tunisia

COVID-19 

Tunisia prime minister says coronavirus deaths may reach 7,000

November 11, 2020November 10, 2020 The African Mirror coronavirus pandemic, Hichem Mechichi, tunisia

TUNISIAN Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi says the death toll from the coronavirus pandemic in the country may reach 6,000-7,000, describing

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WORLD 

Angry French city asks after church attack: Why us again?

October 31, 2020October 30, 2020 The African Mirror Christian Estrosi, French Riviera, Islamist, Nice church killings, tunisia

CAROLINE PAILLIEZ WHEN a suspected Islamist from Tunisia killed three people this week in a church in the French Riviera

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NEWS 

Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church

October 30, 2020October 30, 2020 The African Mirror Brahim Aouissaoui, Nice suspect, tunisia, Tunisian Police

THE Tunisian suspect in yesterday’s attack in which three people were killed in Nice in southern France was not listed

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COVID-19 

Tunisia bans internal travel to contain pandemic

October 30, 2020October 29, 2020 The African Mirror Coronavirus, COVID-19 lockdown, Hichem Mechichi, internal travel ban, lockdown, tunisia

TUNISIA has banned travel between the country’s regions, suspended schools and public gatherings and extended a curfew, as it tried

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COVID-19 

Tunisia says COVID spread ‘very dangerous’ with new curbs expected

October 29, 2020October 28, 2020 The African Mirror COVID spread, death toll, New Curfew, tunisia

TUNISIA says that the coronavirus pandemic had become “very dangerous” with 2,125 new infections and 52 deaths recorded in the

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NEWS 

Tunisian protesters clash with police after man dies in bulldozed kiosk

October 14, 2020October 13, 2020 The African Mirror cigarette kiosk, Hichem Mechichi, stone-throwing protesters, tunisia, Tunisian protesters

HUNDREDS of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in a provincial Tunisian town after authorities bulldozed an unlicensed cigarette kiosk, killing

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COVID-19 

Tunisia considers curfew to slow second wave of pandemic

October 8, 2020October 7, 2020 The African Mirror coronavirus infections, curfew, Elyes Fakhfakh, pandemic, tunisia

TAREK AMARA TUNISIA was expected on Wednesday to announce a curfew in the capital after the governors of four provinces

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COVID-19 

Tunisia to ban gatherings, cut public-sector work hours due to pandemic

October 5, 2020October 4, 2020 The African Mirror Coronavirus, Hichem Mechichi, regional lockdown, tunisia

TUNISIAN authorities will ban all gatherings and reduce working hours for employees in the public sector in order to stop

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NEWS 

Three militants killed after fatal attack on policeman in Tunisia

September 6, 2020September 6, 2020 The African Mirror Hichem Mechichi, Islamist militants, Sousse, tunisia

POLICE in Tunisia chased and shot dead three suspected Islamist militants after they attacked two police officers, killing one of

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NEWS 

Tunisia PM-designate to form technocratic govt without parties

August 11, 2020August 11, 2020 The African Mirror Hichem Mechichi, Islamist Ennahda party, technocratic government, tunisia

TAREK AMARA TUNISIA’s prime minister-designate said on Monday he would form a purely technocratic government following wrangling among political parties

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