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Tunisia: Head of state Television sacked for “wrong covering of terrorism”

The Head and the editor-in-chief of Tunisian state television have been sacked after the network broadcast the decapitated head of a Tunisian teenage shepherd slain by terrorists on Friday in the province of Sidi Bouzid. A statement from the Prime Minister’s office announced the sacking of the two men without giving reasons for the layoff. […]

Tunisia’s President dies leaving fears of power vacuum

Tunisia’s President Béji Caïd Essebsi died on Thursday at the age of 93 after he was hospitalized with a severe illness in late June leaving Tunisia in a power vacuum ahead of elections. Essebsi is Tunisia’s first democratically elected president following the Arab Spring revolution of 2011. A government statement called him one of Tunisia’s […]

Tunisian Transport Union threatens to stage strike over alleged irregular appointment at TRANSTU

The General Transport Union, under the umbrella of the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), has issued a warning of a two-day strike across TRANSTU, Tunisia’s primary public transport company. The union objects to what it describes as the CEO’s unilateral and unlawful appointment of a senior official, effective from 1 July 2025, allegedly in violation […]