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Category: Tunisia
Calls mount on Tunisian president to mend ties with Morocco
The vassalization of Tunisia by Algeria continues to draw criticism among the Tunisian political class. Recently Neji Jelloul, a political party leader, called on Tunisian ... Read More
On the footsteps of Tebboune, Tunisia’s Saied maintains opacity over his second term
Tunisia under Kais Saied is on the footsteps of Authoritarian Algeria. Mimicking Tebboune, Saied uses a rhetoric imbued with conspiracy theories, the threat of the ... Read More
Eastern Libya’s FM rejects Algeria’s regional maneuvers
The Algerian scheme to bury the Arab Maghreb Union and replace it with a union with cash-strapped Tunisia and Tripoli government was met with strong ... Read More
Tunisia: Kais Saied paves way for his re-election with repression
As Tunisia braces for presidential elections in December 2024, a fog of repression looms over the country that was once the Arab Spring’s success story ... Read More
EU to offer Tunisia about €165 million to curb migration
The EU plans an aid of up to €164.5 over three years to help Tunisia stop migrants from crossing to Europe, the Financial Times reported. ... Read More
Tunisia closes Ras Jdir border crossing with Libya after clashes
Tunisian authorities closed the Ras Jdir border crossing after armed clashes occurred there between rival Libyan factions. Videos shared on social media showed gunfire and ... Read More
MEPs accuse EU executive of ‘bankrolling dictators’, claiming Tunisia’s president pocketed EU aid
Senior members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have accused the EU executive of “bankrolling dictators”, claiming that the €150 million it gave to Tunisia last ... Read More
Tunisians struggle with inflation as Ramadan starts
Once a month of joy and celebration, Ramadan this year has put the finances of ordinary Tunisians on strain as inflation bites, coupled with a ... Read More
Tunisia’s PM rants at French documentary on poverty and dictatorship
Tunisia’s Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani seems to have made a trip to Paris specifically to protest against a French documentary that exposed Tunisia’s worsening poverty ... Read More
Algeria wants a so-called “United Maghreb” without Morocco
After destroying the initial five-state Maghreb Union, Algeria has brought together cash-strapped Tunisia and war-torn Libya in a bid to create a new regional union. ... Read More