Prime Minister Najla Bouden. Reporting By Tarek Amara, editing by Angus McDowallOur Standards: The

Bouden to propose a cabinet in the coming hours or days" because we have lost a lot of time". His

.A cabinet meeting chaired by Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden Romdhane was held on Saturday to

powers and with public finances close to breaking point.He asked Najla Bouden Romdhane, a little

prime minister and suspended parliament. Najla Bouden Ramadhane, a professor at a prestigious

than 80.In September, Tunisia named Najla Bouden Romdhane its first female prime minister — who also

By Reuters Staff2 Min ReadTUNIS( Reuters)-A Tunisian court on Sunday ordered a lawmaker to be detained over suspected tax fraud and money laundering-the fourth parliamentarian to be taken into custody since President Kais Saied seized near total control of the country in July. Mehdi Ben Gharbia, a businessman and former minister, is a member of the Tahya Tounes party headed by former prime minister Youssef Chahed, who was dismissed by Saied. Ben Gharbia’s lawyer could not immediately be contacte

PARIS( Reuters)-Tunisian President Kais Saied told French President Emmanuel Macron that a national dialogue would take place soon, Macron's office said on Saturday after they spoke by phone.... Saied's mention of a dialogue would be his first indication since seizing executive power in July that he is ready to consult more widely on finding a way out of the crisis.... The powerful labour union UGTT and major parties in the suspended parliament have all urged Saied to bring them into a dialogu

By Reuters Staff3 Min ReadTUNIS( Reuters)-The head of a Tunisian opposition party said on Friday he had been summoned for investigation over a radio interview and accused President Kais Saied of attempting to intimidate opponents. FILE PHOTO: Secretary general of Attayar party, Ghazi Chaouachi, attends an interview with Reuters in Tunis, Tunisia September 23, 2021.... REUTERS/ Jihed Abidellaoui/ File Photo Ghazi Chaouachi, the head of Attayar party and a prominent critic of Saied, said an inves

Amid criticism from migrant advocacy groups about forced repatriations and abuses of migrants in Tunisia, von der Leyen and Rutte insisted the program would respect human rights.... The president warns such moves would unleash social unrest, and bristles at what he calls Western diktats.... He blamed criminal networks, but also his government’s budget troubles. Tunisia's budget deficit was aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic and fallout from Russia’s war in Ukraine....