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Nine police killed in attack in western Tunisia -state news agency
Militants present in rural parts of Tunisia occasionally target security forces, but Sunday’s toll was the highest since 2015, a year in which Islamist militants carried out three major attacks.
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Tunisia arrests people smuggler after 87 drowned
The boat sank off Kerkenna island from where it had set out; dozens of people were rescued by the coastguard.
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[OPINION] World Cup a chance to talk about African identities and unity
The football world cup offers a useful chance to consider the apparent division between North and sub-Saharan Africa.
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[LISTEN] #WorldCup Tunisia: Joy & despair
In 1978, Tunisia became the first African nation to win a game in a Fifa World Cup. Since then, the Carthage Eagles have struggled to have any impact in world football's major showpiece.
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[ANALYSIS] Meet the 5 teams hoping to change Africa’s World Cup story
Africa has always promised a great deal in the international showcase but delivered very little at the football World Cup.
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Death toll in Tunisian migrant ship accident rises to 60 - IOM
The boat went down near the southern island of Kerkenna, overnight on Sunday. The victims were Tunisians as well as other nationalities, Tunisian authorities said.
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Death toll in Tunisian migrants boat accident rises to 48
The boat went down near the southern island of Kerkenna, a tourist spot, in the night to Sunday, the defense ministry said in a statement.
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Death toll in Tunisian migrant ship accident rises to 46 - defence ministry
Human traffickers increasingly use Tunisia as a launch pad for migrants heading to Europe as Libya’s coast guard, aided by armed groups, has tightened controls.
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Tunisia's PM accuses president's son of destroying ruling party
The president’s son, Hafedh Caid Essebsi, who is the leader of Nidaa Tounes, had called for the prime minister’s dismissal because of his government’s failure to revive the economy.
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Portugal stumble, France impress in World Cup warm-ups
Portugal was without captain Cristiano Ronaldo after he won the Champions League with Real Madrid on Saturday.
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Tunisia name preliminary squad for World Cup
Taha Yassine Khenissi became the latest injury casualty for Tunisia when the striker’s absence from the 2018 World Cup was confirmed by his omission from a 29-man preliminary squad named by coach Nabil Maaloul.
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Tunisians vote in first free municipal elections
Tunisia has been hailed as the only democratic success of the Arab Spring because it toppled a long-serving autocrat, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, in 2011, without triggering major violence.
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Macron: France will double investment in Tunisia over 5 years
French President Emmanuel Macron has paid tribute to Tunisia’s 2011 uprising and its efforts to build a democratic system.
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Tunisia forces kill the new leader of local branch of al-Qaeda
Security forces killed Bilel Kobi, the top aide to Abu Musab Abdul Wadud, in an ambush near the Algerian border when he was on a mission to reorganize AQIM’s Tunisian branch following Tunisian air strikes, security forces said on Saturday.
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Hundreds attend anti-austerity protests in Tunis amid heavy police presence
Protests erupted last Monday in several towns and cities across Tunisia, triggered by tax and price hikes imposed on 1 January as the government seeks to reduce a budget deficit.
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Tunisia deploys army in several cities as violent protests intensify
Uprisings in 2011 and two major militant attacks in 2015 damaged foreign investment and tourism, which accounts for 8% of Tunisia’s economic activity.
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Protests hit Tunisia for 3rd night as PM warns of clampdown
Police fired teargas to disperse crowds in Tunis and in Tebourba, a small town nearby where one protestor was killed in Monday, witnesses said.
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Tunisian Jewish school attacked as anti-government protests rage elsewhere
Petrol bombs thrown at the school on the tourist resort island of Djerba, home to an ancient Jewish community, caused some damage but no injuries, a source said.
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Tunisian government says economic struggles will end amidst tax protests
Tunisians have been battling for the past seven years since the ousting of authoritarian president Ben Ali signalled the start of the so-called Arab Spring.
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Tunisia's PM seeks to calm protests, promises end to economic hardship
On Monday, protests erupted in more than 10 towns across Tunisia against price and tax increases imposed by the government to reduce a ballooning deficit and an economic crisis.
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Tunisian protester killed in clashes with police over price hikes, unemployment
A man was killed during a protest against government austerity measures in Tebourba, 40 km west of Tunis, the interior ministry said in a statement.
