Category: Tunisia

Tunisia doubles down on countering Morocco’s territorial integrity

February 4, 2024

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

January 31, 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

January 22, 2024

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

January 22, 2024

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

January 13, 2024

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

January 5, 2024

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

January 2, 2024

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

December 18, 2023

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

December 14, 2023

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

December 12, 2023

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