Tunisia Bound

By Habib Haj Salem Cash-strapped Tunisia is facing a dearth of imported foodstuffs from dairy products to coffee, forcing informal rationing at supermarkets and threatening some food and beverage companies. For weeks, consumers and businesses have been struggling to...

Tunisian prosecutors opened an investigation on Thursday into the death of a young suspected cigarette smuggler who was shot by a customs officer in central Tunis. Mohsen Zeyani, 23, died in hospital late Wednesday after being shot during a raid on a car carrying...

Three irregular migrants drowned off Tunisia's coast after their Europe-bound boat bound sank, authorities in the North African country said Wednesday. Tunisia's National Guard said its naval teams retrieved three bodies overnight off the southern coast of Gabes,...

Tunisia's main opposition alliance said Wednesday its members including the once-powerful Ennahdha party would boycott December polls to replace a parliament dissolved by President Kais Saied.  The vote is set for nearly a year and a half after Saied suspended the...