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Tunisian authorities escalate pre-election crackdown and arrest Islamists en masse

Dozens of members of Tunisia’s largest opposition party have been arrested this week ahead of the formal start this weekend of the campaign season for the country’s presidential election.

Rejected poll monitors accuse Tunisia’s election authorities of bias

UN rights chief urges voters to beware ‘strongman’ politicians who ‘throw glitter in our eyes’

Tunisia’s electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained

Tunisia’s president reshuffles Cabinet ahead of October election

Migrants in Tunisia ask for safe passage to Europe amid increasing anti-migration policies

In the coastal town of El Amra, Tunisia, migrants from sub-Saharan Africa are asking to be let go in order to reach Europe as tensions mount in the country over the government’s handling of the migrant crisis. Far from the main roads, in local olive groves, migrant encampments stand as testament to the struggles faced by the many dreaming of a better life in Europe.

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10,000 miles and 352 days later, a UK man reaches his goal of running the length of Africa

British man running length of Africa nears the finish line

41 dead in migrant shipwreck according to 4 survivors who set off from Tunisia

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Tunisia’s president replaces prime minister in the latest shakeup ahead of presidential election

Tunisia’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister and replaced him with another Cabinet member, the latest shakeup in the North African country ahead of the October presidential election.

Tunisian opposition figure Moussi is sentenced to prison amid crackdown ahead of October election

A potential presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison. It’s another setback to the country’s fledgling opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term in October’s election.

Tunisian President Saied files paperwork to run in October’s election

Tunisian President Kais Saied has filed the necessary paperwork to run in the presidential election in October.

Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term

Tunisian President Kais Saied is saying that he will run for a second term. The announcement has been long expected and was made while many of Saied’s potential opponents languish in prison on charges their attorneys have described as politicized.

Tunisian presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi barred from contesting elections for life

A Tunisian court has sentenced a presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison and banned him from contesting elections for life, in the latest move to stifle opponents of President Kais Saied in the upcoming October election which critics call a sham.

Tunisia’s opposition says politically motivated arrests and gag orders are chilling election efforts

Leading opposition parties in Tunisia say politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year.

Arrests, summonses of potential presidential candidates in Tunisia continue as election day nears

Potential presidential candidates in Tunisia are facing arrest or being summoned to appear in court as authorities clamp down on those planning to participate.

Tunisia sets elections for October. The increasingly authoritarian president hasn’t said he’ll run

Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term.

Stranded migrants confront violence and despair as Tunisia partners to keep them from Europe

Europe’s efforts to partner with neighboring countries to curb migration have resulted in thousands of migrants being stranded in Tunisia.

Xi pledges more Gaza aid and talks trade at summit with Arab leaders

Chinese President Xi Jinping is calling for the establishment of an independent Palestinian state and promising more humanitarian aid for people in Gaza.

Tunisia sentences journalists to a year in prison for criticizing the government

A Tunisian court has sentenced two TV and radio journalists to one year in prison for criticizing the government on their programs and on social networks.

Tunisians stage anti-migrant protest as the number of stranded in transit to Europe grows

Hundreds of anti-migrant protestors have marched through the streets of a Tunisian town where many migrants are living while waiting to try and travel by boat to Europe.

As crisis escalates in Tunisia, lawyers strike over arrested colleague they say was tortured

Lawyers in Tunisia took to the streets on Thursday to protest a string of recent arrests that have convulsed the country over the past week and provoked international outcry.

2 journalists in detention in Tunisia as authorities launch wave of arrests against critics

Two Tunisian journalists are kept in pre-trial detention as authorities continued a wave of arrests targeting perceived critics of President Kais Saied’s government.

Tunisian lawyers call for strike over arrest of their colleague amid crackdown on dissent

Hooded police raided Tunisia’s bar association headquarters and arrested a lawyer as authorities escalated a broad government crackdown that’s ensnared political dissidents, non-governmental organizations and Black migrants.

Tent camps razed and activists arrested as Tunisia clamps down on migrants

Tensions in Tunisia have ratcheted up as demonstrators seeking better rights for migrants staged a sit-in before European Union headquarters, capping a week in which Tunisian authorities targeted migrant communities from the coast to the capital with arrests and the demolition of tent camps.

EU announces 1 billion euros in aid for Lebanon amid a surge in irregular migration

The European Union has announced an aid package for Lebanon of 1 billion euros — about $1.06 billion — that will mostly go to strengthening border control to halt the flow of asylum seekers and migrants from the small, crisis-wracked country across the Mediterranean Sea to Cyprus and Italy.

Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an official

A judge in Tunisia has sentenced a journalist and political commentator to six months in prison in the country’s latest assault on members of the media who criticize the government.

Italy’s leader keeps the focus on migration on her fourth visit to Tunisia in a year

Italy’s leader has acknowledged that Tunisia “cannot become the arrival point for migrants coming from the rest of Europe.”

Tunisia sentences 4 to death over pivotal 2013 assassination

A public prosecutor in Tunisia says four people have been sentenced to death and two to life in prison for the murder of a left-wing politician more than a decade ago.

Tunisian journalist accused of insulting a public official to face trial next month

A Tunisian journalist is being detained in the lead-up to his trial next month on charges that he insulted a public official.

Tunisia’s ex-president Moncef Marzouki sentenced to 8 years in absentia

A court in Tunisia has sentenced former president Moncef Marzouki to eight years in prison in absentia as part of the country’s crackdown on opponents of President Kais Saied.

Two daughters ran away to join Islamic State. Years later, their family’s story is an Oscar nominee

A documentary about a Tunisian family and the radicalization of two teenage daughters who joined the Islamic State group is up for one of the most prestigious film awards in the world.

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi joins group of imprisoned hunger strikers

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has begun a hunger strike in prison, joining other government critics striking to protest what they see as unjust incarceration.

After record year, Tunisia reports migrant deaths from shipwreck near Libyan waters

Tunisian coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, marking another tragedy as migrants continue to attempt to traverse the Mediterranean Sea to Europe.

13 people are dead and 27 missing after a boat carrying Sudanese migrants to Europe sank

Tunisian authorities say 13 Sudanese migrants died and 27 others are believed missing after their small metal boat sank off the Tunisian coast.

A Tunisian court extends the prison term for a one-time presidential candidate

A Tunisian corruption court that has targeted many government critics has tripled the prison sentence for a media mogul who ran against the president in an election in 2019.

Tunisian opposition party leader sentenced to 3 years as crackdown on president’s critics continues

The head of Tunisia’s largest opposition party has been sentenced to three years in prison. It’s the latest display of the North African country’s crackdown on critics of President Kais Saied.

Tunisia wants to borrow billions from its central bank to address deficits. Experts call that risky

Cash-strapped Tunisia wants to take the unprecedented step of borrowing billions from its central bank to address budget deficits and bandage its economic crisis.

A Holocaust survivor in Israel recalls that trauma through the lens of Oct. 7 attack

Holocaust survivor Gad Partok never thought he’d live to see horrors like the ones he witnessed as a young boy in Tunisia when Nazis invaded his town and killed many of his neighbors.