Tag: Tunisia
Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the opposition Ennahda party, arrested
Former President of the Tunisian Parliament, Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of the Islamist party Ennahdha, has been in the crosshairs of power for several months. He was arrested on the…
Migrants: NGOs call on the EU to end its collaboration with Tunisia
Several dozen NGOs, including Avocats sans frontières, the Tunisian League for Human Rights and Open Arms, have signed a joint statement in which they consider that Tunisia is now a…
The 2023 Cannes Film Festival invites “the new generation” of African directors
The presence of five African films in the official selection, including two in the running for the Palme d’Or, is the big surprise of the 2023 edition of the largest…
A first in 11 years! Syria reopens its embassy in Tunisia
The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that the Assad regime in Syria has decided to open an embassy in the capital, Tunisia. The Tunisian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has…
In Tunis, the dismantling of a migrant camp in front of the IOM headquarters goes wrong
This Tuesday, April 11, the Tunisian police tried to dislodge dozens of migrants from the surroundings of the premises of the High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in Tunis. Nigeriens, Sudanese,…
The ambiguous position of Tunis against the IMF
While President Kaïs Saïed announced that his country would not bend to the dictates of the International Monetary Fund, his Minister of Economy and the Governor of the Tunisian Central…
20 migrants are missing off the coast of Tunisia
These are migrants from African countries south of the Sahara. – There were 37 people on board the vessel when it left the coast of Tunisia and then sank on…
shipwreck survivors ready to go back to sea
In Tunisia, shipwrecks of irregular boats have increased in recent weeks. Twenty-nine migrants died in three different shipwrecks last week, more than 132 have disappeared since the beginning of January…
Water rationing is introduced in Tunisia
Published: Less than 10 min ago fullscreen Water rationing for, among other things, artificial irrigation is being introduced in Tunisia. Archive image. Photo: Joakim Rådström/TT Tunisia faces severe restrictions on…
Water rationing is introduced in Tunisia
The decision is partly because water reservoirs are already at a very low level, according to the Department of Agriculture Artificial irrigation, street cleaning and car washing with tap water…