Tunisia is a North African country bordering the Mediterranean Sea and the Sahara Desert. The country is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the south east. The Bardo Museum in the capital has many archeological exhibits from Roman Mosaics to Islamic art. Apart from these generally known facts, there are quite a few other amazing facts about the country that many [...]
Tunisia Attack: Spanish couple survives terrorist massacre by hiding all night in museum
They were supposed to be celebrating their recent wedding. Instead, a Spanish couple spent Wednesday night cowering inside a Tunisian museum after gunmen wielding assault rifles stormed through the museum, shooting everyone in their path. Spain’s foreign ministry confirmed that the Spanish tourists huddled inside the building during the terrorist attack, which left 23 people [...]
A Tunisian blogger jailed for insulting the Military
Yassine Ayari, a Tunisian blogger has been jailed by a military court for three years on charges of defaming the army and insulting the military high command. Ayari, a Tunisia citizen who lives in France was convicted in absentia by a military court on November 18, published several Facebook posts in August and September criticising Minister of Defence, Ghazi Jeribi, for [...]