Tunisia: Opposition leader undertakes hunger strike
A hunger and medication strike was undertaken by Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist Ennahda party in Tunisia, Middle East...
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Air Algerie launches new flightpath to Tunisia
Air Algerie inaugurated its new route from Oran to Djerba, Tunisia, on August 1. According to Oberv'Algerie, this new route...
Tunisia’s economic stabilisation remains a fiction
Tunisian authorities point to signs of economic stabilisation; however, for ordinary citizens, this feels like pure illusion, according to an...
Tunisian civil society pushes back against Algiers
Amid rising tensions between Tunisia and Algeria, prominent figures of Tunisian civil society have published a petition insisting that their...
Europe’s outsourced border: migrant violence in the Maghreb
Amnesty International condemned, on 23 June, the European Union's move to increase cooperation with Libya to curb migration, despite the...
Tunisians pushback against Algiers’ tutelage
Prominent members of Tunisian civil society have published an open petition that states clearly that Tunisia is not a protectorate...
Larbi Sadiki: Tunisia is still hoping for change amidst crisis
Reports and rumours about a decline in President Kais Saied’s health underscore the classic political concept that the physical state...
Tunisia: Power cuts kill thousands of chickens amid heatwave
Tunisia has been experiencing intense heatwaves in recent weeks. As demand for air conditioning has increased, the national electricity provider...
Thousands rally in Tunis calling for end of president’s rule
Thousands of Tunisians in protest took to the streets of the capital, Tunis, to demand the resignation of President Kais...
Tunisia: Protests demand end to presidential rule
Five years after President Kais Saied suspended parliament under emergency powers, renewed Tunisian protests have evolved into a broader challenge...
Egypt: Heatwave disrupts workers and economy
Egypt is experiencing an intense heatwave that has disrupted economic activity, strained public services and has prompted authorities to issue...
Tunisia and Algeria strengthen customs cooperation
Tunisia and Algeria have agreed to enhance border control and cooperation to combat smuggling and contraband, but also to improve...
Tunisian human rights activists face intense prosecution
Human Rights Watch has denounced the continuous and unfair prosecution of human rights activists and political opponents in Tunisia, according...
Libya’s government rules out connection to Tunisia blackout
Libya’s eastern-based government has confirmed that the country’s electricity grid has been disconnected from Tunisia’s power network since mid-June, stressing...
World Bank warns of fragility in Tunisia’s economic recovery
Tunisia’s economy has shown signs of recovery after several difficult years, but high public debt, limited access to external financing...
