Strike shut Tunisian mining town after road accident
Schools and businesses in one of Tunisia’s key mining towns, Om Laarayes, closed on February 20th, as part of a...
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Journalist Mohamed Boughalleb released in Tunisia
A Tunisian judge on February 20th released prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb, a critic of president Kais Saied, his lawyer told...
UN demands a stop to wave of political “persecution” in Tunisia
The United Nations human rights chief has decried what he called the "persecution of political opponents" in Tunisia, demanding authorities...
Relocating Hamas splits opinion in Tunisia
Israeli media have raised the possibility of Tunisia relocating Palestinians - including Hamas fighters - from Gaza according to The...
Tunisia: Possibility of ‘hosting’ exiled Hamas shot down
Israeli media has claimed Tunisia could take exiled Hamas fighters prompting a cacophony of voices from the North African country....
Morocco falls further down corruption index
Transparency International reported in its 2024 Corruption Perceptions Index, published on February 11th, that Morocco lost a point and dropped...
Tunisia’s opposition leader begins hunger strike
Tunisia's opposition party leader has begun her hunger strike in prison to protest her "ill treatment" by authorities. According to...
Ten endangered flamingos rescued from Tunisian smugglers
Ten endangered flamingos have been rescued after smugglers were caught attempting to traffic them out of Tunisia, reports the Tunisian...
Tunisia: Ten endangered flamingos rescued from smugglers
Ten endangered flamingos have been rescued as smugglers attempted to traffic them out of Tunisia. According to the BBC on...
Hatem Nafti: Kais Saied orchestrates Tunisia’s democratic demise
The Tunisian presidential election, which took place on 6 October, was marked by a very repressive and unfair political environment....
Tunisia’s opposition party denounces “political” jailing of leader
Tunisia’s opposition party Ennahda has lambasted the sentencing of its political leader Rached Ghannouchi to an additional 22 years of...
Tunisian opposition leader handed second 22 year jail sentence
On February 5th Jailed Tunisian opposition leader, Rached Ghannouchi was sentenced to another prison term in a series of sentences...
New UK-Tunisia migration deal condemned by human rights groups
The UK’s new £5 million deal with Tunisia to control migration flows into Europe is being strongly condemned by human...
Tunisia: Opposition leader handed another long prison sentence
The imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader has been handed another long prison sentence as part of a wave of new judgements...
US senator calls for America to cut aid to Tunisia
Republican US Senator Joe Wilson has called for America to cut their sending of aid to Tunisia. According to Middle...
