Tunisia Bound

Tunisia: Trade union UGTT perplexed by president’s power grabF

Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union warned Friday against threats to the country's democracy after President Kais Saied implemented rule by decree and suspended parts of the constitution.  The UGTT, which played a key role in the country's move towards democracy after...
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Environment: Beach pollution in TunisiaF

By Akim Rezgui with Francoise Kadri in Tunis: Tahar Jaouebi looks out from a beach south of Tunis remembering the 1990s, when the water was still clean enough to bathe in. "Now I can't swim any more, and neither can my son," he says. Jaouebi, 47, is one of hundreds of...
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Algeria: Former Tunisian presidential candidate Karoui placed in pre-trial detention in AlgeriaF

The runner-up in Tunisia's 2019 presidential election, Nabil Karoui, has been placed in pre-trial detention in neighbouring Algeria, accused of "entering the country illegally", local media reported Sunday. Karoui and his brother Ghazi, an MP, had faced a hearing...
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Tunisia: The problem of arbitrary practices in TunisiaF

The World Organisation Against Torture on Friday urged Tunisia's President Kais Saied -- who suspended the country's parliamentary democracy in a recent power-grab -- to end "arbitrary practises" and restrictions on freedom. Saied won the presidency in a 2019...
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