All Africa (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
An official ceremony was held Monday during which President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali received Eïd El Idha greetings from the Prime Minister, the Speaker of the Chamber of Deputies , the Speaker of the Chamber of Advisers, the members of the Constitutional Democratic Rally politburo, the members of the government , the Mufti of the republic and the imam preachers of "Ezzitouna"...
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | yesterday
No book seems to have spurred Tunisian President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali’s notorious enmity towards critical journalists as much as this timely compilation of accounts of his second wife’s rise to political and economic influence and alleged involvement in corruption, at a time when, according to the two French investigative journalists who wrote it, [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
As instructed by President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi presented on Monday, before the Chamber of Deputies, the Government Declaration on the draft 2010 economic and State draft budgets.
All Africa (Free subscription) | 16 hours ago
Debates of the Chamber of Deputies on the draft State budget for 2010 started late on Monday morning in Bardo. As instructed by President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi presented, at a plenary session chaired by Speaker of the Chamber Foued Mebazaa, the Government Statement [1] on the draft economic and State budgets for 2010.
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
(IFEX-TMG) – Tunisia must immediately stop jailing journalists, say members of the Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) reacting angrily to the sentencing to prison of journalists Taoufik Ben Brik and Zouhayr Makhlouf. On 26 November, Ben Brik was sentenced to six months in prison with no chance to appeal. Regrettably, he has been transferred to a prison [...]
Yahyasheikho786's Blog (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
TUNIS – A Tunisian court on Thursday sentenced a journalist and vocal critic of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to six months in prison for assaulting a woman. Taoufik Ben Brik, 49, had protested his innocence, saying he was the victim of a set-up by the North African country's political police because of his criticism [...]
All Africa (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Participants in the 4th International Forum of Information and Communication Technologies "ICT 4 All ," held on November 24-25 in Hammamet, expressed their consideration and support to the fruitful efforts exerted by President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to deepen awareness of the stakes of the digital revolution.
