Tunisia News News Tunisia » People: Thousands gather to urge closure of Tunisia chemical plant
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in Gabes in southern Tunisia on Friday, calling for the closure of facilities at an ageing chemical factory blamed for hundreds of cases of poisoning. "The people ...
News Tunisia » People: The People Want to Breathe
The bus from Tunis to the south passes small towns and green fields, many stretching toward the Mediterranean Sea, which remains invisible. As we enter Gabès, around 400km south of the capital, the ...
News Tunisia » People: EU’s murderous refugee policy leads to 40 people drowning in boat disaster off Tunisia
The boat disaster off the Tunisian coast, in which at least 40 people, including small children, lost their lives, is not an accident but a crime. The EU and its member governments bear full ...
News Tunisia » People: At least 40 migrants die as boat sinks off Tunisia, about 30 rescued
A boat carrying about 70 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa sank off Tunisia’s coast near Mahdia on Wednesday, killing at least 40 people and prompting an investigation, authorities said.
News Tunisia » People: 40 migrants, including infants, die as boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 40 migrants, including children, have died after their boat sank off the coast of Tunisia, in one of the deadliest maritime disasters in the region this year, authorities say.
News Tunisia » People: 40 people, including children, killed after shipwreck off Tunisia; 30 rescued
Forty migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were found dead on Wednesday following a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia, while 30 others were rescued ...
News Tunisia » People: Tunisia's government clamps down on civil society
The authorities have suspended two of the country's most high-profile organizations. Dozens more are under investigation, accused of receiving foreign funding. President Kais Saied's increasingly ...
News Tunisia » People: Tunisia’s Gabes erupts in mass protests over deadly pollution; cries of ‘want to breathe’ fill streets
Hundreds protested in Tunis against environmental crisis from pollution linked to a chemical plant in Gabes, criticising government's inadequate response. Demonstrators demand the permanent closure of ...
News Tunisia » People: Forty migrants, including children, perish in Tunisia shipwreck
A shipwreck off Tunisia that claimed the lives of at least 40 African migrants has once again exposed the lethal risks of irregular sea crossings on routes to Europe, the UN migration agency said on ...
News Tunisia » People: In Tunisia, snails inch toward replacing red meat as people turn to cheaper protein
AKOUDA, Tunisia (AP) — In fields outside their hometown in central Tunisia, an increasing number of unemployed young men are seeking a new way to make a living, picking snails off of rocks and leaves ...
News Tunisia » People: Tunisia: "Bizerte bridge project will be ready for operation in mid-2027," Chinese ambassador announces
The new Bizerte bridge is considered one of the most important projects in Tunisia and a model project internationally ...