Tunisia
Woman blows herself up in Tunis, wounding 15 people including 10 police officers
Middle East
October 30, 2018
Woman blows herself up in Tunis, wounding 15 people including 10 police officers
TUNIS (Reuters) – A woman blew herself up in the center of the Tunisian capital on Monday, wounding 15 people…
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
Middle East
October 29, 2018
Pasta and petrol: smuggling crackdown stirs dissent in Tunisia’s south
REMADA, Tunisia (Reuters) – Tunisian Zubair Abdel-Moula lost his work selling smuggled fuel on the streets of a poor southern…
Fishers’ families call on Egypt’s Foreign Ministry to release detainees in Tunisia
Egypt
October 9, 2018
Fishers’ families call on Egypt’s Foreign Ministry to release detainees in Tunisia
Families of 14 Egyptians called on Egypt’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs to release their detained sons in Tunisia’s Sfax…
Tunisia reforms face fresh strain after president ends Islamist tie-up
Middle East
September 25, 2018
Tunisia reforms face fresh strain after president ends Islamist tie-up
TUNIS (Reuters) – Efforts to rescue Tunisia’s ailing economy face the prospect of fresh turmoil after the president declared…
Fighting resumes in Libyan capital, causes mass power outage
Middle East
September 18, 2018
Fighting resumes in Libyan capital, causes mass power outage
CAIRO (AP) — Libyan authorities say fighting between rival militias in the capital of Tripoli has flared up again,…
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, at least five dead
Middle East
August 23, 2018
Migrant boat sinks off Tunisia, at least five dead
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s coast guard said it recovered the bodies of five migrants on Thursday whose boat sank as…
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions
Middle East
August 14, 2018
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Monday proposed giving women equal inheritance rights despite protests from thousands of people objecting…
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
Middle East
August 1, 2018
Tunisia allows boat with migrants to dock after leaving it stranded for two weeks
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia has agreed to accept a boat carrying around 40 African migrants stranded for two weeks off…
Tunisian airport workers call off strike
Middle East
July 31, 2018
Tunisian airport workers call off strike
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian airport employees have called off a strike slated to take place this week after a deal…
Tunisian airport workers threaten strike in tourist high season
Middle East
July 30, 2018
Tunisian airport workers threaten strike in tourist high season
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian airport employees plan to strike on Wednesday and Thursday, disrupting the reviving tourist trade, unless the…