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Tunisia SearchesHere a list of sites were you can expect to find specific information about Tunisia when you search their database on the word "Tunisia": UNIONS is the United Nations International Organizations Network Search. Here you can search within all the UN-system, including sub-organizations. Expect to find too much documents, reports, articles, etc. about Tunisia. ECA-search - (UN.org.) In the database of the Economic Commission for Africa you might find some country-specific information about development. They also are quite good on gender issues. FAO-search - (UN-org.) Their database gives you lots of articles and reports about livestock and agriculture in Tunisia. Tons of free information! ILO-search - (UN-org.) Their database might find you some reports about working conditions in Tunisia, although there is little African country-specific information. Infonation is a UN statistics service. Choose country specific data from their huge and updated database. All countries are represented with data from the fields geography, economy, population and social indicators. You can compare data from up to seven countries. Excellent tool! UNDP-search - (UN-org.) You will find a solid amount of documents and reports about development in Tunisia in their database. UNESCO-search - (UN-org.) Their database contains loads of document related to education, science and culture and related items in Tunisia. WHO-search - (UN-org.) You'll find quit a few documents and reports about health issues in Tunisia and the region doing a search in their database. WTO-search - In the database of the World Trade Organization you'll find quit a few country-specific documents about trade, subsidies, development, etc. in Tunisia. Write "Tunisia" in the "Document Title" bar. WoYaa! is a search engine in French and English with links to quite a few sites in French-speaking Africa. Not updated since 1998 (?) and many bad connections. Yahoo-search - Yahoo helps you find websites related to Tunisia, although you'll have no idea what you'll find clicking their links...
Newspapers & PressHere, you'll find links to Tunisian and non-Tunisian newspapers and news agencies regularly writing about Tunisia, international press in general and other facilitators of news about Tunisia.
The Press in TunisiaLa Presse has a daily news service with good coverage of sports. Versions in Arab and French. La Tunisie Économique is a monthly journal, in French, with news and ample reports about the economic situation in Tunisia and the world. Le Renoveau is a daily newspaper with general information from Tunisia. French. Le Temps is a daily Tunisian newspaper with an online version, in French and Arab. It offers general information about the country. Réalités is a weekly magazine with politics, economy and society news and debates. In French. Tunisia National Radio Tunisia Online offers you a good news service, nearly daily updated and in English. Also features some related links. Tunisia Press offers a monthly news service, in English, about what's happening on the country.
Press reporting about TunisiaAfrica Confidential is a bisemanal journal on Africa. They let you enter their database on Tunisia of past headlines, which has some basic facts and news about Tunisia. Africa News Online is an electronic network handling the distribution of reporting from more than 40 African news organizations and provides a showcase for journalism from across the African continent. You can also go directly to their Tunisia page, listing the latest news stories. Recommended. IRIN (Integrated Regional Information Network) is a UN humanitarian information unit, covering news from all Africa. You can also go directly into their Tunisia archive, where articles from the last months about Tunisia figure. NewAfrica, Tunisia offers interesting information about Tunisian infrastructures, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. One World News Service is an international news service with a special page for Tunisia. In English, but not too regularly updated. PANA (PanAfrican News Agency) has an expanding pool of correspondents continent wide and partnerships with 48 national news agencies and the largest news-gathering operation in Africa. No country pages, but daily updated news from all over Africa. Tunisia Globe is powered by WorldNews.com. This news site brings you daily news about Tunisia, provided by the world's leading newspapers and press agencies. It's not really a newspaper itself, more a very efficient search engine, giving you headlines made all over the world. In English. Weather.com has a page about the weather in Tunisia.
International pressLe Monde, the leading French newspaper, has an ample international coverage (all in French). You can also go directly to their Africa page. The Africa and Middle East site of the BBC World Services offers updated news, articles and other media services on Africa. The Financial Times is one of the world's leading business newspapers with a global outlook. You can also go directly to their Middle East and Africa page. The Independent is an excellent British newspaper with a wide international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page, where the latest articles about the continent are listed. The International Herald Tribune is a daily newspaper edited in Paris with a focus on news from all over the world. Published with The New York Times & The Washington Post. The New York Times is one of the most important US newspapers, having a relatively good international coverage, including an Africa page. Most international articles, however, are by AP or Reuters. The Washington Post is a prestigious US newspaper with an ample international coverage. You might want to go directly to their Africa page or Tunisia page, were the last articles from WP are listed. Times Internet Edition (UK) is the internet edition of the world's oldest daily newspaper. The sister paper, the Sunday Times Internet Edition has its own website. Relatively good international coverage.
News & Discussion GroupsAfrica Online Tunisia offers services like e-mail, chat, newsgroups. A lot of news too, and only in English. L'Afrique sur Internet is a website in French about everything what's happening on Internet in francophone Africa. List of links, forums, etc. NewAfrica has chats, besides offering lots of other services.
Government OfficesThe Tunisian Government is the official site with a list of all ministries. The Central Bank of Tunisia has a website, in English and French, which informs on statistics, reports, exchange, annual publications, etc. The Tunisian Official Tourism Office offers the most updated information about all tourism activities in the country. Embassies and Representations in Foreign Countries: About Tunisian government, see also Politics and General Information, below.
OtherCities & TownsWeather.com has a page about the weather in Tunisia, with special information about some cities, like Tunis.
CompaniesTunisia National Radio
CultureThe Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families and countries.
EconomyMbendi Consultants' country profile on Tunisia concentrates on economical issues. Statistics on communications and information technology, etc. Planet Business-Tunisia offers interesting data of the country's economic situation for importers, exporters, distributors and traders. Tunisia Economic Development and Indicators is an annual NewAfrica country profile on their pages about African economy. They use the IMF as their primary source, which should guarantee for their quality. In the website of Union-Transport you'll find well structured information about transportat, logistics, brokerage, consulting and documentation in Tunisia.
Education
Environment/NatureFriends of the Earth (FoEI) is the world's largest federation of environmental groups, uniting close to one million activists worldwide. FoEI's member organizations in 61 countries. Its local office in Tunisia has a web page with some basic information. NewAfrica-Environment offers interesting information about the environment in Africa, among other subjects, and sometimes news about the environment in Tunisia.
General Information/Read about TunisiaThe U.S.
government has several informative, though subjective, pages about most countries in
the world, including Tunisia, being regularly updated. Big
resources are used to produce and maintain these pages. The CIA Factbook
2000 is probably
the best and most updated collection of data on the web. The Ethnologue Database is a catalogue of more than 6,700 languages spoken in 228 countries. The Index organizes languages according to language families. The Spanish spoken website of the Basque publishing house Ikuska has pages on all African countries with relatively good statistical data and fuller information on ethnic groups. Infoplease.com contains a page about Tunisia with basic data of the country: history, geography, etc. NewAfrica Tunisia offers interesting information about Tunisian infrastructure, agriculture, business, environment, education, etc. You can order books about Tunisia on amazon.com's web page.
Human RightsThe Committee to Protect Journalists has a small, but interesting rapport about the situation of the press in Tunisia in 1997. The most informative site about human rights in Tunisia is the annual Country Report on Human Rights Practices Released by the U.S. State Department. Big, elaborated report about the state of human rights in Tunisia.
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