Tunisian Olympic champion Ayoub Hafnaoui Saturday won the 800m freestyle at the 2023 TYR Pro Swim Series – Fort Lauderdale, clocking 7.48.50. The Tunisian swimmer dominated the race from start to finish ahead of Egypt’s Marwan El Kamash second (7.50.38), followed by British Daniel Jervis (3rd) (7.51.93). Hafnaoui won his 3rd gold medal after boasting the second-best performance of the […]
The Confederation of African Football (CAF) appointed Somali referee Omar Abdulkadir to officiate the U20 AFCON semi-final game pitting Tunisia against Senegal on March 6 in Egypt. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
El Mekerem sportives de Mahdia secured a place in the play-offs, after defeating ES Beni Khiar 30-25 at a Tunisia’s Handball Elite Championship day-19 game in hand, played on Sunday in Mahdia. Source: Agence Tunis Afrique Presse
The murder mystery film “Ashkal” by Tunisian-born Youssef Chebbi won the Golden Stallion of Yennenga at the 28th edition of the Ouagadougou Film and Television Festival (FESPACO), whose prizes list was unveiled on Saturday evening. Besides this distinction, “Ashkal” was awarded the prize for best sound. The fiction film “Under the Figs” by Erige Sehiri won for its part, the […]
About 759 road accidents were reported from January 1 to March 1, 2023, against 961 accidents during the same period in 2022, i.e. a 21.02% drop, according to statistics released on Sunday by the National Road Safety Observatory. The number of deaths caused by these accidents, however, increased by 22.64% to 159 deaths, according to the same source. The number […]
The inflation rate soared to 10.4% in February 2023 compared to 10.2% in the previous month, the National Institute of Statistics (INS) said on Sunday. Consumer prices rose by 0.5% in February 2023 against 0.8% in January. This is mainly due to the increase by 2.6% in the prices of food products and by 0.9% in the furniture, household items […]
The National Salvation Front staged a march on Sunday downtown Tunis to demand the release of all arrestees in the so-called case of conspiracy against the State’s security, despite the ban by Tunis governor. The protesters deliberately broke through the security barriers set up at the level of the Paris avenue and continued their march towards the Habib Bourguiba Avenue, […]
Tunisia reiterated its total rejection of the accusations of “racism” and expressed surprise at the campaign about alleged racism in the country, the sources of which are known,» according to a statement from the Presidency of the Republic, the Presidency of the Government, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Immigration and Tunisians Abroad. The statement released Sunday evening recalled that […]
TUNIS — Hundreds of opposition supporters in Tunisia defied an official ban on their protest against the president on Sunday after some of their leaders were arrested, breaking through a police barrier in central Tunis to rally in the city’s main street. Before the protesters broke through the barrier, police warned them by loudspeaker that their demonstration was illegal […]