Tunisia: Carnegie report warns of impending debt crisis
Elation over a shipment of bananas has brought Tunisia’s grave economic situation into focus, according to Middle East Monitor on...
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Tunisia: Saied compromises independence of central bank
The new Central Bank of Tunisia governor is charged with averting a debt crisis with IMF talks in limbo, according...
Tunisia: Banged up opposition leader on hunger strike
Banged up Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi began a hunger strike on February 19 in solidarity with the imprisoned dissidents...
1,300 lost at sea in 2023, Tunisian NGO claims
Just over 1,300 clandestine migrants died at sea attempting to get to the European continent from Tunisia last year, according...
Tunisia: Saied regime turns to Central Bank for bail out
Tunisia has requested billions of dollars from the Central Bank to aid its economic crisis, after rejecting EU funding, according...
Tunisian court tripled sentence of presidential opponent
In what has been called a corrupt move, a Tunisian court has tripled the prison term of a previous presidential...
Tunisian judge jails 82-year-old opposition leader for 3 more years
A Tunisian judge sentenced an 82-year-old opposition party leader to three additional years in prison, according to Reuters. Ferocious critic...
Tunisia refuses to back ICJ case against Israel
Tunisia has not backed any international legal action against Israel amidst fury in the country over the massacre happening in...
Tunisian NGOs call out govt’s harsh migrant treatment
As the Tunisian government recently promised to act tough on migration, they are under severe scrutiny from pro-immigration groups within...
Al Jazeera journalist latest victim of Saied’s ruthless regime
Qatari news outlet Al Jazeera reported on January 4 that one of their journalists was arrested in Tunis. Political veteran...
Tunisia: State of emergency extended by one month
Tunisian news outlets announced on December 30 that the North African country would be extending the state of emergency by...
More low turnouts in Tunisian elections
In what was a blow to Kais Saied, turnout in Tunisian parliamentary elections around the country on December 24 scraped to...
Tunisian opposition leader gets suspended jail term
Tunisian opposition activist Chaima Issa has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence for insulting the president, Reuters reports. Chaima...
Tunisian authorities foiled 70,000 migrants in 2023
Reports in Tunisia found that those who attempted to enter the country illegally had skyrocketed this year despite President Kais...
Tunisia: Trade unionists fight back against arrests of members
Four Tunisian trade unionists were arrested on November 20 as President Kais Saied continues his brutal crackdown of dissident voices,...
