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Tunisia: Army kills three Islamic State suspects in Kasserine
Tunis, March 20, 2019 - Tunisian security forces have shot dead three Islamic State-linked militants suspected of involvement in the grisly killings of shepherds in the restive Kasserine region, the interior ministry said Wednesday. "Three terrorists were killed...
Tunisia: France arrests brother-in-law of ex-Tunisia dictator Ben Ali, wanted by Tunisia
March 18, 2019 (AFP) - France said Monday it had arrested and detained Belhassen Trabelsi, the brother-in-law of ousted Tunisian leader El-Abidine Ben Ali, who had been on the run for three years after fleeing Canada. Prosecutor Xavier Tarabeux in the southern city of...
Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya freed
Tripoli, Feb 17, 2019 - Fourteen Tunisian oil workers kidnapped in Libya were freed Sunday night after three days in captivity and are in good health, the Tunisian consul in country said. Armed men seized the 14 Tunisians from a bus on Thursday as they were heading to...
Tunisia accused of dragging its feet in repatriating Tunisian children living in foreign refugee camps
Tunis, Feb 12, 2019 - Officials in Tunisia have been "dragging their feet" on efforts to repatriate Tunisian children of Islamic State group members from camps in Syria, Iraq and Libya, Human Rights Watch said Tuesday. The rights group, quoting Tunisia's ministry of...
Tunisia: Teachers protest after months on strike
Tunis, Feb 6, 2019 - Thousands of Tunisian teachers took to the capital's streets Wednesday to demand bonuses and improved working conditions months into a strike that has disrupted schools across the country. The demonstrators, heeding calls to protest by the...
Tunisia: Presidential election takes center stage in Tunisia
Tunis, Jan 30, 2019 - Election fever is sweeping Tunisia well ahead of parliamentary and presidential polls set for late 2019. President Beji Caid Essebsi has accused Prime Minister Youssef Chahed of seeking power through a secret deal with an Islamist party....
Tunisia: President warns of alliance between Prime Minister and Islamist party
Tunis, Jan 29, 2019 - Tunisia's president on Tuesday accused the prime minister of seeking power through a secret deal with an Islamist party, the latest sign of tension at the top ahead of elections. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed had gained the backing of the...
Tunisia: Inheritance reform in Tunisia likely to boost gender equality
Jendouba, Tunisia, Jan 25, 2019 - Tunisian divorcee Latifa counts herself lucky -- she has a modest home that boasts a neat vegetable garden, a fig tree, and a pomegranate tree, along with a panoramic view of neighboring farmland. "Without this land that my father...
Maghreb: Cold and snow claim lives in central and eastern Maghreb
The North Africa Journal - 26 January 2019: A cold snap and floods killed two in Tunisia and two others in Algeria. Affected regions include Tunisia's Kef, Jendouba, Siliana and Kasserine, and Algeria's Annaba, El Tarf, Tizi Ouzou and Tipaza. Details below: Tunis, Jan...
Tunisia: Union launches nationwide strike in the public sector
January 17, 2019: A public sector strike brought Tunisia to a standstill Thursday as workers heeded calls from a powerful trade union to stay home over demands for wage hikes and economic reforms. Across the country, schools were closed, public offices shuttered and...
Tunisia’s unfinished revolution ($)
For most Tunisians, the proliferation of road closures, sit-ins and suicide attempts, are evidence of a jasmine revolution gone wrong. The poor performance of the economy, following the fall of the Ben Ali regime, has led to widespread dissatisfaction among the...
Tunisia court sentences Jihadists to death over killing of soldiers in 2015
Tunis, Jan 12, 2019 (AFP) - A Tunisian court has sentenced 41 jihadists to death over an attack that killed 15 soldiers on the border with Algeria in 2014, prosecutors said Saturday. The sentences for the men, only two of whom are currently in custody, were delivered...
Tunisia’s president sued for abuse of power
Tunis, Jan 15, 2019 - Anti-corruption campaigners have filed a lawsuit accusing Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi of abuse of power after he pardoned a jailed party official close to his son, a court official said Tuesday. Borhane Bsaies, a communications official...
Tunisia braces for labor strike
Tunis, Jan 14, 2019 - Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union on Monday called for a strike as the country, grappling with economic hardships, marked the eighth anniversary of the 2011 revolution that toppled its longtime dictator. The Tunisian General Labour Union, the...
Tunisia’s youths disillusioned with outcome of jasmine revolution
Douar Hicher, Tunisia, Jan 13, 2019 - Young Tunisians say the revolution they staged eight years ago to oust their longtime dictator has failed to restore their "dignity" and ease the North African country's economic woes. "Since the revolution we have freedom but...
Tunisian boat and Cypriot container ship collide off Corsica
Tunis, Jan 7, 2019 (AFP) - A collision between a Tunisian boat and a Cypriot container ship that sent hundreds of tonnes of fuel spilling into the Mediterranean in October was due to an extraordinary series of human errors, investigators said Monday. The watch officer...
Tunisia’s Prime Minister seeks greater autonomy from President in leadership tussle
The North Africa Journal - Nov 8, 2018: Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed announced on Monday evening a long-awaited ministerial reshuffle that the President of the Republic did not approve, magnifying the political crisis that has prevented the speedy recovery...
Tunisia: National Guard HQ torched in Beni Khedech
In Medenine's Beni Khadech municipality, a group of protesters set the local national guard headquarters on fire, after a local man who died in the capsizing of a migrant boat was buried. The army was mobilized to bring the situation back to normal.
Restive southeast Tunisia struggles with economic despair
The North Africa Journal - May 31, 2018: Economic Brief: A parliamentary report released this week in Tunisia caught our attention because it addressed, in an honest way, the major issues facing the restive southeastern Tunisia, and by extension many other regions. ...
Tunisia: Difficult Road to Stability
The North Africa Journal - February 13, 2018: Tunisia continues to face several pain points that the government is struggling to fully contain. On the economic front, new datapoints confirm the tough start of the year for the country. Its foreign exchange reserves...
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