Tunisia Archives

Several dozen supporters of the detainees protested outside the Tunis courthouse

World

Tunisia should release critics of president: Amnesty

Tunisian authorities should release detainees arrested on “unfounded accusations of conspiracy” and drop their criminal investigation mostly targeting political opponents of President Kais Saied,...

AFPMarch 30, 2023

Tunisian police block the entrance to parliament as the new assembly holds its first session in Tunis

World

Tunisia swears in new defanged parliament

Tunisia on Monday inaugurated a new parliament largely stripped of its powers, after a vote that saw a paltry turnout amid boycotts following President...

AFPMarch 13, 2023

Saadia Mosbah, who heads the anti-racism campaign group Mnemty, visits a camp housing sub-Saharan African migrants in Tunis on March 7

World

Black Tunisians hit by racism after anti-migrant rhetoric

Like many black Tunisians, 26-year-old Nebras Magnnah has been fearful since waves of racist attacks targeting sub-Saharan African migrants were unleashed after incendiary remarks...

AFPMarch 11, 2023

Many migrants are still living rough in Tunis

World

14 migrants drown off Tunisia after wave of racist violence

Fourteen people from sub-Saharan Africa drowned in the Mediterranean, authorities said Thursday in Tunisia, where black migrants have faced a wave of violence since...

AFPMarch 9, 2023

Tunisia is stuck in a grinding economic crisis that has seen inflation hit 10.4 percent and unemployment reach 15.2 percent

Business

What next after World Bank pauses Tunisia partnership over racism row?

The World Bank has effectively suspended new lending to cash-strapped Tunisia after President Kais Saied sparked accusations of racism with incendiary comments against sub-Saharan...

AFPMarch 7, 2023

Rights activists have blamed mounting violence against migrants on a controversial speech by Tunisian President Kais Saied

World

World Bank halts Tunisia program over president’s migrant remarks

The World Bank is pausing talks over its future engagement with Tunisia following anti-immigrant comments made by the country’s president, Kais Saied, according to...

AFPMarch 6, 2023

Fearful Ivorians camp outside their country's embassy in Tunis desperate to be repatriated following a wave of attacks targeting sub-Saharan migrants in the North African country

World

Hundreds of fearful sub-Saharan migrants flee Tunisia

Around 300 nationals of Ivory Coast and Mali were to be flown home from Tunisia on Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence against sub-Saharan...

AFPMarch 3, 2023

Thousands of demonstrators in Tunisia's second city Sfax listen to a speech by European Trade Union Confederation chief Esther Lynch, that prompted authorities to order her expulsion

World

Tunisia’s Saied expels Europe’s top trade unionist for ‘interference’

Tunisian President Kais Saied ordered the expulsion Saturday of Europe’s top trade union official for “blatant interference” in the country’s affairs, the latest escalation...

AFPFebruary 18, 2023