Day: June 20, 2017

Tunisia was elected on Tuesday as a member of the United Nations Committee on Enforced Disappearances for the period 2017-2019. The elections were held at the United Nations Headquarters in New York on the occasion of the fourth session of the States members of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance. According to a statement of the Foreign Affairs Ministry,Tunisian candidate, Moncef Baâti, collected 50 votes out of a total of 55, taking the lead. Four other experts from Japan, Argentina, Serbia and Morocco were…

The ministry of higher education and scientific research here has allocated 2.5 million Tunisian dinars (about $1.2 million) over four years to support academic efforts to better understand the roots of radicalization in young people, and how to combat it. Four research projects have been selected for support under the initiative—one in the humanities and social sciences, and three in engineering and technology. Tunisia, like many parts of the Arab region, has been hit by several terrorist attacks in recent years. Elements of hardline religious movements have been accused of…

Since setting up a specialist team to deal with suspect objects in 2014, Tunisia has dismantled 129 mines, according to defence ministry spokesman Belhassen Oueslati. Speaking on Nessma TV, Oueslati said the team, trained by British, American, French, Spanish and German experts, has been in place since 2014. “We even sent an elite unit specialised in suspect objects that achieved great prowess. We have dismantled 129 mines and only 18 have exploded,” Oueslati explained. The explosion of these mines in 70 per cent of cases caused minor injuries to the…

Morocco and Tunisia have announced their support to a political solution to the crisis in Libya, namely the Skhirat Agreement, which was signed in late 2015 under the auspices of the United Nations. In a joint statement issued at the end of the 19th session of the Tunisian-Moroccan High Joint Commission in Rabat, the two countries praised efforts that are aimed at “supporting our Libyan brothers and accompanying them in the path towards a comprehensive political settlement.” The meeting, which was co-chaired by Moroccan Prime Minister Saadeddine al-Othmani and his…