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Analysis: Tunisia isolated, but migration realpolitik keeps Europe onside

US and EU concerned with state of Tunisia’s democracy but will ultimately retain ties, analysts say.

Al Jazeera

Middle East roundup: The enduring horror of the Ghouta chemical attack

Ten years have passed since the Syrian regime attack killed hundreds of people – here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

As Saied entrenches himself in power, police brutality grows in Tunisia

The sense that Tunisia’s police are now largely defining what is and what is not acceptable in public is growing.

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Will inheritance equality ever be up for debate in Tunisia?

Inheritance, a sore point in the Muslim-majority country, was left out of earlier reforms that advanced women’s rights.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia, Libya to share responsibility for migrants stranded on border

Tunisia and Libya announced Thursday they had agreed to share responsibility for providing shelter for hundreds of migrants stranded at their border, many of them for over a month.

Radio France Internationale

Despite multiple crises, Tunisia’s president still has his supporters

Economic crisis and political repression have pushed many away, but Saied is still backed by some.

Al Jazeera

At least 27 people found dead in desert after expulsion from Tunisia: Libya

Libyan border guards say about 150 asylum seekers cross into Libya every day after being expelled from Tunisia.

Al Jazeera

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Tunisia activists appeal jail terms over pollution protests

Dozens residents from Aguereb given prison sentences for demonstrating against a massive rubbish dump in a national park.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian minister concedes 'small groups' of migrants were pushed back into desert no man's land

Tunisia’s interior minister has conceded that small groups of sub-Saharan migrants trying to enter the country are pushed back into the desert border areas

The Independent UK

Tunisian president replaces prime minister as economy falters

Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation this week. He immediately replaced her with former central bank executive Ahmed Hachani who is tasked with overcoming the "colossal" economic challenges the country faces.

Radio France Internationale

Tunisian parliament gets defensive after Black refugee treatment criticism

Country’s interior minister has called images of dead refugees ‘fake’, as EU ignores criticism of deal with Tunisia.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia president dismisses Najla Bouden, appoints new prime minister

Kais Saied chose Ahmed al-Hachani to deal with the ‘great challenges’ facing the cash-strapped North African country.

Al Jazeera

The EU’s fear of migration is back – but a squalid deal with Tunisia is no way to tackle it

Europe needs a humane, pragmatic strategy, not this tried-and-failed tactic of doling out cash to authoritarian regimes, says Nathalie Tocci

The Guardian - UK

'God willing, we will meet again in Libya.' A migrant family's tale shows chaos at Tunisian border

A Cameroonian man who survived the desert crossing between Tunisia and Libya says his wife and daughter died and are the migrants that appear in a graphic photo widely shared on social media

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The Week

EU-Tunisia agreement: a ‘dangerous’ deal to curb migration?

With irregular migration to Europe at a seven-year high, exacerbating a problem that is destabilising the bloc, Brussels is renewing its efforts to close off the sea route from North Africa, said Vivian Yee in The New York Times.

France 24

Tunisia marks two years since Kais Saied suspended parliament

Two years after Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament and extended his executive powers, our correspondents report on where the situation currently stands. Also in this edition: Zimbabwe is gearing up for an election in one month's time, but rising inflation could affect the way the vote goes and upset…

Al Jazeera

Tunisia protest marks two years since president’s power grab

Opposition has kept up its demonstrations against what it calls a ‘coup’ against Tunisia’s democracy.

France 24

Ghana's former sanitation minister arrested in corruption probe

A former government minister is investigated for corruption in Ghana. The inquiry comes after Cecilia Abena Dapaah reported her housekeeper for stealing a large sum of money, but prosecutors want to know where the money came from. Also in this edition: at least 30 people have been killed by a…

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The Independent UK

Rights activists fear Tunisia deal will be model for bartering EU money for migrants' lives

Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism amid the fears of European leaders who are trying to stanch the numbers of people arriving at their shores

Al Jazeera

Despite EU-Tunisia deal, Black refugees pushed out ‘at gunpoint’

The EU has promised Tunisia $280m in aid. But on the country’s frontiers, refugees and migrants are still stranded.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia anti-fake news law criminalises free speech: Legal group

The International Commission of Jurists says that President Saied is shutting down space for free speech online.

WEKU

Up First briefing: Trump hearing; U.S-China climate talks; Taylor Swift breaks records

A pretrial hearing takes place today in Trump's classified documents case. U.S. climate envoy John Kerry is in China to revive climate change efforts. Taylor Swift breaks another Billboard record.

Al Jazeera

What is behind the EU-Tunisia deal on migration?

The crossing through the Central Mediterranean to the EU is the most active route this year, border agency Frontex says.

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia says it will not be ‘reception centre’ for returning migrants

North African country, which agreed €1bn deal with EU to stem irregular migration, says it will take back only Tunisians

Radio France Internationale

Tunisia and EU sign pact to fight illegal immigration

The European Union has signed a "strategic" pact with President Kais Saied to stem the flow of migration to Europe, as well as promoting economic development and renewable energy.

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