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Tunisia’s difficult road ahead
By Françoise Kadri: Tunisian President Kais Saied fired his prime minister Najla Bouden without explanation late Tuesday. Why did he do this, and what are the implications for the debt-ridden North African country? Why was Najla Bouden sacked? Media reports say Saied...
Tunisia: President fires Prime Minister amid a worsening domestic economy
Anti-migrant sentiment in North Africa turns into humanitarian disaster
Tunisia: Panic in Europe over Tunisia’s potential economic collapse
Tunisia: Saudi Arabia offers soft loan and grant to financially-troubled Tunisia
Saudi Arabia on Thursday said it will give Tunisia financial assistance valued at $500 million, including a $100 million grant, as the North African country grapples with crippling inflation and debt. The announcement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency...
Tunisia: Major blaze erupts on Tunisia-Algeria border, as temperatures soar to 47C
Firefighters in Tunisia are battling a major blaze that has raged for two days in a pine forest near the border with Algeria, a civil defence official said on Thursday. Regional civil defence director Abdel Laabidi told AFP that around 470 hectares (1,100 acres) of...
Tunisia and EU negotiate anti-migration strategy ($)
Migrants: Appalling treatment of migrants by North African governments continues
By Aymen Jamli and Francoise Kadri: The bodies of two migrants have been found in a desert region near Tunisia's border with Algeria, a judicial official and a witness said on Tuesday. Hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan countries have fled or been forced out of...
Tunisia: Witnesses report abusive acts against migrants
Egyptian national executed in Saudi Arabia for ‘terrorism’
Tunisia: Racial tension spikes in Sfax as Sub-Saharan migrants targeted
Tunisian stabbed to death in clash with African migrants
Migrations: EU on overdrive to get deal with Tunisia to prevent migrations
By Marc Burleigh: EU leaders meeting in Brussels on Thursday are to look at ways to press aid on Tunisia in a bid to stem migrant boat departures for Europe. The discussion will come two weeks after a boat believed to have been carrying hundreds of migrants capsized...
Tunisia: Train derailment near Msaken kills two, injures 34
Tunisia frees journalist held after criticising penal code
Tunisia protesters demand ‘political’ prisoners’ freedom
Tunisia: Man stabs to death Brazil’s embassy guard in Tunis
Tunisia: France to donate $28 million to Tunisia to buy equipment to counter migrant crossings
Tunisia: Nejib Chebbi, leader of main opposition coalition, says president wants to destroy opposition
Tunisia: EU considers aid to Tunisia to boost economy, reduce migrant flows
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