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EU Report Accuses Tunisia of Migrant Trafficking to Libya
A report, presented to the European Parliament on January 29 by a group of researchers, accuses Tunisia of deporting...
Tunisia Detains Russians Tourists on Suspicion of Terrorism
Eleven Russians arrested in Tunisia in late 2024 are suspected of terrorism. AFP says authorities claim they possessed...
Egyptian national executed in Saudi Arabia for ‘terrorism’
Saudi Arabia on Monday put to death five people convicted of carrying out a deadly attack on a house of worship, state...
Tunisia: Racial tension spikes in Sfax as Sub-Saharan migrants targeted
Racial tensions in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa,...
Tunisian stabbed to death in clash with African migrants
Youths in Tunisia called for vengeance on Tuesday at the funeral of a man stabbed to death during a scuffle between...
Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrations
By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to...
Tunisia: Train derailment near Msaken kills two, injures 34
Two people were killed and 34 injured when an overnight passenger train careered off the tracks and overturned in...
Tunisia frees journalist held after criticising penal code
A Tunisian journalist arrested after criticising a law that criminalises insulting the head of state was released on...
Tunisia protesters demand ‘political’ prisoners’ freedom
Hundreds of supporters of Tunisia's main opposition coalition on Sunday rallied to demand freedom for about 20...
Tunisia: Man stabs to death Brazil’s embassy guard in Tunis
An attacker fatally stabbed a security guard on Monday outside Brazil's embassy in Tunis before being shot and...
Tunisia: France to donate $28 million to Tunisia to buy equipment to counter migrant crossings
France announced on Monday nearly 26 million euros (around $28 million) in aid to Tunisia to help curb the flow of...
Tunisia: Nejib Chebbi, leader of main opposition coalition, says president wants to destroy opposition
A key critic of Tunisian President Kais Saied called in for questioning over allegations of conspiracy against the...
Tunisia: EU considers aid to Tunisia to boost economy, reduce migrant flows
By Françoise Kadri: The European Union on Sunday said it is considering more than one billion euros in aid to boost...
Tunisia: Tunisia under pressure to accept IMF reforms
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday on Tunisia to agree to IMF reforms and avoid falling off an...
Tunisia: Three jailed opposition leaders on hunger strike
Three leaders of Tunisia's once-dominant Ennahdha party are on a hunger strike to protest their detention under a...
Tunisia: Army helicopter crashes at sea, killing four soldiers
Four Tunisian soldiers died when a military helicopter crashed into the sea off the country's northwest, President...
Migrant crisis: Italy wants IMF loan for Tunisia to shield self from migrant crisis
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Tuesday Rome backed efforts to secure an IMF bailout for Tunisia and...
Tunisia: Body of young girl found after migrant ships sink off the coast of Sfax
The Tunisian coastguard Friday recovered the body of a young girl thought to have drowned when two vessels carrying...
Tunisia’s president considering taxing the wealthy to prevent IMF meddling
Tunisia's President Kais Saied on Thursday proposed taxing the North African country's wealthiest citizens as a way of...
Tunisia says it arrested five “IS militants” in Sfax
Tunisia's national guard on Friday announced the arrest of a suspected Islamic State group member in possession of...
Tunisia arrests two students for a song critical to police, then releases them under presidential pressure
A Tunisian court on Thursday released two students arrested earlier this week for a song criticising police, shortly...
Tunisian president evokes ‘tolerance’ after synagogue attack
Tunisian President Kais Saied has hosted Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders following a deadly mass shooting outside...
Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianism
The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party on Tuesday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader...
Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa Guesmi
A Tunisian appeals court has handed a five-year jail term to a radio journalist for disclosing information about the...
Tunisia: Five killed in terror attack on Jewish community in Djerba
By Fethi Belaid and Akim Rezgui: Tunisia's small Jewish community was in shock and mourning Wednesday after a bloody...
Tunisia: UGTT union chief rejects talks with IMF in fear of tough austerity measures
Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail...
Tunisian court orders detention of leading Islamist opposition figure Ghannouchi
Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been remanded in custody following his arrest earlier this week, his...
Fifteen Tunisian migrants missing in Mediterranean
Fifteen Tunisian migrants are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean during an attempt to reach Europe,...
Tunisia: Profile of jailed opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi
Islamist-inspired Ennahdha opposition party arrested on Monday, once towered over Tunisia's politics but many now...
Tunisia arrests opposition leader Ghannouchi, shuts offices of Ennahdha party
Tunisian authorities closed the offices of Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha on Tuesday, a day after...
Migrations: 32 migrants perish off the coast of Tunisia
The death toll after a boat carrying sub-Saharan migrants sank off Tunisia this week rose to 32 on Friday after...
Tunisia: Football star Nizar Issaoui sets himself alight to protest police brutality
A professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he called a...
Tunisia wants more help from Europe, despite worrying policies of President Saied
Tunisia on Monday called for "constructive discourse" from the European Union after a string of leaders warned the...
Tunisia: Growing concern in Washington over Tunisia’s political and economic struggles
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken warned Wednesday that Tunisia urgently needs to reach a deal with the IMF, adding...
Migrations: Five migrants die off the coast of Tunisia, Algeria disbands smuggling gang
Five migrants from sub-Saharan Africa drowned and another 28 were missing Wednesday after their boat capsized off...
Tunisia’s interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine resigns
Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine, a close aide of President Kais Saied, announced Friday he had resigned...
Tunisia: European Parliament lashes out at Tunisian president over his “authoritarian drift”
The European Parliament on Thursday decried Tunisian President Kais Saied's "authoritarian drift" and called for the...
Tunisia arrests spokesman of moderate Islamist party Ennahdha
Photo: Ennahdha spokesman Abdelfattah Taghouti: The spokesman of Tunisia's Islamist-leaning Ennahdha party has been...
Tunisia now has a rubber-stamping parliament
Tunisia on Monday inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout...
Tunisia: President dissolves elected municipal councils
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday moved to dissolve the country's elected municipal councils, seen as a key...
Tunisia: Migrants drown off the coast of Sfax
Fourteen migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have drowned off the coast of the Tunisian city of Sfax, the coastguard said...
Tunisia: Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine calls media and politicians “traitors”
Unions and rights groups demanded an apology from Tunisia's interior minister on Wednesday after he lashed out at...