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October 25, 2024 at 10:11 am

Tunisian commentator sentenced to two years under controversial anti-fake news law

A well-known Tunisian attorney and commentator is facing two years in prison for remarks she made about Tunisia and its treatment of migrants from sub-Saharan...

Nation & World

October 7, 2024 at 11:29 am

Tunisia’s Kais Saied wins landslide reelection, entrenching his power in Arab Spring’s birthplace VIEW

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won reelection in a landslide victory after a campaign that saw opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys.

Nation & World

October 6, 2024 at 5:01 am

Tunisia’s President Saied wins second term after cracking down on the opposition VIEW

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied has won re-election in landslide victory after a campaign season saw his opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys.

Nation & World

September 30, 2024 at 8:05 am

12 migrants die off Tunisia’s Mediterranean coast after their boat sinks

Tunisia’s coast guard has found 12 bodies of migrants, including three young children, off the Mediterranean coast, as authorities struggle to stem unauthorized boat crossings...

Nation & World

September 26, 2024 at 7:24 am

Tunisia’s coast guard finds bodies of 13 migrants washed up on its shores

The bodies of 13 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been found washed up on Tunisia’s Mediterranean coast this week as authorities struggle to stem unauthorized...

Nation & World

September 19, 2024 at 6:27 am

A Tunisian presidential candidate sentenced to 20 months vows to campaign from prison

A candidate for president in Tunisia has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on election fraud charges that his attorney decried as politically motivated.

Nation & World

August 8, 2024 at 10:36 am

Tunisia’s president replaces prime minister in the latest shakeup ahead of presidential election

Tunisia’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister and replaced him with another Cabinet member, the latest shakeup in the North African country ahead of...

Nation & World

July 3, 2024 at 5:47 am

Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn’t said he’ll run

Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term.

Nation & World

May 9, 2024 at 1:08 am

Tent camps razed and activists arrested as Tunisia clamps down on migrants

Tensions in Tunisia have ratcheted up as demonstrators seeking better rights for migrants staged a sit-in before European Union headquarters, capping a week in which...

January 31, 2024 at 10:25 am

Tunisia wants to borrow billions from its central bank to address deficits. Experts call that risky

Cash-strapped Tunisia wants to take the unprecedented step of borrowing billions from its central bank to address budget deficits and bandage its economic crisis.

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