The agency, based in Tunis, was founded on 1 January 1961. With a corps of 300 agents, including photographers, researchers and 220 journalists, and a network of correspondents covering all regions of the country, the agency reports on national news in
Arabic,
French, and
English. Néjib Ouerghi was appointed head of the agency on 12 May 2010, replacing Mohamed Missaoui in the post. He had previously spent his entire career at the daily
La Presse de Tunisie, before becoming editor-in-chief of
Le Renouveau until he joined TAP. Taieb Yousfi became the head of the agency on 7 January 2012. ==See also==