11 Nov 2024        10:39:27 am

International Relations

Tunisia

Tags : Tunisia

Topic: Africa

Why in the news?

• Tunisia votes in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring. This year\'s election will offer a window into popular opinion about the trajectory that Tunisia’s fading democracy has taken since Saied took office.

Source: The Hindu 

About Tunisia:

• It is the northernmost country in Africa.
• It is home to Africa’s northernmost point, Cape Angela.
• Its capital and largest city is Tunis, located on its northeastern coast.
• It was inhabited by the indigenous Berbers.
• It is a member of the United Nations, La Francophonie, the Arab League, the OIC, the African Union, the Non-Aligned Movement, the International Criminal Court, and the Group of 77, among others.
• It maintains close economic and political relations with some European countries, particularly with France, and Italy, which geographically lie very close to it.
• It also has an association agreement with the European Union, and has also attained the status of a major non-NATO ally of the United States.
• It has great environmental diversity due to its north–south extent. Its east–west extent is limited.
• It has a coastline of 1,148 km. In maritime terms, the country claims a contiguous zone of 24 nautical miles (44 km.), and a territorial sea of 12 nautical miles (22 km.).

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