Ahead of his first-ever visit to Cairo, Al-Ahram daily newspaper interviewed the seventh prime minister since the Tunisian revolution in 2011, Youssef Chahed.
Chahed met with Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi in Cairo on Sunday to discuss (...)
Esperance chairman Hamdi Meddeb stepped down after his side were eliminated from the African Champions League at the hands of Egypt's Ahly, the Tunisian club said on Tuesday.
Tunisia's oldest club, which was established in 1919, said in a statement (...)
Esperance coach Faouzi Benzarti of Tunisia has said that his side doesn't need any special preparation for a crucial showdown with Egyptian giants Ahly in the CAF Champions League quarterfinals on 16 September in Alexandria's Borg El-Arab (...)
The Tunisian Marine Forces have detained a number of Egyptian fishermen off the coast of Sfax for illegal fishing in Tunisia's territorial waters, the Tunisian Ministry of National Defence said in a statement on Monday.
Ibrahim Said, the boat's (...)
A group of Muslim scholars in Tunisia released a joint statement on Thursday demanding President Beji Caid Essebsi relinquish his call for legal equality between women and men in inheritance rights, and for amending a decree to allow Muslim women to (...)
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said Sunday that his country is seeking to establish equality between men and women in inheritance, as the first Arab country to make such a move.
He also announced forming a committee to study the matter.
In his (...)
A recent poll conducted in Tunisia indicates that secular party Nidaa Tounes is likely to defeat the Islamist Ennahda Party in the next municipal elections, set for on December 17, according to polling agency SIGMA Conseil as reported by Tunisia's (...)
Tunisia coach Nabil Maaloul said it is hard to predict who will emerge as the winner of a tricky clash at home with Egypt in their opening African Cup of Nations qualifier on Sunday.
The perennial North African rivals will lock horns at Rades (...)
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi warned in a speech on Wednesday that the country's democratic path is “under threat,” as protests over social and economic issues continue in southern and central Tunisia.
Essebsi announced the deployment of army (...)
More than 1,000 Palestinian detainees in Israeli jails started a hunger strike on 17 April, but there is one detainee, Shady Farrah, who cannot take part in this strike because at 14 he is the youngest among the 6,500 Palestinians in occupation (...)
Tunisia's national carrier Tunis Air suspended flights indefinitely on Thursday after "physical clashes" erupted between the airline's pilot corps and technicians at Tunis-Carthage International Airport.
According to a statement by the airliner, the (...)
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to fly Friday from Cairo to Tunisia for a six hour official visit where she will meet Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi and other top officials, including Prime Minister Youssef Chahed.
Sources in Tunisia (...)
Tunisia is on the verge of a political crisis -- the most dangerous since the formation of a national unity government last summer -- following a limited Saturday cabinet reshuffle that sacked a minister and a former leader of the country's (...)
A trilateral meeting of the foreign ministers of Egypt, Libya, and Algeria concluded on Monday with the representatives of the three countries releasing a statement on a Tunisian declaration to support comprehensive political reconciliation in (...)
A tripartite meeting between Egypt, Tunisia and Algeria to discuss resolving the Libyan crisis will be held on Sunday instead of 1 March, the Tunisian foreign ministry announced on Friday.
In an official statement, the Tunisian ministry said that (...)
Tunisia is set to host on 1 March a much-anticipated tripartite meeting with the foreign ministers of Egypt and Algeria to discuss resolving the Libyan crisis, Tunisian Foreign Minister Khamis Alaghinawa announced.
In an interview broadcast by (...)
The special envoy to Libya appointed by the Arab League Salah Al-Din Al-Jamali told Al-Ahram on Wednesday that he will visit the war-torn country soon for talks with the Libya's various political rivals.
“I will visit several cities including (...)
Fourteen Egyptian fisherman out of a total 16 are returnng home on Tuesday after reconciliating with the Tunisian authorities over illegally fishing near Sfax Port in the country's territorial waters three weeks ago.
The fishermen told Ahram Online (...)
Egypt's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry is set to travel to Tunisia on Tuesday and meet with Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi, sources told Ahram Online.
Shoukry will also meet with his counterpart Tunisian Foreign Affairs Minister (...)
Egypt is working to return home 14 fishermen stopped in Tunisia last week near Sfax Port for illegally fishing in the country's territorial waters, the Egyptian ambassador in Tunisia said on Tuesday.
Ambassador Nabil Habashy said that two other (...)
Arab League envoy to Libya Salaheddine Jamali will head to Cairo on Monday to meet with Egyptian Foreign Minister Sameh Shoukry to discuss the Libyan crisis, Jamali told Al-Ahram newspaper.
He also will attend the permanent delegates consulting (...)
As soon as German authorities accused the Tunisian Anis Amri of executing the Berlin market truck attack, media outlets in Tunisia started to largely focus on covering the issue.
Amri was not known in the North African country for his involvement in (...)
Tunisia's Prime Minister Youssef Chahed called on Sunday an emergency cabinet meeting, following the release of a statement from Hamas' military wing Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades that accused Israeli intelligence agency Mossad of murdering Tunisian (...)
Leading police and security figures in the Arab world agreed to "enhance cooperation" in countering support received by terrorists from foreign states during a conference in Tunisia on Friday.
The statement issued by the conference, which was (...)
Tunisia hopes for trade growth with Egypt, Tunisian Minister of Investment, Development, and International Cooperation Mohammed Fadel Abdel Kafi told Ahram Online at Tunisia's 2020 investment conference.
Abdel Kafi said in exclusive statements to (...)