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Ursula von der Leyen says €900m will be macrofinancial assistance while €105m will help combat people-smugglingThe European Union is considering more than €1bn in aid for Tunisia to rescue state finances and deal with a migration crisis, the EU Commiss…
Daughters of Rached Ghannouchi and Said Ferjani demand justice amid continuing crackdown on dissent by President SaiedFamilies of detained Tunisian opposition politicians filed a case at the African court on human and peoples’ rights in Arusha, Tanzani…
International academics join effort to highlight crackdown on freedom after jailing of opposition leader, Rached Ghannouchi European powers must stand by pro-democracy Tunisians resisting a fierce onslaught designed to take the country back to the da…
Union says increased sentence against Khalifa Guesmi under anti-terrorism law represents ‘dangerous authoritarian drift’A Tunisian appeals court has sentenced a radio journalist to five years in prison for disclosing information about the country’s sec…
Attacker reportedly first shot dead colleague and stole ammunition before heading towards synagogueA police officer killed three other police and two visitors near Africa’s oldest synagogue, the Tunisian government has said, amid an annual pilgrimage t…
Tunisian democracy is dying. If there was ever any doubt, the last few months have revealed to all that President Kais Saied’s moves on July 25, 2021, were a coup d’état. Saied has seized all powers, arrested journalists and dissidents of all stripes, and incited violence against migrants and black Tunisians. Tunisia is no longer…
Hicham Alaoui discusses recent events in Tunisia and outlines the concept of pacted democratisation and how it applies to political transitions in the MENA region.
The country is poised for a triumphant return this month at the league’s next summit — perhaps represented by President Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian leader accused of committing war crimes against his own people.
People who sought route to Europe before fighting erupted in Khartoum speak of police brutality, torture and homelessnessEver since fighting erupted in his home town of Nyala, the state capital of South Darfur in Sudan, in mid-April, Khaled’s mobile ph…