U.S. tariffs have not yet affected consumer spending in the Maghreb, but as the tariffs are sending shockwaves through...
Tunisia Bound
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: Uproar in Tunisia after doctor dies in elevator accident in Jendouba hospital
Hundreds of medics protested in Tunisia on Friday after a young doctor died in a hospital elevator accident in the...
Minorities: The Amazigh people remain abused by North African regimes
The Berbers of Egypt: By Hager Harabech Siwa Oasis, Egypt, Dec 2, 2020 - Youssef Diab drives his truck through the...
How Arab people’s efforts to bring democracy are undermined by online fake news
The incompetent Arab regimes: Opinion by Arezki Daoud Arab governments have perfected the science of fake news and...
Podcast: Tunisia faces a chaotic situation, as economic woes could derail political progress
Transcript Tunisia is a boiling cauldron. It is certain that the Covid-19 epidemic is having a drastic...
Tunisia: Growing unrest in Tunisia over unemployment and poor economy
Demonstrations have spread in Tunisia's interior to demand work and investment in the traditionally marginalised...
Tunisia slides into repression after jailing of blogger Wajdi Mahouechi
Human Rights Watch accused Tunisia on Tuesday of "regressing" on free speech after a blogger was sentenced to two...
The unfinished Arab spring: buckle up for the next round
The Jasmin Revolution is Far from Over: buckle up for the next round. An opinion by Arezki Daoud Back in the early...
Podcast: Covid-19 in the Maghreb region as of mid-November 2020
In this brief podcast recorded on 12 November 2020, MEA Risk's Arezki Daoud provides an update on the Coronavirus in...
Tunisia is still using repressive laws to punish freedom of speech
Amnesty International on Monday urged authorities in Tunisia to stop using "largely outdated, overly broad and...
Libyans looking for an end to their conflict. Will foreign meddlers allow them?
The UN launched talks among Libyans on Monday aimed at creating a unity government and preparing for elections to...
Tunisia’s problem with its radicalized youth
The killing of three people at a church in France has focused attention on extremism in the suspected attacker's...
Immigration: Concern over immigration in France after Nice attack
Tunisian President Kais Saied spoke with his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron Saturday about migration and...
Tunisia arrests police chief of town rocked by unrest over police brutality, now it needs serious reforms
Tunisia announced Wednesday the arrest of a municipal police chief after protests in an impoverished town sparked by...
Tunisia: Sharp spike in Covid-19 infections prompts new curfew in Tunisia
Tunisia has reinstated curfews in several regions in recent days in a bid to rein in a sharp spike in novel...
Tunisia: Unrest in Sbeitla after police killed a man sleeping in unlicensed kiosk
Tunisia: Presidency fires Governor of Kasserine and Sbeitla Delegate A press release issued by the Tunisian presidency...
Tunisia: Worsening economy risks destabilizing Tunisia
Tens of thousands of Tunisians have lost their jobs in a worsening economic crisis exacerbated by efforts to stem...
Tunisia: More migrants perish off the coast of Sfax
Nine more bodies have been recovered after a migrant boat sank off Tunisia, raising the death toll to at least 11 with...
Tunisia: Despite mandatory use of face masks, Tunisia to build field hospitals to cope with spike in Covid-19 cases
Tunisian authorities have warned that hospitals are struggling to cope with an influx of Covid-19 patients and urged...
With Russia’s presence in Libya and turmoil in the Sahel, US seeks to reengage with the Maghreb
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper signed a 10-year military cooperation deal with Tunis Wednesday during his first stop...
Tunisia’s tourism sector collapses with 60% drop in earnings
Tunisia's tourism sector has collapsed, officials warned Saturday, with earnings plunging 60 percent and swathes of...
Tunisia: President Kais Saied shows his real self, backs use of death-by-hanging in murder cases
Tunisia's President Kais Saied has said he backs capital punishment, after public outrage over a woman's murder...
Tunisia intercepts hundreds of would-be-migrants
Tunisia said Monday that naval patrols had intercepted 19 boats carrying a total of 246 people seeking to cross from...
Tunisia battered by heavy rains and floods, six killed
Six people, including three children, have been killed in six days of heavy rains across Tunisia, a spokesman for the...
Tunisia: Knife attack kills policeman in Sousse, Islamic State claims responsibility
The Islamic State group claimed responsibility on Monday for a knife attack in Tunisia which killed one National Guard...
Tunisia: Epidemic shows extent of weakness of Tunisia’s health sector
El Hamma, Tunisia, Sept 2, 2020 - The coronavirus pandemic has put the spotlight on struggling health services in...
Tunisia: Despite an economy in tatters, Tunisia shows promising political outlook
Tunis, Sept 2, 2020 - Tunisia's parliament has approved a new technocratic government tasked with tackling deep social...
Tunisia: New PM submits list of cabinet members to parliament
Tunis, Aug 25, 2020 - Tunisia's prime minister-designate on Tuesday unveiled the country's second government in six...
Italy: Overwhelmed by new influx of migrants, Italy calls on Tunisia to help
Tunis, Aug 17, 2020 - Italy has no more room for illegal migrants, its foreign minister Luigi Di Maio said Monday on a...
Growing tension between Rome and Tunis over illegal immigration
On Monday, 10 August, special flights will be organized to bring back home Tunisian migrants who landed in Italy over...
Immigration: Influx of migrants gives new momentum to Italy’s far-right movement
Lampedusa, Italy - [Photo: Giorgia Meloni] - Out in the Mediterranean, under a baking sun, fisherman Ezio Billeci...
Immigration: Dozens of migrants escape quarantine in Sicily
Dozens of migrants escaped quarantine in Sicily Monday, a day after nearly 200 others fled a separate holding facility...
More than 143,000 cumulative Covid-19 infections in North Africa, at least 6,000 deaths so far, Egypt worst hit
The cumulative confirmed infections of Covid-19 in the North African countries of Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya and...
Tunisia: Hichem Mechini tasked to form new government
Hichem Mechichi, who until now has served as Tunisia's interior minister, has been appointed to form the next...
Tunisia: Protesters block key pipeline in Tataouine
Tunis, July 17, 2020 - Protesters demanding jobs in Tunisia's marginalised south have blocked a key pipeline carrying...
Tunisia: As government faces political crisis, protesters in the south force entry to oil production site
El-Kamour, Tunisie, July 16, 2020 - Hundreds of protesters on Thursday forced their way into an oil production site in...
Tunisia’s political crisis: Prime Minister Fakhfakh quits
Tunisia's prime minister quit Wednesday after less than five months in office, threatening fresh political deadlock as...
Tunisia: Conservative court sends Emna Charki to prison for parody linking the Koran and Covid-19
Tunis, July 14, 2020 - A young Tunisian woman was sentenced to six months in jail by a Tunis court on Tuesday over a...
Tunisia: Government of PM Elyes Fakhfakh under pressure as country slides into political and economic chaos
Tunis, July 13, 2020 - Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party, the largest in parliament, called Monday for...
Tunisia: More unrest in Southern Tunisia over economic despair
Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated in the south of the country on Saturday against unemployment and the death of a...
New influx of migrants raises concern in Italy
The recent arrivals have sparked protests by locals in some areas, after a few dozen migrants tested positive for the...