Tunisia
Tunisia mothers decry wave of 'arbitrary' arrests after unrest
At least 1,000 people, including many minors, have been arrested, human rights and other non-government groups told a news conference on Thursday.
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Locked-down Tunisia marks decade since dictator's fall
In past years, demonstrators have rallied to recall the momentous events that kicked off the wider Arab Spring revolts and to push for further change, but not this year as the world is battling the pandemic.
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Pandemic impact on Tunisia tourism 'catastrophic'
The sector, a major employer that accounts for 14% of the nation's GDP, was hit hard by restrictions imposed to stem the spread of the coronavirus.
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Tunisia's economy could shrink by as much as 7% this year
The number of unemployed people in Tunisia will increase by 275,000, according a government study in partnership with the United Nations, investment minister Slim Azzabi said.
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Tunisia relaxes curfew with virus outbreak slowing
President Kais Saied has cut the curfew hours to 11 pm to 5 am instead of 8 pm to 6 am, state news agency TAP reported, 10 days after the start of a gradual reopening of the bureaucracy and economy.
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Tunisia allocates $850 million to combat effects of coronavirus
Tunisia has confirmed 60 cases of the disease, which is expected to hit its tourism sector, which accounts for about 10% of gross domestic product.
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Tunisia herbalists cash in on coronavirus fear
In the heart of the old city, Tunisians continue flocking to the Souk el-Blat and its herbalist stalls, where flasks, powders and dried herbs are stacked high.
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Tunisia talks on cabinet press on amid risk of new election
The proposed government must be approved by the deeply fragmented parliament in two weeks or there will be a new election.
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ANALYSIS: Why aren’t today’s protests leading to revolutions?
People get angry far more often than they rebel. And rebellions rarely become revolutions. An expert on the French Revolution explains why today's protest movements are different.
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Saied elected Tunisian president by 72.71%: commission
Saied garnered 2.7 million votes against one million received by his rival business tycoon Nabil Karoui in Sunday's runoff, the commission said.
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Saied, set to win Tunisia presidency, thanks 'young people for turning new page'
In a contest which reflected Tunisia's shifting post-revolution political landscape, Saied, an independent, scooped almost 77% of the vote, Wataniya television said.
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Media mogul, academic face off as Tunisians choose president
On Friday night, Karoui and law professor Kais Saied went head-to-head in a rare television debate, a last bid to woo voters.
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Tunisia's moderate Islamist party Ennahda to lead fractured new parliament
Though Ennahda came first, it has 17 fewer seats than it won in the last parliamentary election in 2014,.
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Tunisia elects lawmakers to tackle economy, disappointment after uprising
By 11:30 am, turnout across the country was only 6.85%, the electoral commission said, compared to 7.3% at the same stage of last month’s first-round presidential election, in which only 45% of registered voters cast ballots.
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Anti-establishment parties battle political elite in Tunisia election
Polling stations for the seven-million electorate were set to remain open until 6 pm, with preliminary official results scheduled for Wednesday.
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JEAN-JACQUES CORNISH: Thomas Cook’s hit on Tunisian tourism
Jean-Jacques Cornish says Tunisia’s hopes of reviving its tourism sector will be hindered by the collapse of travel firm Thomas Cook.
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Tunisia's ex-president Ben Ali dies: foreign ministry
"We had confirmation of his death 30 minutes ago," the ministry said, without giving further details. Ben Ali was 83
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Tunisians pick from varied line-up in unpredictable presidential vote
With no overwhelming frontrunner among the 26 candidates whose names appear on the ballot, the difference between losing and making a second-round run-off between the two with most votes could prove narrow.
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Tunisia gears up for presidential poll steeped in uncertainty
Twenty-six candidates are in the race, including the incumbent prime minister and a media magnate who was arrested just weeks before the polls, as well as a presidential hopeful put forth by an Islamist-inspired party.
