Tunisian third seed Ons Jabeur, the most elevated enduring seed. Recuperated from losing her previously set at the current year. Wimbledon to beat Czech Marie Bouzkova 3-6 6-1 6-1 on Tuesday. Jabeur, who had likewise arrived at the last eight of the 2020 Australian Open, said she was about to motivate another age of tennis … Read more
Serena Williams had doubts about her comeback from injury at one stage. The 37-year-old says she needed time to heal physically and mentally after difficult year. Former world number one preparing to return to action ahead of Wimbledon title defence this month. Williams, 40, limped out of her first-round match last year at Grand Slam … Read more
The move comes in response to President Donald Trump’s dismissal of 57 judges on Thursday. This sparked worries of a return to authoritarianism. Tunisian judges have gone on strike for a week to protest President Kais Saied’s “intervention” in the court. Only days after he fired 57 of their colleagues, accusing them of corruption and … Read more
Tunisian President Kais Saied dismisses 57 judges for corruption and concealing terrorism cases. Names of judges who “disrupted investigations into a total of 6,268 terrorism files” will be made public. Saied dissolved the country’s Superior Council of the Judiciary earlier this month. Tunisian President Kais Saied signed a presidential decree late Wednesday dismissing 57 judges … Read more
A Tunisia court has barred the speaker of the country’s now-disbanded parliament from leaving the country, according to a court spokesman. According to a court official, the interdiction against Rached Ghannouchi is part of an investigation into possible obstruction of justice in connection with the killing of two left-wing politicians in 2013. According to Fatima … Read more
Violent clashes shook a western region of the Libyan capital overnight and into Sunday morning, an interior ministry source claimed as local media reported the death of a militia commander. Janzour, in the western suburbs of Tripoli, is home to the UN Support Mission in Libya’s headquarters as well as guarded compounds for foreign diplomatic … Read more
Ghanaians Richard Ofori and Kwame Peprah performed key roles as South African club Orlando Pirates reached the CAF Confederation Cup semi-finals on Sunday with a penalty shootout victory over Tanzanian site visitors Simba. Pirates received a stoppage-ridden area-very last 2d leg 1-zero in Soweto way to a headed intention from ahead Peprah, with TV replays … Read more
Tunisian government has recovered the bodies of 17 migrants after four boats looking to cross the Mediterranean Sea heading for Europe capsized, a court legit stated on Sunday. “The makeshift boats were in a bad circumstance” and had set sail in a single day Friday to Saturday from the Mediterranean port city of Sfax, said … Read more
Najet unravels an antique pair of jeans, raw material for a dressmaker carpet: conventional, eco-friendly crafts are being adapted for new markets thanks to a venture born inside the Tunisian desolate tract. “I learned to weave at a young age, from my mother,” said the 52-year-old from the oasis town of Nefta, 500 kilometers (310 … Read more
Kais Saied, Tunisia’s president, has issued a decree dissolving parliament, which has been suspended since last year, after it defied him by voting to repeal decrees he had used to assume near total power. The parliament session and Saied’s response intensified Tunisia’s political crisis, though it was not clear if it would prompt any immediate … Read more
TUNIS: Tunisia’s crisis-stricken economy needs “deep reforms” such as slashing its vast public wage bill, the International Monetary Fund’s outgoing country chief has said as the government seeks a new bailout. Jerome Vacher, speaking in an interview at the end of his three-year term as the global lender’s envoy to the North African country, said … Read more
