Tunisia African Press (TAP) ( Arabic: وكالة تونس إفريقيا للأنباء , French Tunis Afrique Presse ) is a Tunisian news agency .
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It was founded on January 1, 1961 . Headquarters - in Tunisia .
Contained on shares by local media. Subsidized by the government . Member of the Coordinating Committee of the Pool of news agencies of non-aligned countries
The agency employs about 300 employees, including photographers , analysts and 220 journalists, as well as a network of correspondents in all regions of the country. The agency provides national news in Arabic , French and English .
For international news, the agency uses information from leading news agencies around the world, such as France-Press , Reuters , Associated Press , as well as about forty other national agencies.
From 1979 to 1981, the director general of the agency was Hedi Annabi , a prominent Tunisian diplomat.