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In a significant move, the President of Tunisia dismissed Sihem Boughdiri from her position as Finance Minister on Wednesday February 5, appointing Michkat Khaldi, a prominent judge, as her replacement. Khaldi, who took the official oath at Carthage Palace, assumes the role at a time when the country’s economic situation is dire. Boughdiri, who had […]
The Algerian regime has blocked all attempts to bring closer the peoples of the Maghreb, former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki said. Algeria has stood against all Maghreb integration initiatives, Marzouki, who led Tunisia from 2011 to 2014, said in a recent interview. While in office, Marzouki has tried to bring the two Maghreban heavy weights, […]
Tunisian authorities have been involved in a slave trade wherein migrants have been sold to Libyan militias for as little as 13 dollars, a report by rights watchdogs said. The report, presented on Wednesday to the EU Parliament, includes testimonies from 30 sub-Saharan migrants who have endured degrading treatment in Tunisia. Dubbed State Trafficking: Expulsion […]
US Comgressman Joe Wilson urged his country to stop offering aid to Tunisia due to the anti-American stands of its autocratic president Kais Saied and his crackdown on civil liberties. In a series of posts on X, Wilson decried the oppressive nature of the Tunisian regime, which he called “a police state dictatorship.” “In 2023, […]
Tunisian lawmakers are currently deliberating a controversial draft law that would allow the deportation of “irregular” migrants to their home countries, as tensions rise around anti-migrant sentiment and xenophobic conspiracy theories. This proposal comes after the Government claimed to have successfully repatriated over 7,000 migrants “voluntarily” last year. However, human rights groups have voiced concerns, […]
Human Rights Watch has denounced in its 2025 report the escalating repression of critical voices in Tunisia of Kais Saied, saying the authorities undermined the integrity of the October presidential election and carried out politically motivated arrests & arbitrary detentions of prospective challengers before the vote. “It is clear that Tunisian authorities deployed all their […]
Evoking the colonial origins of Algeria’s current borders is a taboo issue in Algeria that can send those who venture to tell the truth to jail. That was the fate of Boualem Sansal who said in an interview with a French TV channel that western territories of today’s Algeria have been part of Morocco. Sansal […]
The number of suicides among Tunisian migrants in Italian prisons has been rising, raising serious concerns. Former MP and civil society activist Majdi Karbai drew attention to this troubling trend end of December, following the death of a Tunisian migrant in Piacenza prison, located in northern Italy. Karbai, alongside Tunisian NGOs, has been sounding the […]
Seventeen Tunisian would-be migrants have been rescued from a stranded vessel in the Northern Region’s maritime waters and two bodies were recovered, the National Guard announced. The boat, which broke down at sea, had been carrying 19 individuals attempting an illegal crossing of the Mediterranean. Tragically, the body of one adult and a 5-year-old child […]
The Central Bank of Tunisia (BCT) announced on Saturday December 28 its decision to maintain the key interest rate at 8%, following a meeting of its board of directors. This decision reflects the Bank’s cautious approach to stabilizing the economy while carefully navigating inflationary pressures and broader economic uncertainties. In its official statement, the BCT […]