Tunisia

The Middle East may have an abundance of oil and gas, but it has very few natural water sources. This is fast becoming a source of tension. According to...

Tunisian President Kais Saied said that his country "refuses interference in its internal affairs because it is not under mandate or guardianship". This came during a speech on Monday,...

Tunisia's Ennahda movement yesterday affirmed that it is continuing its "peaceful struggle" to confront the authority's policies that violate public and individual freedoms, calling for the release of all...

Josep Borrell, the head of foreign affairs for the European Union, stated yesterday that the EU is worried about Tunisia's deteriorating political and economic position and believes that it may collapse.

US Secretary of State, Anthony Blinken, reiterated today, Monday, 20 March, 2023, his country's commitment to stand by Tunisians in the face of ongoing economic challenges and economic reform...

The British newspaper, The Times, in a report published on Monday, 20 March, 2023, said that the wave of migrants flowing to Italy these days is due to the...

Kamal Feki who's nicknamed after the Soviet dictator was appointed to the cabinet by President Kais Saied replacing Taoufik Charfeddine who stepped down

A Libyan official has dismissed comments made by Tunisian President Kais Saied about sharing the rights to the Bouri oilfield. In a statement issued yesterday, Oil and Gas Minister...

Italy has called on the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to release a $1.9 billion loan to Tunisia because it fears that the lack of liquidity will destabilise its southern...

One of the main pillars of the Tunisian regime has fallen as a result of increased pressure on  the government at home and abroad and its failures to date,...

When Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left Tel Aviv for Rome on 9 March, he was flown to Ben Gurion airport in Tel Aviv by a helicopter because anti-government...

Tunisian Minister of Interior Taoufik Charfeddine announced his resignation from his position on Friday evening with the approval of President Kais Saied. This came in a media statement by...

The National Salvation Front in Tunisia (NSFT) has decided to launch an open sit-in next week to demand the release of all political detainees. The NSFT called on the...

A decade ago, the Makthar Boarding School in northern Tunisia had little clean drinking water or heat, poor food and no electricity for its nearly 570 students. But now,...

A pro-government movement in Tunisia has called on President Kais Saied, Prime Minister Najla Bouden and the members of parliament to declare their properties in the framework of combating illicit enrichment....

The Free Destourian Party (PDL) in Tunisia has accused the Deputy Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, Sawsen Mabrouk, of belonging to what it described as a "multinational" group of...

Tunisia has witnessed a wave of anger towards migrants following President Kais Saied's statements on 21 February, in which he denounced the arrival of "hordes of illegal migrants" to the country from...

The Tunisian High Independent Authority for Audiovisual Communication (HAICA) has criticised the ban on media coverage during the first session of Tunisia's new parliament, considering it a "dangerous indicator for the reality of...

At the beginning of March a picture of anti-racist, Tunisian activist Saadia Mosbah was posted on social media. The comments below accuse her of receiving money from the Germany...

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) has maintained its independence for decades and will not be shaken by the events of 25 July 2021 and the steps being taken...

A Tunisian court issued a death sentence against two nationals who were involved in a suicide attack near the United States embassy which left a policeman dead in 2020....

The number of Arab asylum applicants in the European Union surged last year, amid economic and political crises in a number of Arab countries. Data of the European Union...

The opening session of the newly elected Tunisian parliament was held yesterday with a recitation of verses from the Holy Quran. This came in a live broadcast on state television....

Tunisia's Journalists' Syndicate protested against a decision to prevent journalists from private and international media outlets from covering the opening session of parliament, which resumed work Monday, after a...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement said, Monday, it will not recognise the legitimacy of the country's new Parliament, Anadolu News Agency reports. The newly-elected Parliament convened for the first time in...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement on Friday condemned the detention of its senior members in the governorate of Béja in the northwest of the country, Anadolu Agency reported. In a statement...

The Tunisian judiciary has ordered the imprisonment of former Environment Minister Riadh Mouakher pending investigations into a case of financial and administrative corruption. Mosaique FM radio station announced on...

Tunisian politicians arrested in the "conspiracy against state security" case announced they had entered a hunger strike in response to the "poor conditions of detention." Jaouhar Ben Mbarek, a...

Tunisian President Kais Saied said late on Wednesday that he will dissolve municipal councils, months before they are due to be elected, further dismantling the layers of government developed...

A Tunisian judge has jailed the country's former Minister of Agriculture, Mohamed Ben Salem, on charges of "crossing the borders without permission, possession of foreign currency and illicit enrichment."...

One student in Tunis fears most for his female colleagues; a story is circulating that Tunisian men pretending to be police are approaching sub-Saharan African women, luring them away...

Amnesty International called on the Tunisian authorities yesterday to stop using its "legal arsenal" against activists who "exercise their basic human rights, specifically their right to express their opinions...