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Tunisia’s economy could face a period of heightened uncertainty as global financial institutions warn of increased volatility in currency and energy markets amid escalating geopolitical tensions, particularly in the Middle East. For Tunisia, which is deeply tied to global trade and heavily dependent on imported energy, these shifts represent critical variables for macroeconomic stability, growth […]
Both presidents of Tunisia and Algeria have sided with Iran, echoing its anti-American and anti-Israeli rhetoric for decades. But once the US and Israeli strikes began, both kept silent, voicing ambiguous stands. Iran’s late president Ebrahim Raisi visited Algiers in March 2024. Tebboune publicly embraced Iran as a strategic partner, framing Palestine as the ideological […]
A group of Tunisian lawmakers has submitted a comprehensive proposal of law to Parliament aimed at overhauling key sections of the country’s nationality Code in a bid to tighten eligibility for citizenship and adapt provisions relating to birthright nationality. Under the draft legislation, naturalization would be conditioned on legal entry and a continuous seven-year […]
Severe flooding across northern and eastern Tunisia has killed at least five people, left several others missing and damaged transport and public infrastructure after days of torrential rain, authorities said. Heavy rainfall that began late Monday triggered rapid flooding in several cities, submerging roads, paralyzing traffic and forcing the suspension of schools and public transport […]
On Wednesday, January 21, at least five people have been killed as severe weather and flooding swept across Tunisia for a second consecutive day, forcing authorities to suspend classes in 15 governorates and disrupting transport in the capital, Tunis. The Tunisian Prime Ministry said all public and private educational institutions, including universities and nurseries, were […]
A Tunisian appeals court on Wednesday upheld a 22-year prison sentence against Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Ennahda Movement and former speaker of parliament, in the high-profile Instalingo case. The ruling confirmed convictions against 40 politicians, journalists, bloggers and business figures, while reducing the sentence of one defendant, Shatha Belhaj Mubarak, from five years to […]
Tunisia incurred financial losses exceeding one billion dinars last year across 11 public institutions and companies, according to an official audit report. The Tunisian Court of Auditors released its annual report last week, uncovering widespread financial irregularities and governance lapses. The audit estimates total losses at about 1.07 billion dinars, with the national airline Tunisair […]
Tunisia’s fisheries trade balance posted a steep 142% decline by the end of November 2025, as the surplus went down from the 361.1 million dinars recorded in November 2024 to 225 million dinars in the 2025 corresponding period, according to figures released by the National Observatory of Agriculture (ONAGRI). Fisheries exports reached 30,500 tons valued […]
Tunisian opposition figures and civil society activists are sounding the alarm over what they describe as Algeria’s creeping interference in Tunisia’s domestic affairs. Former President Moncef Marzouki has repeatedly warned that Algiers “never stopped intervening” and called recent pro-Saïed rallies involving Algerian demonstrators a “flagrant act of interference.” Lawyers and political commentators echo these concerns, […]
When Zitouna TV aired secret clauses of the October 7 defense agreement between Tunisia and Algeria, the revelations sounded less like routine military cooperation and more like a blueprint for tutelage and vassalization. The leaked text grants Algerian forces the right to conduct incursions of up to 50 kilometers inside Tunisian territory and to intervene […]