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Tunisia recent news
Ces brèves d'actualité viennent du site All Africa.
U.S. Secretary Rice's Remarks After Meeting With President Ben Ali SECRETARY RICE: Hello. I just finished a really very good and extensive discussion with the president. Tunisia is a good friend of the United States, and has been for decades. It is a deep relationship. We have broad cooperation across a range of issues.
Top Soccer Teams Play Away Games Many of Africa?s leading soccer teams are playing away games this weekend as the fifth and penultimate round of qualifying matches for the 2010 World Cup and 2010 Cup of Nations soccer tournaments takes place.
Some Restrictions On Journalists Eased; Online Content Censored After twice being barred from leaving Tunisia, journalist and human rights advocate Sihem Bensedrine was allowed to fly to Vienna on 2 September. IFEX's Tunisia Monitoring Group (TMG) reported that international support was likely a factor in the Tunisian government's decision to let her leave.
Four Namibian Referees Selected for WC Match FOUR Namibian football referees will officiate at the 2010 World Cup qualifier between Burkina Faso and Tunisia on 06 September in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.
Plain-Clothes Police Drop Journalist's ID Card Outside Nearby House Two men in plain-clothes went to the home of journalist Slim Boukhdir with his national identity card on 27 August, a day after Reporters Without Borders wrote to the interior minister asking him to intercede on behalf of the journalist, who had been without any ID since his release from prison last month.
Popular Website Facebook Censored While Authorities Continue Filtering Personal E-Mails Access to the social networking website Facebook (http://www.facebook.com ) has been blocked without explanation since 24 August 2008 in Tunisia, in a move that reinforces government censorship of the Internet, Reporters Without Borders said.
Human Rights Activist Arrested After Giving Interview to Al Jazeera Reporters Without Borders calls for the immediate release of Tarek Soussi of the International Association for the Support of Political Prisoners, who was arrested at his home in Bizerte (60 km north of Tunis) today, after giving a phone interview to pan-Arab satellite TV station Al Jazeera yesterday in which he criticised the arrest of seven people.
Independent Journalist Sihem Bensedrine Again Prevented From Boarding Flight to Europe Reporters Without Borders condemns the Tunisian government's repeated humiliation of journalist Sihem Bensedrine, the founder of the underground newspaper "Kalima". On 24 August 2008, She was again prevented from boarding a flight from Tunis-Carthage airport to Austria, where she has a residency permit. It was the third time this year that she has been prevented from leaving Tunisia.
Team Off to Country The Namibian Under-19 rugby side yesterday left for Tunis, Tunisia, to compete in the Confederation of African Cup (CAR) tournament in that country.
Kasasa Ready for Tunisia Africa Cup Challenge Uganda Rugby Cranes coach Yayiro Musisi Kasasa is relishing the prospect of retaining the Africa Cup and reaching the 2011 Rugby World Cup (RWC) in New Zealand despite having a tough semi-final against Tunisia.
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