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- Eagkes Will Overcome Tunisia - Osaze
SUPER Eagles striker, Osaze Odemwingie has assured teeming soccer fans that Nigeria will overtake Tunisia to grab the 2010 World Cup ticket in group B of the African qualifiers for the mundial. Odemwingie said in a chat with Tribunesports that the entire
- Swimmer Mellouli bids to be master of Tunisian sport
MILAN: Olympic champion Oussama Mellouli, who won five swimming gold medals at the Mediterranean Games, has enrolled in a sports management Masters degree course in a bid to increase the number of Tunisians in top-level competition. The 25-year-old, who
- 2010 W'cup - Nieketien Warns Eagles Over Tunisia
Lagos Former Nigeria junior international, Peter Nieketien, has advised the players and coaches of the Super Eagles not to be carried away by the goalless score-line with Tunisia's Carthage Eagles in last month's 2010 World Cup qualifiers in Tunis. In a
- Tunisia may suspend haj over swine flu fears
Tunisian authorities may suspend the haj pilgrimage to Mecca to prevent the spread of the H1N1 swine flu virus, Ansa reported on Tuesday (June 30th). Tunisian Religious Affairs Minister Boubaker Khzouri is quoted by newspaper Assari as saying that 'a
- Secretary of GPC meets Tunisian Prime Minister
Sirte: 02. 7. 2009 - JANA Secretary of General People's Committee met today with Tunisian Prime Minister who is participating in the 13th session of AU conference held at the city of Sirte , the birth place of the African Union . During this meeting ,
- Japan to offer additional yen loans to Tunisia
Prime Minister Taro Aso on Thursday announced a plan for Japan to provide additional yen loans to Tunisia to improve the African countrys infrastructure, Foreign Ministry officials said. Aso conveyed the decision to visiting Tunisian Foreign Minister
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Rivalry between French and Italian interests in Tunisia culminated in a French invasion in 1881 and the creation of a protectorate. Agitation for independence in the decades following World War I was finally successful in getting the French to recognize Tunisia as an independent state in 1956. The country's first president, Habib BOURGUIBA, established a strict one-party state. He dominated the country for 31 years, repressing Islamic fundamentalism and establishing rights for women unmatched by any other Arab nation. Tunisia has long taken a moderate, non-aligned stance in its foreign relations. Domestically, it has sought to defuse rising pressure for a more open political society.
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