A former junior minister faces the challenge of creating a ruling coalition in economically troubled Tunisia after …
Ennahda party
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Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party claimed victory late on Sunday in the country’s first free municipal elections, a …
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MENA News
Turkish FM Says Tunisia Successful Model of Arab Spring States
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserTurkish Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu and leader of Tunisia’s largest party Ennahda Rachid al-Ghannouchi have described Tunisia …
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MENA News
Tunisia’s Ennahda Deny Granting Egypt’s Brotherhood Political Asylum
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserEnnahda party spokesman Ziad Laadhari said Saturday that the issue of granting Egypt’s Muslim Brotherhood political asylum …
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Hussein Abassi doesn’t like it when his Tunisian trade union federation is compared to the Egyptian army …
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Tunisia’s secular opposition will announce an alternative “salvation government” next week, a challenge the Islamist-led ruling coalition …
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MENA News
Analysis: Tunisia Eyes ‘Egypt Scenario’ After Assembly Freeze
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserThe suspension of Tunisia’s transitional parliament could bring the birthplace of the Arab Spring uprisings closer to …
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Tunisian opposition politician Mohamed Brahmi was shot dead on Thursday in the second such assassination this year, …
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Financial Institutions
Tunisian Parliament Approves Islamic Sukuk Bond Issues
by Yomna Yasserby Yomna YasserTunisia’s parliament has passed a law that will allow the state to issue Islamic bonds, or sukuk, a …
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Tunisian opposition activists have launched their own version of Egypt’s Tamarod protest movement, whose campaign to remove …