Tunisia

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has indicated that current President Kais Saied has applied the same strategy in Tunisia as Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi against late President Mohamed Morsi in...

The July 25 Movement, which supports Tunisian President Kais Saied, called on voters to participate in the early legislative elections scheduled for Saturday in large numbers. During a press...

The Arab-China summit in Saudi Arabia at the weekend ended with the Riyadh Declaration. It has 24 articles, making it a strategic document for cooperation and development between the...

Tunisia has issued a plan to start the gradual abolition of bread subsidies over the next four years, an informed source told Al-Araby Al-Jadeed. In the first stage of...

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) warned the government yesterday not to take any "unilateral action" on economic reform. The union also denied any knowledge of the agreement concluded...

Harissa made its way onto the Intangible Cultural Heritage Index which aims to protect the hot chili pepper paste. Tunis applied to the UN body asking for its inclusion arguing it was an integral part of its culinary tradition

On 29 November, the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, a Jerusalem resident and another from Hebron were on their way to Tunis to share their first-hand...

Thousands of bakeries in Tunisia closed their doors yesterday as part of a general strike to demand the government pay their dues in the context of subsidising the baking...

Some 21 organisations and associations and 31 public figures called on the Tunisian government to stop disrupting the work of independent agencies like the National Anti-Corruption Authority, adding that...

Five Tunisian political parties called for commemorating International Human Rights Day by taking part in demonstrations for "defending democracy, rejecting the electoral farce and preserving public and individual rights...

Tunisia's former President Hammadi Jbali is facing a Tunisian court to explain a potential link between himself and Youssef Nada and Ghaleb Hemmet, two men who obtained Tunisian passports...

The spokesman of Tunisia's Ennahda movement, Imad Khemiri, yesterday accused authorities of lack of transparency in the issue of "conspiracy against state security". During a press conference at the...

Some 1,058 candidates are competing for the 161 seats in Tunisia's House of Representatives in the upcoming legislative elections being held on 17 December. Twelve parties are boycotting the...

A video clip of an England football fan at the World Cup in Qatar has gone viral online after he shouted “Free Palestine” during a live interview with an Israeli reporter

Tunisia's President Kais Saied has been accused of paving the way for normalisation with the occupation state of Israel after issuing a decree approving the Madrid Protocol for the...

The opposition National Salvation Front in Tunisia said on Sunday that the authorities had prevented it from holding a meeting in El Kef on Sunday, thus breaching its "freedom...

The head of the Libyan Government of National Unity, Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, yesterday said his country intends to pay its outstanding debts to Tunisia this month, in addition to unifying...

The official Hakomitna platform concerned with publishing news from the interim Libyan Government of National Unity announced on Wednesday that President Kais Saied and Abdul Hamid Dbeibeh, the head of the Libyan Government of...

Tunisian lawyers announced yesterday the establishment of the "Defence Body for the Judiciary and Its Independence" to defend the rule of law and democracy. "A body to defend the independence of the judiciary...

The Secretary-General of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), Noureddine Taboubi, warned on Wednesday of a "social battle" after the recent price increases in the country. He made his...

Players from the Tunisian football team tried to help a Tunisia fan who ran onto the pitch waving a Palstine flag, during the North African country's stunning victory over France in the 2022 World Cup. Fans could be heard chanting 'Palestine!' in support of the pitch invader, who was manhandled by a large group of security staff, prompting jeers from spectators and interventions from the Tunisian team

Police in Italy said they had arrested 12 people allegedly involved in a ring that transported migrants from Tunisia to Sicily, with six suspects still unaccounted for, AFP reports....

On Sunday, the National Salvation Front in Tunisia (NSFT) accused President Kais Saied of "individuality in decision-making", and it warned that this situation "will exacerbate the socio-economic crises," calling...

The leader of Ennahda movement in Tunisia, Rached Ghannouchi, has faced further investigation before the judge of the regional Anti-Terrorism Unit in the case involving allegations that Tunisian citizens...

The head of the National Salvation Front in Tunisia, Ahmed Najib Chebbi, said on Sunday that the next parliament in the country will be "distorted" and only include supporters...

Imprisonment orders have been issued against four defendants in the case of an alleged conspiracy against the state's internal security, Al-Watan Voice has reported. The four include a former...

Athletes attend the half marathon organized with the slogan "We are racing for peace" in Tripoli, Libya.

The propaganda campaign for the legislative elections slated for 17 December has launched in Tunisia on Friday. According to the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE), the propaganda campaign...

A Tunisian court on Friday issued a judgement in absentia of six years in prison against Leila Trabelsi, the widow of late Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali,...

The US Embassy in Tunisia announced its solidarity with battered women worldwide, sparking controversy on social media as many activists called on it to condemn the violence practised by...

Tunisian football players clean dressing room after World Cup game

The Tunisian government approved an increase in fuel prices yesterday, within the framework of the oil price adjustment programme. This is the fifth increase this year, and will take...