Tunisia
Tunisia rolls out digital birth registration in hospitals as health ministry expands pilot
Tunisia's Ministry of Health launched a pilot on Thursday allowing hospital staff to register newborns digitally on the spot, automating the issue of health booklets and assigning each baby a national health identifier from the moment of birth, as the country pursues full digitisation of its public
SONEDE warns of water cuts lasting up to 48 hours across parts of Tunis and Ben Arous from Tuesday 16 June
Dozens of neighbourhoods in the Greater Tunis area face planned supply interruptions starting at 5 a.m. on Tuesday 16 June, as engineers connect new mains pipelines being laid as part of the capital's southern-entrance expansion works.
Sfax military hospital performs first awake brain surgery in the region
Tunisia's Military University Hospital of Sfax successfully removed a brain tumour using the awake craniotomy technique on Wednesday evening, with the patient kept conscious during the procedure to allow real-time monitoring of neurological function — the first such operation recorded in Sfax govern
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Weather forecast for Friday 12 June: largely sunny with morning cloud in the north and west
12 Jun, 08:28
Tunisian men now marry at 35 on average as economic pressure and shifting values push back the wedding age
11 Jun, 09:57
Tunisia opens registration for diaspora Arabic summer university from 2 to 31 July
11 Jun, 09:05
Tunisia drawn with Germany, Serbia and Uruguay in Group A of the 2027 Handball World Championship
11 Jun, 08:46
Tunis puts the medina and heritage at the centre of its tourism push
11 Jun, 08:42
Flash floods and violent storms strike central and western Tunisia, Thala records 36mm in a single afternoon
11 Jun, 08:39
Tunisia's 5.5 percent inflation rate masks a continuing rise in the cost of living, analysts warn
11 Jun, 08:35
Arts & Culture by UIB Foundation confirmed as main patron of El Jem symphony festival for eighth consecutive year
10 Jun, 19:20
Monastir prepares smart city project built around video surveillance network
10 Jun, 18:17