Thousands of angry protesters gathered outside the French embassy in Tunisia on Tuesday, also denouncing the US, after...
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Tunisia: Rally in Tunis to free jailed opposition leader Abir Moussi
Hundreds of supporters of Abir Moussi, a prominent opponent of the Tunisian president, gathered on Sunday in the...
Tunisia: Eight migrants killed in Kairouan road accident
A road accident overnight in central Tunisia killed nine people including eight sub-Saharan African migrants,...
Tunisia: Tunisians brace for elections this Sunday in an unusual political environment
Tunisia will hold on Sunday its second free presidential election by universal suffrage since the 2011 uprising that...
Tunisia: Islamist party Ennahdha version 2.0
By Caroline Nelly Perrot - Chastened by its early experiences of holding power in post-revolution Tunisia,...
Tunisia: Jailed presidential candidate Nabil Karoui on the campaign ‘trail by proxy’
Arrested just weeks before Tunisia's September 15 presidential polls, candidate Nabil Karoui has hit the campaign...
Tunisia: Despite running for presidential election, Nabil Karoui remains in custody
Tunis, Sept 3, 2019 - Tunisia's judiciary on Tuesday rejected an appeal to release media mogul and presidential...
Tunisia prepares for elections
Tunis, Sept 4, 2019 - Rushing to register candidates and train poll workers, Tunisia's electoral commission has raced...
Tunisia: Four killed in army-insurgent clash in Kasserine
Tunis, Sept 2, 2019 (AFP) - A national guard officer and three suspected jihadist militants were killed in a gunbattle...
Tunisia: One of these five will be Tunisia’s next president
Tunisia's electoral commission on Saturday announced a final list of 26 presidential candidates to stand in a...
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Tunisia: Despite his arrest, Nabil Karoui remains presidential candidate
Media magnate Nabil Karoui remains in the race for Tunisia's upcoming presidential election despite his arrest for...
Tunisia: Islamist media and a candidate TV banned from covering election campaign
Tunis, Aug 23, 2019 - Tunisian electoral and media authorities have banned three local outlets from covering the...
Tunisian election regulator cleans up list of candidates to presidential election
Tunis - Tunisia's electoral commission has rejected nearly three quarters of hopefuls for next month's presidential...
Legmi, Tunisia’s coveted date palm drink
By Anaelle De Araujo: As soon as the sun is up, people in southern Tunisia rush out to buy a glass or bottle of legmi,...
Tunisia: Abdelfattah Mourou of Islamist party Ennahdha to run for presidential election
Tunis, Aug 7, 2019 - Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party announced a presidential candidate for the first time...
Tunisia turns back Ivorian migrants to Libya despite safety concerns
Tunis, Aug 7, 2019 - The United Nations sounded the alarm Wednesday over the safety of 36 Ivorian migrants, including...
Tunisia braces for snap presidential election
Tunis, Aug 2, 2019 - Presidential hopefuls in Tunisia began registering their candidacies on Friday for snap September...
Tunisia: Army kills two insurgents near Bou Amrane
Two armed alleged jihadists have been shot dead in an "anti-terrorist" operation led by national guard and army units...
Tunisians bid farewell to President Essebsi
Tunis, July 27, 2019 (By Kaouther Larbi) - French President Emmanuel Macron and other foreign leaders attended Friday...
Tunisia: Elections likely to be held 15 September after death of President Essebsi
Tunis, July 26, 2019 (By Caroline Nelly Perrot) - Tunisia has less than two months to organise snap elections...
Tunisia: Death of President Essebsi forces change in election calendar
Tunis, July 25, 2019 - Tunisia is to bring forward a planned November presidential election by several weeks, the...
Tunisia: President Beji Caid Essebsi Dies at 92
Tunis, July 25, 2019 - Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the North African country's first democratically elected...
Maghreb: Libya warlord Haftar’s warplane breaches Tunisia air space
Beni Ghezayel, Tunisia, July 22, 2019 - A Libyan warplane of military commander Khalifa Haftar's forces made an...
Tunisia: Islamic State Group issues new threat against Tunisia
Tunis, July 17, 2019 - The Islamic State group has called for more attacks in Tunisia in a rare propaganda video...
Tunisia: Presidential candidate Nabil Karoui charged with money laundering
Tunis, July 8, 2019 - Tunisian media magnate and would-be presidential candidate Nabil Karoui has been charged with...
Tunisia: Prime Minister issues ban on niqab in public offices
Tunis, July 5, 2019 - Prime Minister Youssef Chahed decided Friday to ban the niqab Muslim face covering for women in...
Tunisia: Suspected mastermind of twin suicide attacks blows himself up, as death toll from his attack rises to two
Tunis, July 3, 2019 - The suspected mastermind of last week's twin suicide bombings in Tunis was killed when he blew...
Tunisia: Advisors seek to appease concerns over power vacuum as President fights for his life
Tunis, June 28, 2019 - Tunisia is not at risk of a power vacuum despite the sudden hospitalisation of President Beji...
Tunisia: Main attacks in Tunisia since 2011 revolution
Tunis, June 27, 2019 - Two suicide bombers attacked security forces in the Tunisian capital on Thursday, killing a...
Tunisia: Tunis rocked by twin terror attacks, as President fights for his life
Tunis, June 27, 2019 - Double suicide attacks shook Tunisia's capital Thursday, even as the country was plunged into...
Tunisia denies landing of migrants stuck at sea
Tunis, June 14, 2019 - Dozens of migrants rescued in international waters off Tunisia are still stranded 15 days later...
Tunisian voters are tired of established parties, look for independents ahead of presidential election
A poll conducted by Sigma Conseil is suggesting that the Tunisians are tired of the good old political parties that...
Tunisia: TV owner Nabil Karoui to run for president
Tunis, May 28, 2019 - The controversial founder of a major private television channel in Tunisia has said he will run...
Tunisia: UN expert held in Tunisia over ‘espionage’ freed on bail: sources
Tunis, May 21, 2019 (AFP) - A United Nations arms expert held in Tunisia since late March on espionage charges was...
Tunisia: UN-Tunisia feud over arrest of UN expert for alleged espionage
Tunis, May 16, 2019 - Tunisia on Thursday rejected a United Nations claim that an arms expert arrested in the North...
Tunisia: Government faces domestic pressure as it negotiates free-trade deal with EU
Tunis, May 12, 2019 - Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed said Sunday his government would not sign any free-trade...
Libya: Dozens of migrants, mostly Bangladeshis die in fatal sea crossing
Tunis, May 11, 2019 - Around 60 migrants most of them from Bangladesh have died after their boat capsized in the...
Tunisia: Ten arrested in illegal harvesting of red coral
Tunis, May 10, 2019 - Tunisian authorities said Friday they had seized 671 kilogrammes of illegally harvested red...
Another migrant boat sinks in the Mediterranean, two dead, scores missing
Tunis, May 10, 2019 - A boat carrying up to 70 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa has sunk in the Mediterranean, leaving...