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  • FILE: Tunisian special forces stand guard in Ettadhamen city on 14 January 2018. Picture: AFP.

    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.

    1185 days ago
  • Tunisians carry flares and shout slogans against the government in Tunis, on 14 January 2018, during a demonstration over price hikes and austerity measures. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1192 days ago
  • Tunisian protesters throw stones towards security forces in Tunis' Djebel Lahmer district early on 10 January, 2018 after price hikes ignited protests in the North African country. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1195 days ago
  • Tunisian protesters throw stones towards security forces in Tunis' Djebel Lahmer district early on 10 January, 2018 after price hikes ignited protests in the North African country. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1195 days ago
  • Tunisian protesters clash with security forces in the town of Tebourba on 9 January 2018, following the funeral of a man who was killed the previous day in a demonstration over rising costs and government austerity. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1196 days ago
  • Tunisia flag. Picture: Supplied

    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.

    1197 days ago
  • FILE: Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed speaks during a meeting to present to parliament the outline of the 2018 budget on 21 November 2017 in Tunis. Picture: AFP

    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.

    1197 days ago
  • Tunisia flag. Picture: Supplied

    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.

    1197 days ago
  • Picture: @emirates/Twitter

    UAE to resume flights to Tunis, ending row over ban on women

    Tunisia’s transport ministry said an agreement had been reached after “contacts with the Emirati side at various levels”.

    1202 days ago
  • Picture: @emirates/Twitter

    Tunisia working with UAE on terrorist threat from female jihadist returnees

    Tunisia had demanded the UAE apologise for the travel ban and on Sunday it suspended the Dubai-based airline Emirates from operating at Tunis airport.

    1211 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: @emirates/Twitter.

    Dubai airline Emirates to stop flying to Tunisia

    Emirates said on Twitter it would stop its Dubai-Tunis connection from Monday following instructions from Tunisia.

    1212 days ago
  • The Tunisian flag. Picture: AFP

    Tunisia seen softening economic reforms to avoid unrest

    Tunisia has been praised as the only democratic success among the Arab Spring nations. But economic performance has lagged, with phosphate exports hit by strikes and tourism suffering from Islamist attacks.

    1233 days ago
  • FILE: The Italian rescue ship Vos Prudence run by NGO Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) arrives in the early morning of 14 July 2017, in the port of Salerno carrying migrants rescued from the Mediterranean sea. Picture: AFP.

    Smugglers offer new routes to Europe for jobless Tunisians

    Thousands have made the dangerous 300km journey between Libya and the Italian island of Lampedusa this year and hundreds more are thought to have died.

    1280 days ago
  • FILE: This handout picture taken on 3 May 2015 released by the Migrant Offshore Aid Station shows migrants aboard a wooden boat on the Mediterranean sea. Picture: AFP.

    Tunisian navy recovers 10 more bodies after boat collision

    Last Monday, the navy recovered eight bodies after the collision with the Tunisian navy boat 54 km off the southern coast, while 38 were rescued.

    1283 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com.

    Tunisia protesters ‘close’ second oil pump station

    protesters demanding jobs peacefully shut a pumping station at Faouar in southern Kebili province, according to reports.

    1430 days ago
  • Tunisia flag. Picture: Supplied

    Thousands of Tunisians march against corruption amnesty law

    For many critics the law is simply an amnesty for criminals and a way to rehabilitate Ben Ali allies back into Tunisian society

    1437 days ago
  • FILE: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi. Picture: AFP.

    Tunisian president orders army deployment to protect energy resources

    It is the first time troops in Tunisia will be deployed to protect industrial installations that are key to Tunisia’s economic output in response to demonstrations.

    1441 days ago
  • A member of the Tunisian security forces patrols the beach of the Riu Imperial Marhaba Hotel on the outskirts of Sousse south of the capital Tunis on 27 June 2015 in the aftermath of a shooting attack on the beach resort claimed by the Islamic State group. Picture: AFP.

    Security tops tourist concerns in holiday choice

    According to a research report, security is holidaymakers' main consideration when choosing a destination.

    1504 days ago
  • The broken front window is pictured of the truck that sped into a Christmas market in Berlin, on 19 December 2016. Picture: AFP.

    Germany releases Tunisian suspect in Berlin truck attack

    Investigators across Europe are trying to determine whether Anis Amri had any accomplices.

    1573 days ago
  • A handout portrait released by German Federal Police Office (BKA) showing two pictures of Tunisian man identified as Anis Amri, suspected of being involved in the Berlin Christmas market attack on December 19.  Picture: AFP

    Germany offers reward for Tunisian suspect in Berlin market attack

    Germany is offering a reward of up to €100,000 for information that leads to the arrest of Anis Amri.

    1581 days ago
  • FILE: Police walk before the truck that had sped into a Christmas market in Berlin, on 19 December, 2016, killing at least 12 people and injuring dozens more. Picture: AFP.

    German police seek Tunisian in hunt for Christmas market attacker

    The pre-Christmas carnage at a symbolic Berlin site has prompted security reviews across Europe, already on high alert.

    1581 days ago
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