Identifying Tunisia’s binding constraints to broad-based growth
The Government of Tunisia, the African Development Bank and the United States Government have released a report
Category Archives: Tunisia
Tunisian President pardons 1,300 prisoners
After convening a meeting with Justice Minister Noureddin B’Hiri, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki on Wednesday officially pardoned an estimated 1,300 prisoners while marking the Country’s national...
Ex-Tunisian leader Ben Ali in a coma after suffering a stroke in Saudi...
TUNIS, February 17, 2011 (AFP) – Deposed Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is “in a coma” in a Saudi hospital following a stroke, a family friend told AFP on Thursday. The ...
Facebook and Twitter bringing the Arab world to its knees
The power of social networking is at work in full gear around the Middle-East and it will soon come to China, Africa and Russia. It has become so serious that Arab countries are convening regional me...
Former president’s relatives are arrested as protest continues i...
TUNIS, January 20, 2011 (AFP) – Tunisian authorities arrested 33 members of toppled leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali’s family as protesters rallied again Thursday to demand the rooting out ...
Nephew of embattled Tunisian president murdered
TUNIS, January 16, 2011 (AFP) – Imed Trabelsi, nephew of the powerful wife of ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, died of a knife wound in the capital’s military hospital, ...
Saudi Arabia gives refuge to embattled Tunisian president
Tunisian president, El Abidine Ben Ali, flew out of his country on Friday after heavy demonstrations, and is reported to have arrived in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, where he is expected to seek refu...