Countries

Tunisia incumbent Saied set to win presidential vote: exit polls

Tunis – Tunisia’s incumbent President Kais Saied is set to win the country’s presidential election with 89.2 percent support... Read more

7 Oct, 2024

Countries

Lack of election observers for Tunisia vote reflects crackdown

Tunis – The barring of independent election observers from Sunday’s presidential vote in Tunisia reflects a broad crackdown on... Read more

4 Oct, 2024

Countries

Tunisians rally for release of women detained over criticism of Saied

Tunisia — Hundreds of Tunisians demonstrated Tuesday in the capital Tunis marking National Women’s Day and demanding the release... Read more

14 Aug, 2024

Countries

A Tunisian village’s fight for running water

Tunisia – In front of a small mosque in central Tunisia, women queue at one of their village’s last... Read more

10 Jul, 2024

Countries

Tunisia town shuttered after Libya closes smuggler-linked border

Tunisia – Months into the closure of Tunisia’s main border crossing with Libya, a haven for smugglers, shops are... Read more

27 Jun, 2024

Countries

Tunisia seeks to reassure migrants after Saied remarks

Tunis – Tunisia’s top diplomat sought to “reassure” sub-Saharan African migrants on Monday, in an interview with AFP days... Read more

28 Feb, 2023

Countries

Tunisia climate of fear pushes sub-Saharan migrants to the exit

Tunis – A steady flow of taxis has rolled up outside the Ivorian embassy in Tunis in recent days,... Read more

27 Feb, 2023

Countries

Hundreds rally in Tunis against ‘racist’ official stance

Tunis – Hundreds of people took to the streets of the Tunisian capital on Saturday to denounce President Kais... Read more

26 Feb, 2023

Countries

AU condemns Tunisia’s ‘shocking’ statement on migrants

Nairobi – The African Union has condemned remarks by Tunisia’s president directed at migrants in his country from elsewhere... Read more

26 Feb, 2023

Algeria

Tunisia sentences Algerian-French dissident to jail in absentia

Tunis – French-Algerian activist Amira Bouraoui, whose “exfiltration” via Tunisia sparked a diplomatic incident with Paris, was sentenced in... Read more

26 Feb, 2023