Tunisia Bound

Fifteen Tunisian migrants missing in MediterraneanF

Fifteen Tunisian migrants are missing after their boat sank in the Mediterranean during an attempt to reach Europe, authorities said Wednesday. The boat carrying 19 Tunisians sank Monday night, said a statement by Tunisia's National Guard, which oversees the...
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Tunisia: Profile of jailed opposition leader Rached GhannouchiF

Islamist-inspired Ennahdha opposition party arrested on Monday, once towered over Tunisia's politics but many now blame him for the country's ills. The reputation of the 81-year-old veteran politician, once seen as a kingmaker following the 2011 Arab Spring revolt...
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Tunisia arrests opposition leader Ghannouchi, shuts offices of Ennahdha partyF

Tunisian authorities closed the offices of Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha on Tuesday, a day after arresting its leader Rached Ghannouchi, a senior party official said. [Read Ghannouchi's profile here]    "A police unit showed up at the party's main...
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Migrations: 32 migrants perish off the coast of TunisiaF

The death toll after a boat carrying sub-Saharan migrants sank off Tunisia this week rose to 32 on Friday after another eight bodies were recovered, the coastguard said. On Wednesday, the day after the sinking off the Tunisian port of Sfax, the authorities said 10...
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