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Tunisia's new Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and outgoing PM Habib Essid exchange documents during the handing-over ceremony in Carthage on August 29, 2016. (AFP/Stringer)

August 30th, 2016 - 02:00 GMT

Tunisian government shakeup: Outgoing PM gives encouragement, advice at handover ceremony

Outgoing Prime Minister Habib Essid addressed Youssef Chahed and Tunisia's security situation at the official handover ceremony.

The number of Tunisians fighting in Syria has been estimated at about 3,000. A few hundred have returned to Tunisia and many have been tracked down and arrested. (AFP/File)

February 8th, 2015 - 08:01 GMT

Tunisia arrests 32 accused of planning terrorist attacks

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February 6th, 2015 - 02:47 GMT

Tunisian secular-Islamist coalition cabinet takes office