TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October without saying whether he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years at the head of the North African nation once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. President Kais Saied set Oct. 6 for […]
By David Lewis NAIROBI (Reuters) – Tunisian border guards have rounded up migrants and passed them to counterparts in Libya where they have faced forced labour, extortion, torture and killing, according to a confidential U.N. human rights briefing seen by Reuters. The two nations are vital partners in the European Union’s efforts to stem the […]
EL AMRA, Tunisia (AP) — For many migrants who’ve long dreamed of Europe, one of the last stops is an expanse of olive trees on North Africa’s Mediterranean coastline. But in Tunisia, less than 100 miles (161 kilometers) from the Italian islands that form the European Union’s outermost borders, for many that dream has become […]
Hundreds of Tunisians marched through the streets of Jebeniana to protest the presence of sub-Saharan migrants who have found themselves stranded as the country ramps up border patrol efforts. Anti-migrant anger is mounting in impoverished towns like Jebeniana along the Tunisian coastline that have emerged as a launchpad for thousands of people hoping to reach […]
A live television broadcast captured dramatic scenes when plain-clothed security forces entered the headquarters of Tunisia’s bar association to detain a lawyer on Saturday. Sonia Dahmani was wanted in connection with comments she had made earlier in the week about the situation in Tunisia. As her arrest took place people can be heard shouting: “Lawyers […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The bodies of 19 people were recovered Tuesday off the coast of Tunisia, one of the primary points of departure for those seeking to traverse the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. The Tunisian coast guard said in a statement that it had recovered the bodies near the port cities of Mahdia and […]
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Days after Tunisia’s president insisted that he remains unwilling to let Europe outsource migration problems to his country, Italy’s prime minister acknowledged Wednesday that the North African nation “cannot become the arrival point for migrants coming from the rest of Europe.” On her fourth visit to Tunisia in the past year, […]
A court in Tunisia has sentenced four people to death and two people to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of the prominent political leader Chokri Belaid in 2013. He was found shot dead in his car in the capital, Tunis, prompting outrage. The leftist politician had been a fierce critic […]
At least 13 Sudanese migrants have died and 27 others are missing after their boat sank off Tunisia’s coast, a Tunisian official has said. Only two people on board survived, while search operations were under way for those missing, he added. It is the latest disaster to hit migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean from […]