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Category: Tunisia
Tunisia doubles down on countering Morocco’s territorial integrity
After rolling the red carpet for the leader of Polisario separatists in 2022, Tunisia has doubled down on its anti-Moroccan policy by inviting the Polisario ... Read More
Tunisia extends state of emergency until end of 2024
Tunisia has extended until December 31, 2024 the state of emergency in place since 2015 in the wake of a terrorist attack that killed 13 ... Read More
Tunisia: Ennahdha debunks rumors purporting death of leader in prison
Ennahdha, Tunisia’s largest political party, rubbished Sunday January 21 rumors about the death of its leader Rached Ghannouchi in prison where he is serving a ... Read More
Tunisia’s autocrat curbs central bank independence
Tunisia’s president Kais Saied extended his power grab to the central bank, undermining the independence of the monetary policy in a country that suffers from ... Read More
Human Rights Watch alerts to Tunisia’s authoritarian drift under President Saied
With thousands jailed for expressing dissent, destroyed checks and balances and an undermined civil society, Tunisia has backpedaled to autocracy following a crackdown on civil ... Read More
Tunisia arrests two journalists in one week
Two journalists added to scores of colleagues and people who have been arrested for expressing dissent, in a trend that worries rights defenders. After Zied ... Read More
Tunisia: Minister of Social Welfare survives road accident
Malek Ezzahi, Tunisia’s Minister of Social Welfare survived Monday January 1 a road accident which also involved his family, state-run radio broadcaster reported. The ... Read More
IED explodes in Tunisia’s restive Kasserine governorate wounding teenager
A 15-year old teenager has been wounded in the explosion of an improvised explosive device (IED) in the Kasserine, a restive governorate used as a ... Read More
AfDB loans Tunisia about €82 million for wastewater re-use in agriculture, climate resilience
The Board of Directors of the African Development Bank Group, has approved a loan of €81.9 million to Tunisia to implement the Treated Wastewater Quality ... Read More
Tunisia under scrutiny for expelling thousands of migrants to Libya, Algeria
Tunisia has found itself in the eye of the storm after French news agency AFP, citing international humanitarian organizations revealed that the North African country ... Read More