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Tunisia’s Opposition Faces Mounting Legal Pressure
Government actions against opposition figures continue to dominate the political landscape in Tunisia. This week and...
Tunisia: Opposition Politicians and Journalists Sentenced to Lengthy Prison Terms
[sw-youtube-embed id="cdJU5sFbs7A"] Tunisian president Kais Saied continues to crack down on the opposition and has...
Tunisia: Journalist Salah Attia jailed by military court for criticizing president and army
A Tunisian military court sentenced journalist Salah Attia to three months in prison Wednesday for public remarks he...
Tunisia: Election data shows 30.5% turnout in constitutional referendum, more than 94% in favor
The final results of a controversial referendum granting unchecked powers to the office of Tunisia's President Kais...
Tunisia: Conflict between judiciary and President Kais Saied intensifies
Tunisia's judicial authorities on Wednesday revoked the sacking in early June by President Kais Saied of almost 50...
Migration: Hundreds of migrants rescued off the coast of Tunisia
Tunisian coastguards "rescued" more than 250 migrants who were attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, the...
Tunisia: Draft constitution gives president immense powers
Tunisian President Kais Saied published an amended version of a draft constitution late Friday in an attempt to ward...
Tunisia: UGTT union boss says IMF conditions for loans drastic and unacceptable
The head of Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation on Thursday rejected conditions set by the ...
Tunisia: Former Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali arrested
Tunisian police on Thursday arrested former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, an ex-senior figure in the Ennahdha party...
Tunisia: Regime uses military court to punish opponents of President Kais Saied
A Tunisian military court upheld a one-year prison sentence Friday against a prominent critic of President Kais Saied...
Tunisia arrests editor of news website Echahed
The head of a news website close to Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party has been arrested over alleged links to...
Tunisia union confronts president with general strike
By Ezzedine Said Tunisia's main labour union holds a vast public sector strike Thursday to demand salary hikes and...
Politics & Religion: Conservative party Ennahda insists on enshrining religion in next Tunisian constitution
Opinion by Arezki Daoud: The Islamo-conservative party, Ennahda, is in a tough spot. On the one hand it warns against...
Tunisia: Rights and judicial groups decry president’s attack on judges
A coalition of 10 rights groups Friday condemned a decree by Tunisian President Kais Saied firing scores of judges,...
Law: Liberal Tunisians looking to draft a constitution without mention of religion
By Ezzedine Said and Aymen Jamli The legal expert charged with rewriting Tunisia's constitution said Monday he would...
Tunisian police block protests against president’s referendum
Tunisian police scuffled with protesters against President Kais Saied on Saturday as around 100 people demonstrated...
Tunisia: More political drama in Tunis as president fires dozens of judges
By Aymen Jamli Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday sacked 57 judges accused of corruption and other crimes,...
Environment: Turtles freed in Tunisia with tracking monitor
Three rescued loggerhead turtles were released into the Mediterranean off Tunisia on Sunday, one with a tracking...
Tunisia: Trade union UGTT rejects participation to presidential dialogue
Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union confederation said Monday it would not take part in a national dialogue proposed...
Migration: Dozens of migrants rescued by Tunisian navy
The Tunisian navy said Saturday it rescued 81 migrants, one of them a woman, who had set out for Europe from Libya on...
Tunisia: New alliance to oppose power grab by President Saied
A crowd estimated at more than 2,000, lower than expected, took part Sunday in the first demonstration of a new...
Tunisia: Child migrant crossings from Tunisia take on alarming proportions
A record number of irregular migrants under 18 years old reached Italy from Tunisia last year, more than quadrupling...
Tunisia: Struggling to make ends meet, Tunisians show no interest in presidential poll
By Kaouther Larbi Tunisian President Kais Saied, who last year grabbed power in what critics labelled a coup, has now...
Tunisia: Protest in Tunis over president’s “power grab” as economy worsens
Thousands of Tunisian opposition supporters demonstrated Sunday in the capital against President Kais Saied's power...
Tunisia: President appoints interim judicial authority after sacking independent council
Tunisia's President Kais Saied inaugurated a "temporary" council of judges on Monday, which replaces an independent...
Tunisia: Ex Justice Minister Bhiri released from house arrest, under investigation for “terrorism”
A former justice minister and senior figure in Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, under house arrest since...
MENA region confronted with dangerous wheat supply crisis
By Sarah Benhaida Russia's invasion of Ukraine could mean less bread on the table in Egypt, Lebanon, Yemen and...
Italy accepts return of waste previously exported to Tunisia
Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the north African...
Tunisia: Sub-Saharan refugees decry violence against them, seek help to return home
Dozens of refugees from Sudan and sub-Saharan African countries protested in Tunisia on Monday, complaining of...
Tunisian judges stage strike to protest closure of Supreme Judicial Council
Tunisian judges on Wednesday started a widely observed nationwide strike, days after President Kais Saied announced he...
Tunisia: President Saied under pressure to restore Supreme Judicial Council
Western envoys to Tunisia and the UN rights chief urged President Kais Saied on Tuesday to restore a key judicial...
Tunisia: Police surround judicial watchdog, prevent access to building
Tunisian police on Monday blocked access to the country's top judicial watchdog in a move its chief slammed as...
Tunisia: Growing fear that Tunisia may be sliding towards autocracy
Opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied have condemned his "illegal" decision to dissolve the country's top...
Tunisia rescues 163 migrants off coast of Sfax
The Tunisian navy has rescued 163 would-be migrants, including women and children, off the country's east coast, the...
Tunisia: Rights abuses of the Ben Ali era return as normal practice in today’s Tunisia
Photo: Noureddine Bhiri The United Nations on Tuesday expressed concern over human rights abuses in Tuesday and...
Tunisia launches controversial constitutional reform process
Tunisia on Saturday launched a wide-ranging national consultation that will feed into drafting a new constitution, the...
Tunisia: Jailed ex-minister in hospital, refuses treatment and food
Tunisia's detained former justice minister Noureddine Bhiri is refusing food or medication after his transfer to...
Tunisia: Army helicopter crashes in Bizerte, two killed
Two Tunisian soldiers were killed in a helicopter crash on Monday, one instantly and the other of his wounds in...
Tunisia: Drama in Tunis after fire at Islamist party building kills one, injures many
Footage from the scene One person died and 18 others were injured including two leading figures from Tunisia's...
Covid-19: First case of Omicron in Tunisia comes from Turkey
Tunisia recorded its first confirmed case of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus in a Congolese man who arrived...
Tunisia: President Saied to re-write history, says revolt is unfinished
Tunisia's President Kais Saied said Thursday he would move the official anniversary of the country's revolution, a...
Podcast: Tunisia revisited- How the government neglects the inner regions
Tunisia Revisited: MEA Risk analyst Arezki Daoud reviews where Tunisia stands as of November 2021 in the areas of...