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Covid-19 in the Maghreb: More restrictions in Morocco, peak infection in Tunisia and panic in Algeria
Coronavirus: Latest global developments Here are the latest developments in the coronavirus crisis: - China outbreak – Millions of people are confined to their homes in China as the country tries to contain its largest outbreak in months with mass testing and travel...
Tunisian police arrest more parliamentarians critical to the president
Tunisian security forces have arrested two MPs from an Islamist party opposed to a power grab by President Kais Saied, their party said Sunday. Maher Zid and Mohamed Affes of Al-Karama have been placed in provisional detention in connection with a military...
Tunisia: Critic of president, Parliamentarian Yassine Ayari arrested
Tunisian security forces on Friday arrested a member of parliament who condemned President Kais Saied's power grab as a "military coup", his party said. The president's shock move, including a 30-day suspension of parliament, has plunged Tunisia into political...
Podcast: Understanding Tunisia’s political crisis in ten minutes
There has been unusual interest in the west about the political crisis engulfing Tunisia this week. Naturally Tunisia was always seen the cradle of the Jasmin Revolution, and the nation that showed the best prospect of democratization. But this week, the president...
Tunisia: Weakened, Islamist leader Ghannouchi struggles to respond to presidential action
Tunisia's Ghannouchi says he wants democracy By Caroline Nelly Perrot, AFP Tunisia's parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi, in an interview with AFP, has called for a return to democracy after President Kais Saied's shock power grab at the weekend. Ghannouchi, also...
Tunisian president accuses hundreds of businessmen of corruption
By Romain Fonsegrives: Tunisia's President Kais Saied accused 460 businessmen of embezzlement as he declared a crackdown on corruption, days after grabbing power in what his opponents have labelled a "coup". Saied, who suspended parliament for 30 days and seized all...
Tunisia: President fires more senior officials
By Caroline Nelly Perrot ; Tunisia lurched further into political uncertainty Wednesday, as President Kais Saied sacked more officials, days after he suspended parliament and assumed executive powers in what opponents labelled a "coup". Key civil society groups warned...
Tunisia: Three political parties under investigation over alleged foreign funding
Tunisia's judiciary has opened an investigation into allegations political parties received foreign funding ahead of national elections held in 2019, the prosecutor's office told AFP on Wednesday. Three parties are under investigation, the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha...
Tunisia’s largest party protests outside army-blocked parliament
The head of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha, the largest party in parliament, led a sit-in protest Monday in front of the legislature after the army blocked him from entering, AFP photographers said. Rached Ghannouchi, who is also speaker of the legislature, had...
Political Crisis in Tunisia: Continued Coverage
More on Tunisia and the region Updated continuously [bookmark this page] [custom-twitter-feeds] Reactions abroad Tunisian President Kais Saied's decision to suspend parliament and dimiss his prime minister sparked protests at home where the biggest political party...
Tunisia: Political crisis intensifies as President suspends parliament and dismisses Prime Minister
Islamist ruling party slams president's decision to suspend parliament as 'state coup' Tunisia's ruling party, the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha, on Sunday slammed the decision by President Kais Saied to suspend parliament and dismiss the prime minister as a "state coup...
Tunisia: Protests erupt in Tunisia against mediocre government
Thousands of Tunisians marched in several cities protesting against the ruling party Sunday, criticising what they said was government failures in the North African nation amid crippling coronavirus rates. In the capital Tunis, hundreds of protesters gathered in front...
Covid-19: Tunisia gets global support to combat crippling pandemic
The exhausting fight against Covid in Tunisia By Cecilia Sanchez In Tunisia's Mediterranean resort of Sousse, exhausted medics struggle to stem surging coronavirus deaths, desperately monitoring oxygen supplies beside patients' beds, while on the beach tourists relax...
Tunisian government in crisis amid exploding Covid-19 cases
Tunisia's government stumbled deeper into crisis on Wednesday over its handling of the coronavirus pandemic, after premier Hichem Mechichi fired the health minister amid skyrocketing cases in the North African country. Mechichi, whose office had announced Faouzi...
Tunisia: 16 migrants die off the coast of Zarzis
Tunisia rescued Thursday 166 migrants stranded at sea for nearly a week, recovering the bodies of 16 others who died attempting the dangerous Mediterranean crossing to Europe, security officials said. The migrants, who included 65 Moroccans, 62 Bangladeshis and 15...
Tunisia: Despite poverty and hardship, southern Tunisians are welcoming of migrants
By Zeďneb Boughzou In the front row of a small classroom, three women, all different nationalities, avidly learn French in southern Tunisia's stifling summer heat -- grateful for support from an umbrella of charities. Based in the city of Medenine, it's a rare locally...
Tunisia: At least 60 migrants drown off the coast of Sfax
More than 60 migrants of sub-Saharan origin have been lost at sea off Tunisia since Saturday, after two Europe-bound vessels sank, local authorities and the Red Crescent have said. Tunisia and neighbouring Libya are key departure points for migrants who attempt the...
Tunisia’s model seaweed farming
By Kaouther Larbi Wading knee-deep in the calm waters of a lagoon, workers in northern Tunisia harvest red seaweed, in a nation dubbed a Mediterranean "trailblazer" in cultivating the in-demand plant. Red seaweed or algae is used for gelling, thickening and texturing...
Tunisia: With a destabilized Libya, Tunisia grapples with migrant crisis
Tunisia authorities on Thursday rescued 267 migrants, most of them Bangladeshis, who tried to sail from neighbouring Libya to Europe across the Mediterranean, the International Organization for Migration said. Tunisia's coastguard said the migrants, who also included...
Tunisia releases former presidential candidate Karoui after half year in detention
Tunisia on Tuesday released media mogul and former presidential candidate Nabil Karoui from more than half a year in preventive detention over alleged money laundering. The 57-year-old, smiling and raising his fist, left Mornaguia prison on the outskirts of Tunis in...
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