Showing posts with label Tunisia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Tunisia. Show all posts
Sunday, October 06, 2024

Tunisia’s Autocratic Leader Is Poised to Steamroll to Election Victory

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THE NEW YORK TIMES: President Kais Saied, who has jailed opponents and consolidated power, is almost certain to win Sunday’s election in the...
Wednesday, September 06, 2023

Record Numbers of Migrants Arriving in Europe | DW News

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Sep 4, 2023 | Sub-Saharan migration across the Mediterranean is on the rise. With Tunisia fast becoming the latest hotspot for departures, t...
Monday, July 31, 2023

Tunisian Unrest Grows amid Inflation, Migration, and Repression - BBC Newsnight

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Jul 31, 2023 | In Tunisia, galloping inflation, the pressures of trans-Saharan migration, and an increasingly repressive government, are str...
Friday, January 14, 2022

Secret Audio Sheds Light on Former Tunisian Dictator’s Final Hours - BBC News

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Jan 14, 2022 • Extraordinary recordings of what is believed to be Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali’s phone calls as he flew out of...
Thursday, July 29, 2021

Could Tunisia Fall under a New Dictatorship? | Inside Story

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Jul 27, 2021 • Tunisia is often called the only success story of the Arab Spring. But ten years on, its democracy is looking fragile. Presid...
Monday, July 26, 2021

Tunisia’s President Suspends Parliament and Fires Prime Minister

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President Kais Saied of Tunisia taking the oath of office in October 2019. He has been locked in a power struggle with the prime minister an...
Tuesday, January 19, 2021

Tunisia Protests: Hundreds Arrested as Clashes Continue

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BBC: Police in Tunisia say they have arrested more than 600 people as a fourth night of violent protests saw protesters return to the street...
Thursday, June 27, 2019

Tunisia: Twin Suicide Attacks Target Police

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Two suicide blasts rocked the Tunisian capital on Thursday, according to the country's interior ministry, killing at least one police o...
Tuesday, April 04, 2017

Tunisian Nightclub Shut Down over Muslim Call to Prayer Remix

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THE GUARDIAN: Owner held and English DJ apologises after playing recording at Orbit festival in north-east of country Tunisian authoritie...
Sunday, January 15, 2017

Protests Return to Tunisia as Trading Route Is Closed

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Tunisia is seeing a fresh wave of anti-government protests, six years after the country was the birthplace of the so-called Arab Spring, Tu...
Thursday, December 17, 2015

'I Started the Arab Spring. Now Death Is Everywhere, and Extremism Blooming'

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Tunisian municipal officer Faida Hamdy THE TELEGRAPH: Faida Hamdy confiscated a vegetable stall in Tunisia five years ago today. Neithe...
Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Tunisia: At least 12 Dead as Blast Targets Bus Carrying Presidential Guards

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A bus carrying the Tunisian presidential guards was hit by an explosion leaving at least 12 dead and around 16 injured in central Tunis, Tu...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Why Is ISIS Attacking During Ramadan? BBC News (June 2015)

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Maajid Nawaz from the Quilliam Foundation describes the reasons why ISIS may have decided to execute attack during the holy month of Ramada...
Thursday, July 09, 2015

Britons Told to Leave Tunisia amid Fears of a Fresh Terror Attack

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THE TELEGRAPH: Foreign Office has changed its travel advice for Tunisia warning against all but essential travel amid fears gunman Selfeddi...
Saturday, June 27, 2015

Tunisia Attack: Foreign Office Says 15 Britons Killed and Death Toll May Rise

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THE GUARDIAN: Prime minister earlier denounced ‘savage’ killings by Islamic State terrorist of at least 39 tourists Fifteen Britons have...

Tunisia Beach Attack: 80 'Propagandist' Mosques to Be Closed

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BBC AMERICA: Tunisia will shut down about 80 mosques accused of inciting violence, Prime Minister Habib Essid has said, after a beach attac...
Friday, June 26, 2015

Tunisia Attack on Sousse Beach 'Kills 28'

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BBC AMERICA: At least 28 people, mostly foreigners, have been killed in an attack on a beach near two tourist hotels in the Tunisian resort...
Friday, May 01, 2015

Tunisian Scholar Mohamed Talbi: The Quran Does Not Prohibit Alcohol, Prostitution, or Homosexuality

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Thursday, March 19, 2015

The Islamist Struggle Behind Tunisia's Suicide Bombings

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The Battle for Bizerte: The ongoing struggle between Tunisia's ultra-conservative Islamists and democratic Government

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Tunisian Authorities Arrest Nine People Following Wednesday's Deadly Museum Attack Tunisian authorities said Thursday that they arrest...