Tunisia Bound

Tunisian security forces have arrested at least 1,000 people during six nights of urban unrest between disaffected youths and riot police, human rights and other non-government groups said Thursday. The North African country, where the Covid-19 pandemic has deepened...

Young Tunisians clashed with security forces overnight and protest organisers called for anti-government rallies Wednesday after five days of riots in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi acknowledged their "legitimate" anger in a televised...

Tunisia braced for further protests Tuesday after hundreds were arrested in four nights of street clashes between riot police and disaffected youths in cities across the North African country.  President Kais Saied urged young Tunisians to refrain from further...

Tunisia has seen a new wave of street clashes since the North African country marked the 10th anniversary of its revolution last week. More than 600 mostly young people have been arrested in the rioting, mostly in poor neighbourhoods, with minors as young as 15 among...