The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

Thousands protest in Tunis, accusing President Saied of a power grab and demanding accountability for economic crisis.

Two rival Tunisian opposition groups staged one of the biggest days of protest so far against President Kais Saied on Saturday, denouncing his moves to consolidate political power as public anger grows over fuel and food shortages. Thousands of supporters from the Islamist Ennahda party and the Free Constitutional Party…

For days, drivers in Tunisia have faced long queues at petrol stations due to fuel shortages. And Lesotho's election winner Sam Matekane has announced a new coalition government. Finally, developing countries call for more funding for the programme that allows crucial grain and food to be safely exported out ofports…

Frustrated motorists queued in long lines outside Tunisian petrol stations on Tuesday even after the energy minister had said a shortage would end on Monday with a new delivery of fuel.

Tunisians face soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples, threatening to turn discontent in the North African country — the cradle of the Arab Spring protests — into larger turmoil.

Tunisians have been hit with soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples in recent weeks

Tunisian fishermen recovered on Monday the bodies of eight migrants off the coast of the southern town of Zarzis, whose boat is likely to have sunk at the end of last month, a Red Crescent official said. Families of the missing have been protesting since last week in Zarzis, saying…

Tunisia only has enough petrol to last a week, a senior official in the labor union said on Monday, but the energy minister said a new tanker was unloading and that big queues at fuel stations had been caused by a rush of consumers hoarding supply. Long lines of cars…

Tunisian coastguards face a flimsy craft packed with migrants who keep trying to fulfil their dream of reaching Europe. "This is your final warning: stop!" an officer shouts. Some two dozen migrants, wearing inflated inner tubes as makeshift life preservers, look downcast as they realize the game is up. But…