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Within a week two leading French papers shed light on the authoritarian drift suffered by Tunisia under the rule of Kais Saied. Both Jeune Afrique and Le Point listed facets of democratic backpedaling under a president who has also undermined Tunisia’s economic outlook Tunisia, once hailed as an Arab Spring’s democratic success story, is now […]
Tunisia’s textile exports grew by 2.61 percent in the first five months of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024, reaching 3.94 billion dinars (€1.18 billion), according to Economy and Planning Minister Samir Abdelhafidh. Speaking at a seminar held in Monastir on Wednesday, August 27, he projected that exports could total 9.36 billion dinars […]
Tunisia was flagged among four other African nations by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for prolonged delays in completing their mandatory Article IV consultations. The other African nations are: Sudan, Eritrea, Liberia, and Senegal, among 13 member states globally. Article IV consultations are annual economic assessments conducted by IMF staff to evaluate a country’s macroeconomic […]
Tunisian President Kais Saied has intensified his confrontation with the country’s most powerful labor organization, the Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), in a move that analysts warn could further erode Tunisia’s democratic institutions and deepen its political crisis. The UGTT, a Nobel Peace Prize laureate for its role in Tunisia’s post-revolution democratic transition, has called […]
The Tunisian General Labor Union (UGTT), chaired by Secretary General Noureddine Taboubi, has announced plans to hold a workers’ rally and march on Thursday, 21 August. Union officials say the action aims to defend union rights in response to stalled negotiations, the cancellation of social dialogue, and what they describe as attacks on union headquarters. […]
The Union representing employees of Tunisia’s National Railways Company has announced a three-day nationwide strike scheduled from September 30 to October 2, 2025. The industrial action will affect all workplaces across the sector, as workers push for comprehensive reforms in employment policies and conditions. Chief among their demands are amendments to the company’s statutes, regularization […]
Protesters in Tunis called their country an “open air prison” due to Kais Saied’s “authoritarian regime” which sent scores to jails on made-up charges to silence dissent. As the democratic achievements of the Jasmine revolution become a thing of the past, Kais Saied strengthened his grip on state institutions and has been using the judiciary […]
Mounir El Ghabri, Director of Citizen Relations at the Tunisian Electricity and Gas Company (STEG), has attributed recent power outages to exceptional weather conditions, notably a sharp rise in temperatures. Speaking on Thursday, 24 July 2025, El Ghabri described the company’s overall service delivery as “good,” emphasising that the disruptions were limited in scope and […]
Tunisia exported 39,745 tonnes of organic agricultural products between 1 January and 30 June 2025, generating 489.03 million dinars in revenue, according to the National Observatory of Agriculture (ONAGRI). The export sector was overwhelmingly led by organic olive oil and organic dates, which made up 86.8% and 22.7% of the total volume, respectively. Organic olive […]
Tunisia’s natural gas resources have declined by 11% as of May 2025, totalling 809 kilotonnes of oil equivalent (ktep), according to the latest report from the National Observatory for Energy and Mines. This includes both domestic output and fiscal royalties from Algerian gas transit. Key gas fields such as Nawara, Hasdrubal, and Miskar experienced sharp […]