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Hospitals, morgues and burial grounds under pressure, with more than 300 bodies found this year in just one regionAuthorities in Tunisia are considering building new cemeteries, as the country runs out of space to bury the dozens of refugees washing up…
Police close headquarters of main opposition coalition as fears mount party will be bannedTunisian authorities have banned meetings at all offices of the opposition Ennahda Islamist party and police have closed the headquarters of the Salvation Front …
Ennahdha party’s Rached Ghannouchi, 81, is at least the 20th person to be held in recent months in crackdown by Kais SaiedRached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Ennahda political party and one of the main opponents of the Tunisian president, Kais Saied, …
Nizar Issaoui, 35, died in hospital after protest against ‘police state’ running country, says brotherA professional footballer in Tunisia has died after setting himself alight earlier this week in what he called a protest against the “police state” ru…
Dozens of mostly sub-Saharan Africans have drowned in region in recent weeks trying to reach EuropeAt least 25 people have died after a boat carrying people from sub-Saharan Africa towards Europe sank off the coast of Tunisia.Fifteen bodies were discov…
Luigi Narbone discusses the value of an EU-MENA relationship, potential avenues to strengthen it, and the challenges it faces.
Latest incident comes amid sharp rise in numbers trying to leave crisis-hit north African countryAt least 20 people were missing on Saturday after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, amid a sharp rise in boats…
The European Union relies heavily on Tunisia to stem migration, giving its increasingly authoritarian president leverage in negotiations with the bloc.
Risk of unrest rises amid fourth dry year, poor grain harvest, weak economy and likely food subsidy cutsTunisia has introduced water rationing as the country suffers its fourth year of severe drought.The state water distribution company, Sonede, has al…
Migrant crackdown is prompting increasing number of people from sub-Saharan Africa to board boatsExplainer: why is Tunisia’s leader stoking hatred?On a recent afternoon in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax, as shoppers hurried around a market buying fo…