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Four dead, 51 missing after migrant ship sinks off Tunisian coast
TUNIS (Reuters) -At least four migrants died and 51 were missing after a migrant ship sank off Tunisia’s Kerkennah island, a judicial official told Reuters on Sunday, adding that all the migrants…
Tunisian journalists fear erosion of press freedom
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Since taking a lead role in criticizing Tunisia’s increasingly powerful president, prominent journalist Mohamed Boughalleb has been out of work, part of what he and press…
Tunisian judge investigating opposition leader over radio interview
By Tarek Amara TUNIS (Reuters) – Ghazi Chaouachi, head of a Tunisian opposition party and prominent critic of President Kais Saied, will be questioned by a judge on Thursday over a radio…
Tunisian journalists denounce president’s law on prison terms for false information
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Friday decreed a law imposing prison terms for spreading false information or rumours online, a move immediately denounced by the main journalists’ union as an assault…
Guests call out burkini ban at Tunisian hotels as discriminatory
By Layli Foroudi (Reuters) – On the second day of her stay at the Marriott Hotel in Sousse, Jannette Mensi waded into the swimming pool only to be told by hotel staff…
U.S. voices concern over Tunisian democracy
TUNIS – The United States raised concerns over Tunisia’s democracy on Thursday after President Kais Saied introduced a new constitution giving himself far more powers, but the broad reaction among Western democracies…
An old political prisoner warns against new Tunisian constitution
By Tarek Amara and Angus McDowall TUNIS – Hamma al-Hammami knows the peril Tunisia risks if it slides back into autocracy, as he and opposition parties warn it may do if President…
Factbox-Signs of a Tunisian economy in trouble
TUNIS – Public finances are under strain and prices are soaring in Tunisia, presenting big economic challenges to President Kais Saied as he plans to overhaul the political system in a constitutional…
Tunisian president slams Venice Commission over report on constitutional referendum
By Tarek Amara TUNIS – Tunisian President Kais Saied threatened on Monday to suspend the country’s membership of the Venice Commission and expel its representatives, after it published a report criticising his…
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