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Tunisia president fires finance minister

Tunisia president fires finance minister
file photo of Tunisia's Finance Minister Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia (AFP)
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Updated 06 February 2025

Tunisia president fires finance minister

Tunisia president fires finance minister
  • Tunisia has over the past two years suffered sporadic shortages of basic items such as milk, sugar and flour

TUNIS: Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has sacked his finance minister and appointed a magistrate to the role.
Michket Slama Khaldi will take on the country’s finance portfolio, the presidency announced on Facebook overnight from Wednesday to Thursday, alongside images of her taking the oath of office.
The presidency gave no further details, nor did it mention outgoing minister Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia.
The new finance minister had headed a national commission tasked with recovering embezzled public funds.
Tunisia has over the past two years suffered sporadic shortages of basic items such as milk, sugar and flour.
Recently, there has also been a scarcity of domestic gas cylinders, which are widely used for cooking and heating.


Israeli military warns residents in three southern Lebanon villages to evacuate designated areas

Israeli military warns residents in three southern Lebanon villages to evacuate designated areas
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Israeli military warns residents in three southern Lebanon villages to evacuate designated areas

Israeli military warns residents in three southern Lebanon villages to evacuate designated areas
Residents of marked buildings in Aita Al-Jabal, Al-Tayyiba and Tayr Debba were advised to evacuate

DUBAI: Israel’s military warned residents of three villages in southern Lebanon to evacuate areas shown on maps, saying it would attack infrastructure of Lebanon’s Hezbollah in those areas, according to a military spokesperson.
Residents of marked buildings in the villages of Aita Al-Jabal, Al-Tayyiba and Tayr Debba were advised to evacuate, Israeli military spokesman Avichay Adraee said on X.