militants allied to Islamic State. Militants linked to Al Qaeda and IS groups have been sheltering for years in the desolate, hilly terrain along a stretch of the border with Algeria…
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Nov
11
2020
By The African Mirror
Tunisia prime minister says coronavirus deaths may reach 7,000

Tunisia prime minister says coronavirus deaths may reach 7,000

COVID-19
Hichem Mechichi TUNISIAN Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi says the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the country may reach 6,000-7,000, describing the health situation as "very dangerous". Coronavirus cases have been rising quickly in Tunisia, which had managed to contain the virus earlier this year, and have now reached 70,000 cases and 1,900 deaths in a country of 11.5 million. Medical sources told Reuters intensive care units in most state hospitals had reached maximum capacity. The government imposed a night curfew this month and banned travel between cities to slow a second wave of the pandemic. - Thomson Reuters…
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Oct
30
2020
By The African Mirror
Tunisia bans internal travel to contain pandemic

Tunisia bans internal travel to contain pandemic

COVID-19
TUNISIA has banned travel between the country's regions, suspended schools and public gatherings and extended a curfew, as it tried to contain a rapid surge of COVID-19 cases with hospitals nearly full. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has said Tunisia cannot afford a second lockdown with the government already fighting the central bank over a projected deficit double what it had originally foreseen. However, after successfully containing the coronavirus in the spring and summer, Tunisia is now experiencing a very rapid spread of the disease with more than 55,000 cases and intensive care units full in some…
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Oct
22
2020
By The African Mirror
Intensive care units in Tunisian state hospitals reach 80% of capacity

Intensive care units in Tunisian state hospitals reach 80% of capacity

COVID-19
BEDS in intensive care units (ICU) in Tunisian public hospitals are about 80% full as COVID-19 cases surge, the health minister has said, calling the situation "critical". Tunisia has just 181 ICU beds, of which 145 are now being used by patients, Fouzi Mehdi told reporters. Coronavirus cases have been rising fast in Tunisia, which had managed to contain the virus earlier this year, and have now reached 45,000 cases and 740 deaths. The government imposed a curfew this month in the capital to slow a second wave of the pandemic. But Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi said he will not…
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