Tunisia
Facts, researched articles, and events related to Tunisia, drawn from the Provenance Africa archive.
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- These African countries don't recognize the State of Israel: (forbid passport holders and any other passpor…
- Africa's top 20 military powers today ranked by country, from strongest to weakest. 1. Egypt🇪🇬 Algeria🇩�…
- Check out our stunning beauties at the Miss World 1967 pageant... The Gambia (Janie Jack), Ghana (Araba Mar…
- According to the UN-sponsored World Happiness Report 2021, here are the 10 happiest countries in Africa: 1.…
- For foreign companies trying to invest in Africa, the possibility of being asked for a bribe by a foreign p…
- Tunisian President Kais Saied dismissed his prime minister and froze parliament, seizing sweeping executive… (2021)
- Africa's #NobelPeacePrize Winners: Chief A. Luthuli 🇿🇦1960 Al-Sadat 🇪🇬1978 D. Tutu 🇿🇦1984 N. Mandela…
- African Powers Ranked by Military Strength: 1 Egypt🇪🇬 2 Algeria🇩🇿 3 SA🇿🇦 4 Nigeria🇳🇬 5 Ethiopia🇪🇹…
- UPDATE: 18 of Africa's 54 countries that have confirmed cases of coronavirus, with all 5 deaths occurring i…
- Lina Ben Mhenni, Tunisian internet activist and blogger whose reporting helped fuel the 2011 revolution, di… (2020)
- Being hunted by apartheid SA police, banned ANC President Oliver Tambo flew into Tunisia, 19/4/1960, after…
- The 10 most competitive economies in Africa, 2019. 1.Mauritius 🇲🇺 2. South Africa 🇿🇦 3. Morocco 🇲🇦 4.…
- Latest FIFA Rankings—Top 20 African countries Senegal🇸🇳20th Tunisia🇹🇳29 Nigeria🇳🇬33 Algeria🇩🇿40th M…
- Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisia's president who oversaw its democratic transition after the Arab Spring, died in… (2019)
- Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the former Tunisian president ousted in the 2011 revolution that sparked the Arab… (2019)
- Here's the just released World University rankings by the prestigious CWUR. 15,000 universities were evalua…
- These are the African countries with the highest number of active tech hubs: South Africa 🇿🇦 59 Nigeria �…
- This time in Maputo (Mozambique), Luanda (Angola), Cairo (Egypt) and Tunis (Tunisia).
- About this time in Tunis, Tunisia...
- African presidents on Twitter: Kenya - @UKenyatta CIV - @adosolutions Ghana - @JDMahama Tunisia - @presiden…
- Kairouan, Tunisia, is the 4th holiest city in Islam. Its Great Mosque was the first place of prayer in Nort…
- Gunmen attacked the Bardo National Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, killing 24 people, mostly foreign tourists. (2015)
- Only 17% of Tunisia's land is arable.
- Ancient Roman architectural ruins in Dougga, Tunisia.
- The Sahara Desert covers at least part of of Algeria, Chad, Egypt, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger,…
- Tunisia’s 3-1 win over Mexico at the 1978 World Cup finals in Argentina was Africa's first win ever in the…
- RMB's 2013/14 ‘Where to Invest in Africa' Report #Top10: S. Africa, Nigeria, Egypt,Ghana, Morocco, Tunisia,…
- Modern day Tunisia is the location of the ancient Phoenician empire, centered on Carthage, its ruins now ar…
- On this date in 1966 (13 August), President Habib Ali Bourguiba banned the wearing of mini-skirts in Tunisia.
- 3 of Africa's longest serving leaders fell in 2011; Ben Ali (Tunisia - 23 years), H. Mubarak (Egypt - 30 ye…
- In 6th century BC, Hanno the Navigator of Ancient Carthage (Tunisia) is held to have sailed down the Africa…
- By the third century BC the city of Carthage on the coast of Tunisia was opulent and impressive. It had a p…
- In Tunisia, images of fish are often used to protect against evil. Buildings & Cars often have fishbones or…
- Africa's name is derived from an ancient area in modern day Tunisia known as "Ifriqiya" or "sunny place", i…
- Chokri Belaid, Tunisian opposition lawyer and politician, was assassinated outside his home near Tunis. (2013)
- Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi died of injuries from setting himself on fire, becoming a catalyst… (2011)
- Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in protest, an act that became the catalyst for… (2010)
- An al-Qaeda suicide truck bombing struck the ancient El Ghriba synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba,… (2002)
- Habib Bourguiba died at Monastir at 96. He had led Tunisia to independence from France and governed it from… (2000)
- Prime Minister Zine El Abidine Ben Ali seized power in Tunisia in a bloodless coup, having doctors declare… (1987)