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Many migrants arrived in Tunisia after crossing the deserts of Algeria and Mali, hoping to reach Italy. But tighter controls on the sea route have left them stranded. For nearly two years, olive ...
Hope of a sustained democratic process ebbs as President Kais Saied consolidates control. Tunisia’s once-hailed democratic progress is plunging ever deeper into political repression. Almost 15 ...
By Vivian Yee Reporting from Damascus, Syria In the latest sign of deepening repression in what was once virtually the sole Arab democracy, a court in Tunisia has handed down heavy sentences to ...
Officials during the signing of the MoU. Credit: EURATEX. The MoU was signed by Euratex and Tunisia’s FTTH at the Monastir Technopole in Tunisia. It underlines a mutual commitment to closer industrial ...
NAPLES, Italy — The transfer of two American patrol boats to Tunisia and a Navy command ship’s visit embody a centuries-old U.S. commitment to maritime partnership with the North African ...
A court in Tunisia sentenced opposition figures, businessmen and lawyers to jail terms of 13 to 66 years after they were found guilty of conspiring against state security, state media reported on ...
About 20 defendants, many of whom have fled Tunisia, were sentenced in absentia. According to local media, a prosecutor said the defendants were accused of "conspiracy against state security" and ...
A new report reveals how Tunisia is using arbitrary arrests and harsh prosecutions to silence lawyers, journalists, and opposition voices, robbing Tunisians of hard-won civil liberties. This statement ...
El Amra (Tunisia) (AFP) – Tunisian authorities on Thursday set fire to tents housing sub-Saharan African migrants, an AFP correspondent said, in a new drive to clear their informal camps.
The EU wants to speed up processing asylum applications by creating a list of "safe countries of origin." Tunisia is on the list — despite a politically-motivated mass trial of the political ...
Gender studies scholar Jyhene Kebsi has published a research paper on how their lyrics highlight the multiple inequalities that women in Tunisia – and the world – must overcome. How have male ...
AKOUDA, Tunisia (AP) — In fields outside their hometown in central Tunisia, an increasing number of unemployed young men are seeking a new way to make a living, picking snails off of rocks and ...