TUNIS, Dec 17 (Reuters) – Around 2,500 Tunisians marched through the coastal city of Gabes on Wednesday, reviving protests over pollution from a state-owned phosphate complex amid rising…
Read more Tunisians Revive Protests in Gabes Over Pollution From State Chemical PlantTUNIS, Nov 29 (Reuters) – Tunisian police arrested prominent opposition figure Chaima Issa on Saturday to enforce 20-year prison sentence, detaining her at a protest in the capital,…
Read more Tunisian Police Arrest Prominent Opposition Figure Chaima Issa to Enforce 20-Year Jail TermA Tunisian court has handed jail terms to dozens of opposition leaders, lawyers and businessmen accused of attempting to overthrow the nation’s president. Forty people including opposition leader…
Read more Tunisia hands prison terms to dozens of opposition figuresTUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian appeals court on Friday sentenced 40 opposition leaders, business and media figures to jail terms ranging from five to 45 years on charges of…
Read more Tunisia Court Gives Long Prison Terms to 40 Opposition Leaders, Business and Media FiguresTUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of Tunisians marched in the capital on Saturday in a protest against “injustice and repression”, accusing President Kais Saied of cementing one-man rule by using…
Read more Tunisians Escalate Protests Against Saied, Demanding Return of DemocracyTUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands of young doctors went on strike across Tunisia on Wednesday to demand higher pay and warn of an impending collapse of the health system, part…
Read more Thousands of Tunisian Doctors Strike, Say Health System Close to CollapseTUNIS (Reuters) -Jailed Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, 84, began a hunger strike, joining two prominent politicians who are protesting what they call “unjust imprisonment,” lawyers said on…
Read more A Third Tunisian Opposition Leader Launches Hunger Strike in PrisonTUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisian authorities on Friday ordered the suspension of the Nawaat journalists’ group, which runs one of the country’s leading independent investigative media outlets, in a widening…
Read more Tunisia Suspends Independent Media Group Amid Broader CrackdownTUNIS (Reuters) -Thousands took to the streets of the Tunisian coastal city of Gabes in a huge march on Wednesday, in an escalation of protests that began last…
Read more Thousands Protest in Tunisia’s Gabes Over Pollution CrisisTUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court released a man on Tuesday who had been sentenced to death just last week for Facebook posts criticising the president, following a wave…
Read more Court Releases Tunisian Man Sentenced to Death After Widespread CriticismAn international convoy of boats, the Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), has set sail from Tunisia, aiming to defy Israel’s siege on Gaza and deliver humanitarian aid. The GSF,…
Read more Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Tunisia to break Israel’s Gaza siegeInternational aid group Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) says one of its vessels, the Family Boat, was hit by a drone at Tunisia’s Sidi Bou Said port—the second alleged…
Read more Greta Thunberg’s Gaza convoy hit by new drone strikeThe Gaza humanitarian crisis loomed large at the Venice Film Festival closing ceremony as multiple winners called for an end to the Israeli military campaign in the Palestinian…
Read more Gaza Crisis Dominates Venice Awards Ceremony As Winners Call For An End To Israeli Military ActionHE used to claim he was the “Hardest Geezer” in the Sussex seaside town of Worthing. Now Russ Cook has proved he is the hardest geezer in the…
Read more I was kidnapped by machete-wielding tribesman but still ran length of AfricaAT least 61 people, including children, have been killed in a “tragic shipwreck” after a boat carrying 86 migrants left Libya. The International Organisation for Migration (IOM) in…
Read more At least 61 people including children killed in 'tragic shipwreck'Press play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. BRUSSELS — Western leaders are grappling with how to handle two era-defining wars in the Middle East…
Read more Migration is derailing leaders from Biden to Macron. Who’s next?“The Tunisian People deserve better and I announce my candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia,” says Hamdi. TUNIS, Tunisia, November 13, 2023 (Newswire.com) – In…
Read more Olfa Hamdi Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign in TunisiaPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. SARCELLES, France — In the usually lively “Little Jerusalem” neighborhood of Sarcelles, the only people loitering are…
Read more French Jews live in fear amid rising antisemitism following Hamas attacksPress play to listen to this article Voiced by artificial intelligence. Elisabeth Braw is a senior fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and adviser at Gallos Technologies and…
Read more Italy’s Meloni plans a geopolitical Queen’s GambitTunis, Tunisia – Anoir Neffati is a big man. At 39, he gets by on casual work from the local market in Mellassine, a working-class district close to…
Read more Determination, hope and longing in the Tunisians fighting for a better life
