Politics Bound

The head of a news website close to Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party has been arrested over alleged links to a company accused of conspiring against the state, his lawyer said Friday.  Lotfi Hidouri, editor in chief of Achahed, was placed in custody on...

By Ezzedine Said Tunisia's main labour union holds a vast public sector strike Thursday to demand salary hikes and concessions on looming reforms, upping pressure on a president already facing a string of crises. Up to three million workers could observe the strike,...

By Paul Raymond Flights were cancelled, public transport ground to a halt and government offices were closed in a nationwide strike by Tunisia's main trade union Thursday, piling pressure on a president already facing multiple crises. The powerful UGTT confederation...

Opinion by Arezki Daoud: The Islamo-conservative party, Ennahda, is in a tough spot. On the one hand it warns against dropping references to Islam in the upcoming referendum on a new constitution. But on the other hand, it is calling for a boycott of said referendum....