News Tunisia: Attack on Gaza-bound flotilla ship in Sidi Bou Said port ‘deliberate,’ says Tunisia
Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said Thursday the attack that targeted a ship Tuesday docked at Sidi Bou Said port near the capital was a “deliberate” act. The ministry confirmed that its services are ...
News Tunisia: Near Sfax, refugees scramble after violent clashes with Tunisia police
Sfax, Tunisia – On the outskirts of Tunisia’s second-largest city and the destination point for thousands of sub-Saharan African refugees hoping to get to Europe, 15-year-old Osman Bah from Guinea ...
News Tunisia: Tunisian group accuses authorities of mass expulsions of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa
TUNIS, Tunisia — Migration activists are sounding the alarm this week about mass expulsions and arbitrary arrests in Tunisia, where authorities are seeing more migrants arrive for attempted Mediterranean crossings from the North African nation to Europe. The Tunisian Forum for Economic and Social Rights on Monday accused the government of waging a campaign of repression against […]
News Tunisia: Gafsa uprising & transitional justice: trials must not stop at being symbolic
Wednesday 26 September was a momentous day at the court of First Instance of Gafsa. Emotions ran high as the activists and leaders of the uprising of the Gafsa Mining Basin of 2008 walked into the same court room in which they were beaten up, unfairly tried and sentenced less than 10 years ago. Only this time, they walked in through the main door as victims waiting to see the perpetrators prosecuted- not defendants accused of plotting against the state. Their only crime in 2008? Daring to peacefully protest what they considered to be unfair employment practices, nepotism and lack of transparency by the state-owned Phosphate Company of Gafsa, the region’s main - if not sole - employer.
News Tunisia: Tunisia affirms absolute rejection of any attacks on Arab Territories
Tunisia has affirmed its absolute rejection of any targeting of the territories of sisterly Arab nations, expressing its full solidarity with the State of Q ...
News Tunisia: Tunisia flooding kills four as record rainfall shuts schools
Rainfall of a level not seen for more than 70 years has caused flooding in Tunisia, leaving four people dead. Authorities say schools and many businesses, particularly in the capital, were forced to…
News Tunisia: Kerry pledges security help to Tunisia
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry congratulated Tunisia on its new post-revolutionary constitution and promised American assistance Tuesday in the North African nation’s battle ...
News Tunisia: Nigeria 3 Tunisia 2: Lookman lethal as a No 10, more VAR drama and Chelle’s issue to solve
Nigeria were cruising into the round of 16 until late changes and a controversial penalty caused chaos. We assess the talking points...
News Tunisia: Tanzania, Tunisia join Nigeria in Africa Cup last 16 with draw keeping Angola out
Tanzania and Tunisia have grabbed the last available places in the knockout stage of the Africa Cup of Nations by playing out a 1-1 draw that eliminated Angola ...
News Tunisia: In Southern Tunisia, This Artist-Led Farm Is Using Olive Oil to Create Change
Owned and overseen by the Tunisian contemporary artist eL Seed, the Tacapae olive groves are changing the narrative around African olive oil.
News Tunisia: U.S. Africa Command leadership completes first visit to Tunisia
U.S. Air Force (USAF) Gen. Dagvin Anderson, commander, U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM), and AFRICOM senior leaders visited Tunis, Tunisia, Nov.12 thru 14,...
News Tunisia: Tunisia: the long journey of the Eagles at the AFCON
Tunisia: what its AFCON history tells usTunisia: the long journey of the Eagles at the AFCONOn the eve of AFCON 2025, Tunisia's journey in the continental competition stands as a testament to rare con...
News Tunisia: Conflicts surface with Tunisia’s Ennahda
TUNIS — The Executive Bureau of Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda — which holds a plurality ... Abdellatif Hanashi, a professor of contemporary history at Manouba University in Tunis, told Al-Monitor that it ...
News Tunisia: NGOs Slam Tunisia for Sending Refugees Back to Libya
Tunisia's defence ministry said Monday it had prevented 53 Ivorian and Sudanese citizens from illegally entering the country, a move condemned by NGOs as a violation of rights. On Sunday, two groups - 33 Ivorians and 20 Sudanese - arriving from Libya by land were arrested by military units in the southern border area of Medenine and sent back to Libyan territory, the defence ministry said. The units asked the groups to enter via official border crossings, the ministry said in a statement.
News Tunisia: Final communication with Ivorian migrants trapped at the Tunisia-Libya border
She was in southern Tunisia, near the former refugee camp in Ras Jedir, when she managed to speak to one of the migrants on the phone several times: They told me that they were taken to a police ...
News Tunisia: UN raises fears over Ivorian migrants turned back by Tunisia
The United Nations sounded the alarm Wednesday over the safety of 36 Ivorian migrants, including children and women, turned back by Tunisian authorities on the border with Libya. The UN office in Tunis said it had been informed that the migrants, including a pregnant woman, were sent back on August
News Tunisia: Political Blueprint of Tunisia
After the Arab spring of 2011, even though Tunisia made a successful transition towards a fully democratic nation through various forms of mass demonstrations and public revolutions like the Jasmine ...
News Tunisia: USD400 Million of Foreign Investments in Tunisia in H1
Remarkably, Tunisia expected economic growth of 3 percent during this fiscal year, however, the international financial structures such as the IMF and the World Bank dropped prospects of this growth ...
