Tunisia’s Saied sets presidential election date for October 6 | Elections News
The vote comes as many of Saied’s political opponents and media critics are in jail or facing prosecution. Tunisian President Kais Saied has called a…
In a smuggler paradise on Tunisia-Libya border, closure wrecks livelihoods | News
Nothing much is moving in Ben Guardane, Mohammed says. The money-changing kiosks sit silent and the ad hoc markets by the banks of the saltwater…
‘My crew are my brothers’: Inside Tunisia’s dance revolution | Arts and Culture
Tunis, Tunisia – It is a balmy Thursday night in Tunis and the region’s coolest crowd is escaping the city centre. Headed north towards the…
‘Down with dictatorship’: Tunisians rally against gov’t crackdown on media | Media News
Demonstration comes after two Tunisian commentators critical of President Saeid were sentenced to prison. Several hundred Tunisians have marched through the capital, Tunis, chanting “down…
At least 23 people missing off Tunisia coast, authorities say | Migration News
Search and rescue operations under way while five suspects have been arrested, Tunisian National Guard says. At least 23 people are missing off the Tunisian…
Tunisian lawyers defiant as government cracks down on all voices | Human Rights News
Tunis, Tunisia – Hundreds of black-clad lawyers filled the narrow Boulevard Ben Bnet outside Tunis’s bar association headquarters as they protested the arrests of two of…
Tunisian lawyers launch one-day strike over police repression | Protests News
Hundreds of people have taken to the streets of the Tunisian capital after a lawyer was allegedly tortured by police. Lawyers in the north African…
EasyJet to open new UK base with routes to Italy, Turkey, Tunisia and Morocco
Three easyJet aircraft will be based at the Essex and six new routes will be introduced, from what is the company's tenth airline base, with…
Tunisia officials arrested in dispute over flag display
The heads of the Tunisian swimming federation and the national anti-doping agency were detained on Saturday. Source link
Tunisian lawyer arrested by masked police during live news report | Government
NewsFeedSee the moment a prominent lawyer and critic of the Tunisian government was arrested by masked police officers during a live TV news report after…
Masked Tunisian police arrest prominent lawyer for media comments | Human Rights News
A prominent Tunisian lawyer and two journalists were arrested on Saturday night in the latest move of a presidential administration that has shown little tolerance…
Children, infants missing after Tunis police clear makeshift refugee camps | Refugees News
Police cleared two of the Tunisian capital’s irregular Black migrant camps, busing residents to an unknown location. Tunis, Tunisia – Hundreds of refugees and migrants…
British runner completes challenge to run length of Africa
Russ Cook finishes the journey of more than 16,000km (9,940 miles) in 352 days, raising $870,000. Source link
UK’s ‘Hardest Geezer’ completes challenge to run length of Africa | News
Russ Cook finishes the journey of more than 16,000km (9,940 miles) in 352 days, raising $870,000 for two separate charities. Sore and sandblasted but triumphant,…
Libya-Tunisia border crossing closed following clashes | News
Closure comes as Libya says ‘outlaws’ attacked the Ras Jedir border crossing. Tunisia and Libya have closed a major border crossing at Ras Jedir due…
Gaza war turns Palestine into a potential Middle Eastern lightning rod
The Gaza war has turned Palestine into a lightning rod for mounting frustration and discontent in Arab autocracies such as Egypt, Jordan, Tunisia, Algeria, and…
Tunisia’s Fields of Resilience: The reality for female farmworkers | Women
In rural Tunisia, a mother toils in the fields to secure life-changing surgery for her daughter. From the cold of winter to the scorching heat…
Tunisian government supporters in uproar over French documentary | News
Anger following a French documentary on Tunisia shedding a light on what it called the “poverty and dictatorship” of President Kais Saied’s rule has continued…
In Tunisia, the families of El Hancha’s disappeared fight to find them | Migration News
The families of 37 Tunisians from El Hancha near Sfax who went missing at sea have taken their protest to the capital over what they…
Tunisia’s press, civil society silent as Ghannouchi sentenced, analysts say | Freedom of the Press News
Tunisian media had little to say about the sentencing of Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of the self-styled Muslim democrats, Ennahdha, and former speaker of parliament, to…