Tunisia News News Tunisia » People: Tunisia's army tries to force young people back to national service
After years of exemption, young Tunisians are being called back to service by the authorities, who are now taking legal action against those evading the draft. These recruitment efforts are part of a ...
News Tunisia » People: At least 23 people missing off Tunisia coast, authorities say
At least 23 people are missing off the Tunisian coast, local authorities have said, as search and rescue operations are under way. Tunisia’s National Guard said in a statement on Saturday that it had ...
News Tunisia » People: Dozens die in shipwrecks off Tunisia as 2025 is already deadly for migrants in Mediterranean
At least 27 people have died after two boats carrying migrants sunk off the coast of Tunisia on Wednesday, according to state broadcaster Tunisia TV. The vessels were carrying Africans from ...
News Tunisia » People: Olfa Hamdi Announces 2024 Presidential Campaign in Tunisia
“The Tunisian People deserve better and I announce my candidacy for the Presidency of the Republic of Tunisia,” says Hamdi. TUNIS, Tunisia, November 13, 2023 (Newswire.com) - In 2011, the Tunisian ...
News Tunisia » People: Joint Statement: Tunisia is Not a Place of Safety for People Rescued at Sea
In view of the rampant human rights violations against migrants, asylum seekers, and refugees in Tunisia, especially those who are Black; Tunisia’s lack of an asylum system; the Tunisian government’s ...
News Tunisia » People: Account of Abuse and Rape in Tunisia, the Story of a Cameroonian Migrant Woman
Before Christine attempted to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia, she lived with her four children and her husband, a Cameroonian soldier who was based in the city of Bamenda, capital of the ...
News Tunisia » People: Tunisia arrests people smuggler after 87 drowned
Tunisia on Friday arrested the main organiser of a migrant smuggling operation after at least 87 people drowned when their boat sank off the southern coast this month. The boat sank off Kerkenna ...
News Tunisia » People: In Tunisia, a dance show celebrates ‘people with all types of differences’
Dancers, singers and performers of varying levels of developmental and physical abilities, as well as refugees, migrants and LGBTQ people, were able to showcase their talents on stage in the Tunisian ...
News Tunisia » People: Tunisia sentences four people to death for 2013 assassination of politician
TUNIS (Reuters) -A Tunisian court on Wednesday sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges of participating in the murder of prominent political leader Chokri Belaid 11 years ...
News Tunisia » People: Tunisia: What has Kais Saied achieved economically in seven years?
Rising prices, unemployment and public debt test Saied’s economic promises.