Tunisia

The defence of civil freedoms in Tunisia is once again a priority for parties, activists and observers, after it was believed that the issue had been settled as one...

The Independent Aswat Nissa Association in Tunisia said on Monday that the electronic consultation launched by President Kais Saied has "fundamental flaws". "There are many shortcomings and errors in...

Documents published in the Arabic press regarding the accusations levelled against the Ennahda movement's deputy head, Noureddine Bhiri "prove his innocence", spokesperson of the party's Shura Council, Sana Mersni,...

Former Tunisian Secretary of State for Sports, Abdo Saadawi, and member of the Heart of Tunisia Party, Fares Bilal, have been banned from travel by the government, Saadawi said...

Tunisian President Kais Saied's chief of staff and closest adviser said, on Monday, she had resigned due to "fundamental differences in opinion" over the country's interests, Reuters reports. Nadia...

Thirty-two groups and bodies in Tunisia have expressed "real concerns about freedoms" following President Kas Saied's announcement that a referendum will be held to consider "constitutional reforms". On 13 December,...

Tunisia's Superior Council of the Judiciary is under attack with attempts being made to force it to follow the will of President Kais Saied, the Republican Party said yesterday....

Tunisian President Kais Saied asserted on Thursday: "Tunisia's judiciary is free, and it must apply the law. The media is run by the hidden system that still rules Tunisia."...

The German Embassy in Tunisia announced on Friday that Ambassador Peter Prügel confirmed during a conversation with Tunisian Minister of Finance Sihem Boughdiri Nemsia the payment of a €100...

Two Tunisian attorneys confirmed on Friday that the authorities have referred former head of the National Bar Association Abderrazak Kilani for military investigation. Attorney Hosni Al-Baji posted on Facebook:...

The Tunisian coast guard recovered five migrant bodies and rescued 21 others as their boat capsized off the coast of eastern Sfax city, state media said on Friday, and...

On Thursday, the Grand Mufti of the Republic of Tunisia, Othman Battikh, called on all Tunisian citizens to donate in favour of the State, in order to contribute to...

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, issued a decree on Wednesday, to "limit the awards and privileges" granted to members of the Superior Council of the Judiciary. This came in a...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement condemned, on Wednesday, what it described as a "heinous murder" against a Tunisian citizen who participated in Friday's protests, according to a statement issued by the...

Tunisian President, Kais Saied, on Tuesday, extended the country's state of emergency for another month, Anadolu News Agency reports. The extension will last until 18 February, according to the...

The courts in Tunisia have issued 11 death sentences in less than 15 days, an anti-death penalty organisation has revealed. The Tunisian Coalition for the Abolition of the Death...

Ennahda Movement warned of a "plot" to prepare the Tunisian public opinion for the "death" of the Movement's Vice-President, Noureddine Bhiri, calling on authorities to release him and hold...

The rise in global food prices will have repercussions on the Middle East where high prices and deteriorating living conditions sparked the Arab Spring revolutions, reports The New Arab's...

A Tunisian military court has released Seifeddine Makhlouf, head of the conservative Karama Party, and another party member, Nidal Saudi, amid growing concerns over human rights abuses after President...

As many as 21 Tunisian organisations have denounced "police suppression" of peaceful protesters after security forces forcibly dispersed anti-President Kais Saied demonstrators on Friday. The organisations including the Tunisian...

As soon as the month of January comes upon us, the memories of the Arab Spring are revived, despite all the painful blows that followed as the collective conscience...

Tunisia has witnessed an ongoing political crisis since 25 July 2020

As protestors against President Kais Saied took to the streets on Friday, marking the anniversary of the country's 2011 revolution, police and security forces cracked down on them.

The Tunisian Ennahda party, on Friday, made a public call to mark the anniversary of the country's 2011 revolution on Friday, amid calls by various groups to rally against...

Tunisia's Renaissance Party, Ennahda, has accused the country's authorities of "striving to put a political and security hand on the public media." "The suppression of rights and freedoms was...

A complaint has been filed against Tunisian President Kais Saied and measures he has taken giving him executive powers in the North African state. Activists in Tunisia, Europe, America...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement will not comply with the government ban on gatherings and will join Friday's protests against the exceptional measures taken by President Kais Saied in July. Member...

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) yesterday warned that strikes in the country would escalate to include "more than 80 per cent in the absence of social...

Tunisia began 2022 just as troubled as it ended the previous year, in which the milestone was marked on 25 July by a President who believed, and still does,...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement called for the urgent release of its Vice President Noureddine Bhiri, noting that he is "on the brink of death". "Considering the intransigence of the existing...

Anti-narcotics police in Ecuador have seized 656.7 kilogrammes of cocaine concealed in a shipping container carrying bananas headed for Tunisia. According to the police, the drugs were dispersed among ten jute...

Tunisia's trade balance deficit rose 27 per cent in 2021, to reach 16.2 billion dinars ($5.8 billion). The National Institute of Statistics in Tunisia said yesterday that the trade deficit...