Tunisia Bound

The identity of dozens of migrants who drowned off Tunisia last month might have been lost without a trace, like thousands of others who have disappeared on the treacherous sea route to Europe. But when authorities recovered 61 bodies near the eastern port city of...

Tataouine, Tunisia, June 26, 2020  - In the southernmost Tunisian town of Tataouine, being young often means being unemployed, while even those who have a job dream of landing a "real" one in the energy sector. For weeks, protesters have blocked roads and sought to...

Tunis, June 25, 2020 - Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh warned Thursday that his country's economy, hit hard by the global coronavirus pandemic, would contract by around six percent this year, as public companies flounder. "All state enterprises are in...

Tunis, June 24, 2020 - A protest leader in southern Tunisia was released Wednesday, a lawyer said, four days after his arrest amid angry protests over unemployment in the marginalised region. Tarek Haddad is the spokesman for a growing popular mobilisation underway in...