Tag: Tunisia

Daily news – February 9, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Brookings, East Asia Forum, Global Times, Key4Biz, Reuters, RFE RL, The Jamestown Foundation, ThinkChina, US Department of State  AFRICA The criticality of...

Daily news – February 8, 2022

News from: Al Jazeera, Astana Times, Atlantic Council, Brookings, Bruegel, Chatham House, CSIS, Defense News, Defense One, East Asia Forum, Foundation for Defense of...

Tunisian dies after protesting President Saied’s moves (Al Jazeera)

A Tunisian man has died of wounds he sustained during a crackdown by security forces on anti-government protesters during a demonstration last week. Rhida Bouziane,...

Tunisia police use water cannon on hundreds of protesters (Al Jazeera)

The Tunisian police have used water cannon to disperse hundreds of protesters trying to reach central Tunis to demonstrate against the president in defiance...

UN raps Tunisia over arrest of ex-justice minister (Al Jazeera)

The United Nations has expressed concern about human rights abuses in Tunisia and demanded that a former justice minister held in a clampdown on...

Tunisian press syndicate says state TV bars political parties (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian state television has barred all political parties from entering its buildings or taking part in talk shows in a serious setback for press...

Judiciary officials linked to criminal gangs: Tunisia president (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian President Kais Saied has condemned senior officials in the judiciary and accused them of being linked to what he described as “criminal gangs”. In...

Tunisia: Calls mount for release of detained Ennahdha official (Al Jazeera)

Appeals have mounted for word on the whereabouts of detained Tunisian politician Noureddine Bhiri, a leader of the Ennahdha party, the largest in the North African...

Tunisia launches national consultation on reforms (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia has launched a wide-ranging national consultation process that will help in drafting a new constitution, the North African country’s technology ministry said. Part of...

Tunisia’s Ennahdha party says senior official detained (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia’s Ennahdha says security forces have detained a senior party official, denouncing what it described as an illegitimate attempt to silence political opposition in...

Di Maio’s visit to Tunisia and Italy’s role to play (Emanuele Rossi, Decode 39)

The Italian Foreign Minister travelled to Tunis for institutional meetings with “a strategic partner of Italy”, as President Fassino defined the North African country....

Hundreds protest in Tunisia on anniversary of revolution (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian demonstrators have rallied for and against President Kais Saied as the crisis-hit country marked the anniversary of a revolution that sparked the 2011...

Will Saied’s roadmap end the Tunisian crisis? (Emanuele Rossi, Decode 39)

President Saied outlines the way out of the institutional crisis - a constitutional referendum and then elections -, but the process is designed around...

Western states ask Tunisia to return to ‘democratic institutions’ (Al Jazeera)

The envoys of seven Western countries plus the European Union urged Tunisia on Friday to respect “fundamental freedoms” and set a timeline for a...

Tunisia’s UGTT union calls for early polls in absence of plan (Al Jazeera)

Tunisia’s powerful UGTT union has called for early elections, saying it was concerned for the country’s democratic gains because of the president’s reluctance to...

Tunisian labour union opposes parliament return, urges elections (Al Jazeera)

The secretary-general of Tunisia’s powerful General Labour Union (UGTT) has said the country’s suspended parliament should not be reinstated after President Kais Saied seized...