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Tunisians Snub Poll on Reforms as Economic Crisis Bites

Tunisian President Kais Saied, who last year grabbed power in what critics labelled a coup, has now asked voters for their political views -- but days before the online poll closes, fewer than six percent had taken part. Most people in the small North African country are more concerned with…

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Police Break Up Militant Cell in Tunisia's Tataouine

Police have broken up a militant cell linked to ISIS in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine, the interior ministry said on Wednesday. Police said the cell was planning attacks with explosives and trying to recruit young people, according to the ministry statement. In November, police shot and wounded an…

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Thousands Protest against Tunisian President on Sunday

Thousands of supporters of the Free Constitutional Party protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied for his march towards one-man rule and failure to avert an economic crisis. The protest is the biggest by the party since Saied seized executive power last summer, according to Reuters. "Saied you are going…

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Tunisian protest shows widening opposition to president's one-man rule

Thousands of supporters of a hardline secularist Tunisian party protested on Sunday against President Kais Saied for his march towards one-man rule and failure to avert an economic crisis, showing the increasingly broad opposition to his actions.

Reuters

Hundreds of Tunisians stranded in Ukraine return home safely

Vast majority of Tunisians caught in Russia-Ukraine war have evacuated, and others await flights back as fighting rages.

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Tunisia Records More than 28,000 COVID Deaths

Tunisia registered up to 28,000 coronavirus-related deaths and slightly over 1 million infections since the pandemic began two years ago, the Health Ministry reported on Thursday. The Ministry said five COVID-19 deaths and 540 infections were reported on March 8, raising the caseload to 1,018,447 and death toll to 28,009.

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Tunisian questionnaire on constitution is met with a nationwide shrug

As Tunisia's president prepares to rewrite the constitution after dismissing parliament last year and ruling by decree, he has called for citizens' input by setting up a voluntary multiple-choice questionnaire online.

Reuters

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Tunisia’s Ennahda Party Says Its Senior Official Bhairi Released from House Arrest

Tunisia's moderate Islamist Ennahda party said on Facebook that its senior official, Noureddine Bhairi, was freed from house arrest early on Tuesday. The Tunisian Interior Ministry had lifted the house arrest order against Bhairi, the state news agency (TAP) reported late on Monday. Bhairi was placed under house arrest due…

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Tunisia Investigates Alleged Forced Recruitment of its Nationals in Ukraine War

Tunisia is investigating press reports claiming that a number of its nationals held in Ukrainian prisons were forcibly recruited to join the fighting against Russia in the Ukraine war, a source in the Tunisian Foreign Ministry said Monday. “Tunisian authorities contacted Ukrainian ambassador in Tunisia (Volodymyr Khomanets) to request information…

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Tunisian President Appoints Members of New Top Judicial Council

Tunisia's president on Monday appointed a temporary replacement for the country's top judicial council, a body he dissolved last month in what his opponents called a move to consolidate his power. President Kais Saied seized executive authority last year and last month broke up the top supreme judicial council which…

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Tunisian president appoints members of temporary supreme judicial council

Tunisian president Kais Saied appointed on Monday members of a temporary supreme judicial council, a presidency statement said, after he last month dissolved the council, one of the last remaining institutions in the country able to work independently of him.

Reuters

Tunisia Foils Terrorist Attack, Woman Arrested

Tunisia's interior ministry said on Saturday that security forces had foiled a planned terrorist attack and arrested a female militant suspected of involvement. In a statement, the ministry said investigators believed the woman had planned to kidnap the children of some members of the security forces and the military to…

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Expert Simon Calder answers your questions about international travel

From Tunisia’s must-sees to how Brexit is really affecting travel as things open up, The Independent’s travel correspondent takes reader questions

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Tunisian President, Saudi Interior Minister Discuss Security Cooperation

Tunisian President Kais Saied received in Tunis on Tuesday Saudi Interior Minister Prince Abdulaziz bin Saud bin Naif. Talks focused on bilateral relations and the ongoing security cooperation between Riyadh and Tunis. Prince Abdulaziz conveyed the greetings of Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz and Crown…

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Tunisia Issues 380 Verdicts in 'Electoral' Crimes

Tunisia's Court of Accounts issued more than 370 preliminary rulings subject to appeal against some parliamentary candidates in cases related the 2019 elections, announced judge Fadela Karkouri. Karkouri said the defendants were found guilty of committing electoral crimes, denying issuing an appeal in these cases. Recent reports claimed the Court…

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Six wild rail adventures just 48 hours away from the UK by train

You can still visit glaciers and coral reefs, and see active volcanoes or wolves without getting on a plane. The journey from the UK is all part of the fun …

Reuters

Tunisia's Saied will bar foreign funding for civil society

Tunisia's President Kais Saied said on Thursday he will outlaw foreign funding for civil society organisations as he tries to remake the country's politics after establishing one-man rule.

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Tunisia Withdraws ‘Death on the Nile’ over Israeli Actress

Tunisia has withdrawn from cinemas a new Agatha Christie adaptation starring Israeli actress Gal Gadot, following protests over "normalization" with the Jewish state, officials said Wednesday. British director Kenneth Branagh's "Death on the Nile", already banned in Kuwait and Lebanon for the same reason, will no longer be shown in…

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IMF Reports ‘Good Progress’ in Tunisia Talks

The International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday it had made "good progress" in talks with Tunisia ultimately aimed at a possible rescue package to avert what economists fear is a rapidly looming crisis in the country's public finances. The fund on Tuesday completed a week of online meetings with Tunisian…

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IMF Calls for Structural Economic Reforms in Tunisia

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) mission concluded virtual talks on Tunisia by calling on the authorities to implement structural economic reforms. Tunisian sources reported that the Fund stressed the need to reduce subsidies on essential goods such as petrol and staple foods, adding that state resources should be invested in…

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Italian mayor decries waste dump plan after Tunisia returns illegal rubbish

More than 200 containers of waste were sent back to Italy from Tunisia on Sunday after a two-year feud

France 24

Tunisian NGOs triumph in David-vs-Goliath toxic waste battle with Italy

Tunisia was victorious this weekend in a protracted David versus Goliath rubbish battle against Italy. On Saturday, a consignment of 7,900 tonnes of toxic waste illegally sent by Italy to Tunisia was sent back where it came from after an almost two-year legal wrangle spearheaded by small local environmental NGOs.

Tribune News Service

Fears of a lurch to dictatorship blight Arab Spring’s last hope

TV talk-show host Amer Ayad was expecting a backlash after he used his platform to portray Tunisia’s president as an aspiring dictator. But even he was stunned by its severity.

Reuters

Tunisia's powerful labour union re-elects leader

Tunisia's powerful UGTT labour union on Saturday re-elected Noureddine Taboubi as its leader as it approaches a critical national turning point in which it may play a pivotal role.

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Tunisia’s General Union of Workers Re-Elects Leader

Tunisia's powerful UGTT labor union on Saturday re-elected Noureddine Taboubi as its leader as it approaches a critical national turning point in which it may play a pivotal role. Taboubi, who has been UGTT leader for five years, has taken a cautious stance during the turbulent months since President Kais…

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