Tunisia

UN experts have this week raised concern about Tunisia's allegedly discriminatory treatment of sub-Saharan migrants, and urged the authorities to take urgent measures to stop collective expulsions and protect...

Human Rights Watch has said that the EU should suspend migration control funding to Tunisian security forces until a human rights impact assessment has been carried out. In July,...

The Tunisian Defence Ministry said on Tuesday it had received four T-6C training aircraft from the United States, as part of cooperation to renew its fleet of training aircraft...

Europe has been eager to encourage North African countries to work on limiting the number of migrants who reach Italy, Greece and Spain by sea

Libyan border guards say they have rescued migrants left in the desert without food or water, AFP reported over the weekend. Roughly 80 people were found in the town of Al-Assah,...

The general coordinator of the Swiss Initiative to Support Democracy in Tunisia has criticised President Kais Saied and his involvement with the Italian government led by right-wing Prime Minister...

The Tunisian coastguard said, on Thursday, it recovered the bodies of 13 sub-Saharan African migrants and rescued 25 after their boat sank en route for Italy, Reuters reports. The tragedy occurred off...

When Tarek Tookebry began raising funds to collect essential items for a humanitarian convoy to Tunisia's second city, Sfax – where black Africans are being increasingly attacked and deported...

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) has criticised the Ministry of Education's decision to expel 350 school principals and suspend the salaries of 17,000 teachers who were demanding an...

Tunisian President Kais Saied has called for an end to the "indecent assault and targeting of state apparatus" on social media, warning that activists could face prosecution. This came...

A consortium of Tunisian organisations and personalities yesterday called for the immediate release of "political detainees" detained on charges of "conspiring against state security". This came in a joint...

Tunisia has moved hundreds of migrants to shelters in two towns, a local rights group said on Tuesday, after criticism of conditions in a desolate Sahara military area on...

A human rights organisation yesterday called on the Tunisian government to intervene urgently to help dozens of migrants who were expelled from the city of Sfax, in the southeast of...

At least 10 Tunisian migrants were missing and one died after their boat sank off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, a judicial official said...

Pope Francis said on Saturday that it was a "shame" that irregular migrants trying to reach Europe for a safe and better life were dying at sea, reports Anadolu...

The Basic Education Union in Tunisia denounced the decision by the Minister of Education to dismiss 150 school principals from their positions, considering it a "targeting of union work."...

Tunisia's Ennahda Movement on Friday condemned the continued detention of its senior leader, former MP Sahbi Ateeq, after being acquitted of "trumped-up charges". Ateeq was detained on 13 May,...

Tunisia is under pressure from Europe to stop large numbers of migrants departing from its coasts.

The Tunisian Court of Appeal has postponed the hearing of requests demanding the release of detainees accused of "conspiracy against state security" to 13 July, Tunisian lawyer, Samir Dilo...

The Tunisian President's "corrective movement is in danger," the National People's Movement chief, Haikal Al-Makki, warned yesterday, calling the incumbent administration led by Najla Bouden a "failed government." Al-Makki...

Tunisia has removed hundreds of sub-Saharan African migrants to a desolate area along the border with Libya, a local rights group and a lawmaker said on Wednesday, with witnesses...

Tunisian Interior Minister Kamel Feki yesterday discussed the issue of irregular migration with his Italian counterpart Matteo Piantedosi, the Tunisian Interior Ministry said in a statement, Anadolu reported. The statement...

Clashes have erupted between local Tunisian citizens and irregular migrants from sub-Saharan Africa in Sfax. The centre of the city is congested and the issue of irregular migration has...

The Tunisian authorities announced on Sunday that they thwarted 65 irregular migration attempts and arrested 2,068 migrants who were trying to cross the Mediterranean during the Eid Al-Adha holiday...

Tunisian President Kais Saied followed his friend, the Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune's visit to Moscow, and the manner in which Russian President Vladimir Putin received him, which indicated much...

Tunisia faces a full-blown crisis in public finances that could destabilise the country with knock-on effects around the central Mediterranean region. European countries have offered about 1 billion Euros ($1.1 billion) in aid...

In February 2023, the Italian parliament passed a government decree establishing a code of conduct for NGO rescue ships, limiting their rescue operations in an effort to deter illegal immigration to Italy and limit it.

Algeria should release four people who have been held for over four months for allegedly helping an activist leave the country, Human Rights Watch, the Cairo Institute for Human...

A boat has capsized between Tunisia and Italy and 37 people including a newborn baby are missing, according to the International Organisation for Migration (IOM). The survivors are from...

Dozens of Arab and Muslim parliamentarians called on the Tunisian authorities to release detained parliamentarians, while calling on all parliamentarians in the world to stand behind their cause. In...

Hundreds of Tunisians yesterday participated in two demonstrations in the southern city of Sfax against the presence of irregular migrants in the city, Anadolu reported. The participants raised banners that read...

The BRICS group, comprising Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, continues to attract applications from numerous countries as it explores expansion opportunities, Anadolu Agency reports. Anadolu compiled the...