Tunisia

Threats of violence in Cairo have overshadowed the final round of 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Africa this weekend with three places in South Africa up for grabs. Egypt host bitter rivals Algeria Saturday in the potentially explosive highlight of a nine-match ...

President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia said Thursday he had complained to the African Union and the Arab Maghreb Union over French "interference" in his country's internal affairs. Ben Ali was speaking after France expressed its concern about the state ...

Secular Tunisia lets Islamic values rise in apparent bid to placate opponents Clad in ample white robes, a turban and red skullcap, Sheik Mohamed Machfar slips on a pair of large black earphones as he sits behind the microphone in the gleaming ...

Tunisia's president re-elected for 5th time with 89 percent of the vote _ his lowest score yet President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia was re-elected for a fifth term with 89 percent of the vote — his weakest performance yet, ...

Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali won plaudits from his peers Monday after being re-elected with 89.6 percent of the vote for a fifth term after two decades in power. The results from all of the north African country's 26 constituencies, ...

TUNIS (Reuters) - President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has won a fifth term with 89.62 percent of the vote in Tunisia's presidential election, officials announced on Monday. One opposition party called Sunday's vote a missed opportunity to make the North African country ...

Tunisian president looks set for 5th term, attacks those who question election fairness Authorities announced mass participation in Tunisia's presidential and legislative elections Sunday and braced for another triumphant re-election for President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who warned opponents they would ...

Tunisian first Lady Leila Ben Ali casts her ballot in Carthage, Tunisia, Sunday Oct. 25, 2009, for the North African country's presidential and legislative elections. Her husband Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who is running for a fifth, five-year term, is expected ...

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisians vote on Sunday in a election almost certain to hand a new term to President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, the 73-year-old who has run the North African country for over two decades. International rights groups say the government ...

Turkish operator TAV on Friday launched a new international airport at Enfidha in southeast Tunisia, with a capacity of five million passengers a year. "The equipment and the runway have been tested," TAV's chief executive Haluk Bilgi told journalists. "We open up ...