Tunisia Bound

Tunisia: Nejib Chebbi, leader of main opposition coalition, says president wants to destroy oppositionF

A key critic of Tunisian President Kais Saied called in for questioning over allegations of conspiracy against the state accused the president Friday of "criminalising" all opposition. Saied won a landslide victory in a 2019 presidential election but assumed sweeping...

Tunisia: EU considers aid to Tunisia to boost economy, reduce migrant flowsF

By Françoise Kadri: The European Union on Sunday said it is considering more than one billion euros in aid to boost crisis-hit Tunisia's economy and reduce the flow of irregular migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. The North African country, highly indebted and in...

Tunisia: Tunisia under pressure to accept IMF reformsF

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken called Monday on Tunisia to agree to IMF reforms and avoid falling off an "economic cliff" after the European Union dangled a major aid package. Tunisian President Kais Saied has repeatedly refused "diktats" from the International...

Tunisia: Three jailed opposition leaders on hunger strikeF

Three leaders of Tunisia's once-dominant Ennahdha party are on a hunger strike to protest their detention under a crackdown against opponents of President Kais Saied, the party and a detainee's wife said Monday. One of them, Sahbi Atig, 64, a former leader of...