A section of the historic walls around the Old City of Kairouan collapsed on Saturday, killing three masons carrying...
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North Africa’s use of drones in the agricultural sector
By Aymen Jamli: A drone buzzed back and forth above rows of verdant orange trees planted near Nabeul, eastern Tunisia....
Tunisia: Prison escape rattles President Saied
Tunisia's president said Wednesday that the escape of five prisoners convicted of "terrorism" was a well-planned...
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...
Tunisia: Anger over water shortage in Tataouine
Tunisia: Protesters face police teargas during reopening of phosphate train line
Tunisia: Insurgent killed by special forces in Jebel Chaambi
Tunisian army kills high-profile insurgents near Sidi Ali Ben Oun
Tunis, May 5, 2019 - Tunisian security forces have killed three suspected jihadists from an Islamic State group...
Tunisia: Army kills member of the Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade, says MEA Risk
MEA Risk LLC reports that the Tunisian military killed an insurgent known as Usama al-Salmi on 23 April. He was killed...
Tunisia: Army kills three Islamic State suspects in Kasserine
Tunis, March 20, 2019 - Tunisian security forces have shot dead three Islamic State-linked militants suspected of...
Tunisia: France arrests brother-in-law of ex-Tunisia dictator Ben Ali, wanted by Tunisia
March 18, 2019 (AFP) - France said Monday it had arrested and detained Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of...
Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya freed
Tripoli, Feb 17, 2019 - Fourteen Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya were freed Sunday night after three days in...
Tunisia accused of dragging its feet in repatriating Tunisian children living in foreign refugee camps
Tunis, Feb 12, 2019 - Officials in Tunisia have been "dragging their feet" on efforts to repatriate Tunisian children...
Tunisia: Teachers protest after months on strike
Tunis, Feb 6, 2019 - Thousands of Tunisian teachers took to the capital's streets Wednesday to demand bonuses and...
Tunisia: Presidential election takes center stage in Tunisia
Tunis, Jan 30, 2019 - Election fever is sweeping Tunisia well ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls set for...
Tunisia: President warns of alliance between Prime Minister and Islamist party
Tunis, Jan 29, 2019 - Tunisia's president on Tuesday accused the prime minister of seeking power through a secret deal...
Tunisia: Inheritance reform in Tunisia likely to boost gender equality
Jendouba, Tunisia, Jan 25, 2019 - Tunisian divorcee Latifa counts herself lucky -- she has a modest home that boasts a...
Maghreb: Cold and snow claim lives in central and eastern Maghreb
The North Africa Journal - 26 January 2019: A cold snap and floods killed two in Tunisia and two others in Algeria....
Tunisia: Union launches nationwide strike in the public sector
January 17, 2019: A public sector strike brought Tunisia to a standstill Thursday as workers heeded calls from a...
Tunisia’s unfinished revolution ($)
For most Tunisians, the proliferation of road closures, sit-ins and suicide attempts, are evidence of a jasmine...
Tunisia court sentences Jihadists to death over killing of soldiers in 2015
Tunis, Jan 12, 2019 (AFP) - A Tunisian court has sentenced 41 jihadists to death over an attack that killed 15...
Tunisia’s president sued for abuse of power
Tunis, Jan 15, 2019 - Anti-corruption campaigners have filed a lawsuit accusing Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi...
Tunisia braces for labor strike
Tunis, Jan 14, 2019 - Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union on Monday called for a strike as the country, grappling with...
Tunisia’s youths disillusioned with outcome of jasmine revolution
Douar Hicher, Tunisia, Jan 13, 2019 - Young Tunisians say the revolution they staged eight years ago to oust their...
Tunisian boat and Cypriot container ship collide off Corsica
Tunis, Jan 7, 2019 (AFP) - A collision between a Tunisian boat and a Cypriot container ship that sent hundreds of...
Tunisia’s Prime Minister seeks greater autonomy from President in leadership tussle
The North Africa Journal - Nov 8, 2018: Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced on Monday evening a...
Tunisia: National Guard HQ torched in Beni Khedech
In Medenine's Beni Khadech municipality, a group of protesters set the local national guard headquarters on fire,...
Restive southeast Tunisia struggles with economic despair
The North Africa Journal - May 31, 2018: Economic Brief: A parliamentary report released this week in Tunisia caught...
Tunisia: Difficult Road to Stability
The North Africa Journal - February 13, 2018: Tunisia continues to face several pain points that the government is...
Not such a happy new year for North Africa
The North Africa Journal: January 11, 2018- The new year started off on the wrong foot for North African nations, and...
Tunisia: Protests spreading over inflation, riots in Kasserine
The North Africa Journal - January 8, 2018: Since January 1st, the prices of basic food products have skyrocketed in...
The Jihadists are back
The North Africa Journal - 22 November, 2017: Although authorities have so far been able to contain the militant...
As Algeria ups its defensive capabilities, North Africa braces for an influx of new insurgents
The North Africa Journal - September 7, 2017: Over the past 20 years, the Algerian defense system has been largely...
Tunisia’s economic challenges: are they insurmountable?
The North Africa Journal - August 24, 2017: While the Tunisian government is drafting the country’s next budget,...
North Africans boost security measures to prevent cheating in baccalaureate exam
The North Africa Journal: June 9, 2017: If you ask any high school student in the Maghreb to list their biggest...
Tunisia: Eight businessmen, two smugglers arrested in corruption crackdown
Eight businessmen were arrested in a nationwide crackdown on contraband smuggling and corruption in Tunisia. The...
Explosive social unrest across the Maghreb region
The North Africa Journal - May 24, 2017 - The Maghreb countries of North Africa are facing an unprecedented level of...