Business Tunisia to return illegally imported waste to Italy Tunis – Tunisia will return more than 280 containers of waste illegally imported from Italy in 2020, the north African... Read more 15 Feb, 2022
Countries Tunisia’s Saied extends powers over judiciary Tunis – Thousands of Tunisians protested on Sunday, hours after President Kais Saied officially replaced a judicial watchdog and gave... Read more 13 Feb, 2022
Countries Tunisian judges strike after president scraps watchdog Tunis – Tunisian judges on Wednesday started a widely observed nationwide strike, days after President Kais Saied announced he would... Read more 10 Feb, 2022
Countries HRW slams Tunisia’s ‘secret detentions’ under state of emergency Tunis – Tunisian authorities are using emergency laws to place people in “secret detention”, Human Rights Watch said on Wednesday,... Read more 9 Feb, 2022
Countries Tunisia must restore judicial watchdog, say UN, Western envoys Tunis – Western envoys to Tunisia and the UN rights chief urged President Kais Saied on Tuesday to restore... Read more 8 Feb, 2022
Countries Tunisia police blockade dissolved judicial watchdog Tunis – Tunisian police on Monday blocked access to the country’s top judicial watchdog in a move its chief... Read more 8 Feb, 2022
Countries Tunisia arrests woman suspected of planning attack Tunis – Tunisia’s interior ministry said on Friday it had foiled a “terrorist” attack, with the arrest of a woman... Read more 29 Jan, 2022
Business Morocco tourism workers protest against border closure Rabat – Workers in Morocco’s vital tourism sector protested for the second time this month on Wednesday to denounce a... Read more 27 Jan, 2022
Countries Key ally of Tunisia president quits post Tunis – Tunisian President Kais Saied’s chief of staff announced on Monday she would quit her post, six months after... Read more 25 Jan, 2022
Countries Shipwreck leaves 4 Tunisia migrants dead, 7 missing, authorities say Tunis – Four Tunisians, including a young girl, died and seven others are missing after a boat carrying migrants sank... Read more 21 Jan, 2022