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(Reuters) Tunisia President Beji Caid Essebsi declared a state of emergency on Saturday following an Islamic militant gun attack on a Sousse beach hotel, where 38 foreign tourists, mostly Britons, were killed, TAP news agency said, citing the president’s office. A state of emergency temporarily gives the government more flexibility and the army and police more authority, and restricts the right of public assembly. Tunisia last had a state of emergency during the 2011 uprising […]
(Reuters) Hundreds of revellers descended on one of Tunis’s main streets to watch musicians take to the stage as part of World Music Day, also known as Fête de la musique. The event on Sunday (June 21) marks the first day of Summer and the longest day of the year in the northern hemisphere. The wide Habib Bourguiba Avenue avenue was cleared of traffic allowing people to soak up the atmosphere and dance the night […]
In Tunisia, authorities are still investigating nine suspects that they arrested after the attack on a museum which resulted in the death of some 20 people, including foreigners. ISIS had already apparently claimed responsibility for the attack which targeted the country’s main source of income which is its tourism industry. Tunisia is considered the only success story of the Arab Spring.
In Tunisia, 19 died when an armed group attacked a museum in the said country.
