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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...

Tunisian court orders detention of leading Islamist opposition figure GhannouchiF

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been remanded in custody following his arrest earlier this week, his Ennahdha party said Thursday, denouncing his "unjust imprisonment". Ghannouchi, 81, a former speaker of parliament, was arrested on Monday after...

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...

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...

Tunisia: Racial tension spikes in Sfax as Sub-Saharan migrants targetedF

Jul 6, 2023

Tunisian stabbed to death in clash with African migrantsF

Jul 5, 2023

Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrationsF

Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrationsF

Jun 29, 2023

By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to...

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