Tunisia Bound

Tunisia: Senior opposition figure Rached Ghannouchi gets one year in prison, as president moves to authoritarianismF

The Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party on Tuesday condemned the one-year prison sentence handed to its leader Rached Ghannouchi, calling it an "unjust political verdict". Ghannouchi, a leading opponent of President Kais Saied, was sentenced on Monday on...
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Tunisia pushes for more judicial harassment against the media, arrests journalist Khalifa GuesmiF

A Tunisian appeals court has handed a five-year jail term to a radio journalist for disclosing information about the security services, his lawyer said Tuesday. Khalifa Guesmi of the private Mosaique FM radio station had appealed a one-year jail term handed down in...
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Tunisia: Five killed in terror attack on Jewish community in DjerbaF

By Fethi Belaid and Akim Rezgui: Tunisia's small Jewish community was in shock and mourning Wednesday after a bloody shooting rampage in which a police officer killed five people outside Africa's oldest synagogue.   The shooting Tuesday sparked mass panic during an...
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Tunisia: UGTT union chief rejects talks with IMF in fear of tough austerity measuresF

Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt. Tunisia is seeking a bailout package worth nearly $2 billion from the International...
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