Tunisia

TUNIS: A Tunisian rights group has condemned a “repressive and inhumane” government decision to deport a group of migrants who had been evacuated from a ...

5, residents of Suwayda in Syria’s southwest took to the streets to protest against falling standards of living. Although some oil tankers are expected to reach Syria during the coming few weeks, the amounts supplied may not be sufficient to overcome the crisis.” Oil revenues accounted for between 5 and 7 percent of Syria’s gross domestic product prior to the civil war. He noted that Turkiye prioritizes establishing a security corridor along its southern border with Syria and is targeting the cities of Tal Rifaat and Manbij. “Ordinary people’s suffering is expected to increase,” said Al-Asadi. In 2011, when the civil war began, the official rate was 47 Syrian pounds. Ankara, which hinted at a full-scale ground operation against Syrian Kurds, accused the PKK and YPG of a Nov. In official statements, the Kremlin always underlined that they convinced Turkiye against a ground operation,” he told Arab News. The group, aged 30 to 32, moved to the youth centre after being evacuated from the Choucha refugee camp in southern Tunisia, FTDES said in statement on Sunday, expressing its “indignation at the repressive and inhumane decision by the government.” 5, the government almost doubled the price of fuel overnight. You have ruined education,” he said, warning the Houthis that increasing animosity toward their movement will lead to a revolt. As with many other similar arrests of opposition figures, the Houthis did not formally state that Hajar was abducted.

A Tunisian rights group has condemned a "repressive and inhumane" government decision to deport a group of migrants who had been evacuated from a defunct ...

[Choucha refugee camp](https://www.unhcr.org/news/latest/2013/7/51d2a40e9/unhcr-closes-camp-south-tunisia-moves-services-urban-areas.html) in southern Tunisia, FTDES said in statement, expressing its "indignation at the repressive and inhumane decision by the government". It added that, since 2017, the migrants have been living in a youth centre in Marsa, a suburb of the capital Tunis, "hindering its activities" by "categorically refusing to leave". A Tunisian rights group has condemned a "repressive and inhumane" government decision to deport a group of migrants who had been evacuated from a defunct refugee camp.

After the outbreak of the revolution in Libya in 2011, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) opened the Choucha refugee camp, which hosted ...

The government said the residence of this group of immigrants in a state-run youth centre in the city of El Marsa, on the outskirts of Tunis, for a period of more than five years, "has disrupted the work of the centre" because of "their total refusal to leave the place." The organisation called on civil society to mobilise "against the discriminatory and repressive policies by the Tunisian government against immigrants," confirming that it had resorted to "international organisations, the European Union, and all countries that were parties to the Libyan crisis, in an attempt to find a solution for the remaining group, even if it is exceptional, but all in vain." A leading Tunisian non-governmental organisation specialised in immigration issues denounced on Sunday the government's "inhumane and oppressive" decision to deport a group of irregular immigrants who arrived in Tunisia in 2011.

Tunisia's powerful UGTT union will hold mass protests and "occupy the streets" soon to show its rejection of next year's austerity budget, the leader of the ...

It aims to reach a final deal early next year. The budget sparked widespread rejection from some professions. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story "Why do we accept this situation? It has at times backed Saied after he seized most powers last year, but on other occasions has voiced opposition. This month, the government raised the prices of drinking water and is expected to frequently raise fuel prices next year to reduce the growing energy deficit.

Tunisia's finance minister unveiled a budget Monday aiming to use new tax revenues to claw the deficit back to near five percent of GDP, ...

The latest plans aim to cut the budget deficit from 7.7 percent of gross domestic product to 5.2 percent, Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri told journalists. The 2023 budget comes as the North African country grapples with eye-watering public debt, shortages of goods from sugar to petrol and inflation at nearly 10 percent. Tunis (AFP) – Tunisia's finance minister unveiled a budget Monday aiming to use new tax revenues to claw the deficit back to near five percent of GDP, as the cash-strapped country awaits an international bailout.

“We are the ones running after the International Monetary Fund, not the other way around, and we need the reforms contained in the new Finance Law,” he said.

Ms Boughdiri Nemsia said it would not be easy to prepare the Finance Law for the year 2023 as the government faced constraints to maintain the state’s financial obligations. Minister of Commerce Fadhila Rabhi said subsidies on basic goods would not be lifted in 2023, but would be preserved, with direct financial transfers to those in greatest need. [Tunisia](https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/tunisia/) has no alternative but to reach an agreement with the IMF to get out of its [economic predicament](https://www.thenationalnews.com/business/economy/2022/12/24/tunisia-aims-to-cut-fiscal-deficit-to-55-in-2023-amid-economic-reforms/), its Minister of Economy said on Monday. Tunisia is undergoing a deep financial crisis that has resulted in a shortage of many essential goods in recent weeks, pushing the government to seek further austerity measures and controversial cuts in subsidies in order to qualify for the international lender’s support. [agreement with the IMF](https://www.thenationalnews.com/mena/2022/12/21/tunisia-raises-price-of-drinking-water-by-up-to-23-per-cent/) would open the doors for Tunisia to obtain external loans to finance the 2023 budget. The country’s budget does not contain any financial surplus that would help fill the void in case a crisis similar to that of Ukraine were to take place in the coming year, said Mr Saied.

Tunisia expects inflation to average 10.5% in 2023, up from 8.3% expected for 2022, as inflationary pressures continue to increase, economy minister Samir ...

It aims to reach a final deal in weeks. The country's trade deficit is expected to shrink by 1.5% next year, to 15.8% of GDP in 2023. The country's external borrowing needs next year will increase by 34% to 16 billion dinars ($5.2 billion) while public debt is expected to rise by 44.4% to 20.7 billion dinars.

TUNIS, Dec. 26 (Xinhua) -- Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saied said on Monday that Tunisia's economy is expected to expand by 1.8 percent in 2023, ...

dollars) and 8 billion dinars. The minister announced that a number of measures will be taken in 2023 to improve the country's business environment and activate pending public projects. 26 (Xinhua) -- Minister of Economy and Planning Samir Saied said on Monday that Tunisia's economy is expected to expand by 1.8 percent in 2023, a "modest" growth that "reflects the country's difficult economic situation."