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The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

Spooky Arab tales for Halloween: Tunisia’s hammam maiden

In the Old Medina of Tunis, a spooky tale of a daughter led astray keeps young women out of one particular hammam.

Al Jazeera

When your kids are radicalized by ISIS

Tunisia's Oscar submission is a cathartic meta-film that collaborates with a family whose daughters joined ISIS

Salon

Tunisia brush-off augurs badly for EU push for African migration deals

When Tunisian President Kais Saied this month rejected 60 million euros in EU aid, the bloc got a taste of the risks and challenges it will face as it seeks new pacts with African states to reduce irregular Mediterranean immigration.

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Outrage at Israel’s US, European allies grows after Gaza hospital blast

Widespread protests across the Arab world may signal growing disillusionment with the US and other Israeli allies.

Al Jazeera

First Thing: Israel to refuse visas to UN representatives over Guterres speech on Gaza war

Ambassador vows to ‘teach the UN a lesson’ after remarks by the secretary general. Plus the carrot wars of Cayama Valley

The Guardian - UK

‘We are already dead here’: last residents of Tunisian ghost town set sights on Europe

Diyar al Hajjaj’s population has halved in less than two years as its young people try again and again to cross sea

The Guardian - UK

Belgium Justice Minister resigns after deadly Brussels attack

Belgian Justice Minister Vincent van Quickenborne is stepping down following pressure over how Belgium had handled the case of a Tunisian gunman who had pledged allegiance to Islamic State and killed two people in Brussels this week.

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Belgian minister quits after 'monumental error' let Tunisian shooter slip through extradition net

Belgium’s justice minister has resigned after it was discovered that Tunisia was seeking the extradition last year of an Islamic extremist who shot dead two Swedes and wounded a third this week

The Independent UK

Watch as Kyogo Furuhashi scores for Japan against Tunisia

The 28-year-old opened the scoring in the friendly clash.

The National (Scotland)

What we know about Isis Brussels terror suspect Abdesalem Lassoued

Belgian Police seize Tunisian illegal immigrant as Belgium v Sweden football match abandoned

The Independent UK

‘This is a critical moment’: Tunisian protesters show support for Palestine

Thousands in Tunis rallied in solidarity for Palestinians affected by the Israeli bombardment, now in its sixth day.

Al Jazeera

The turning of the bones in Madagascar

Every few years, Malagasy communities hold joyful ceremonies where the remains of lost loved ones are exhumed, cared for and introduced to the newest members of the community. Also, although Tunisia was decades ahead of many other countries in giving women the right to choose whether to go ahead with…

France 24

By sea, by land: Desperate refugees still transit Morocco to get to Europe

A month after an earthquake killed nearly 3,000 people, the stream of refugees transiting Morocco to Europe continues.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on outsourcing border controls: this is a dereliction of duty by Europe

Editorial: The intolerably cruel crackdown on irregular migrants in Tunisia is an indictment of a deal struck with a dictatorial regime

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Al Jazeera

Families of jailed Tunisian opposition ask ICC to investigate president

Relatives go to The Hague to pressure the court to go after leaders in Tunis over alleged rights abuses.

The Independent UK

Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents head to the International Criminal Court

Family members of jailed lawyers and politicians in Tunisia want the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations

The Conversation

What's happening on Lampedusa – and what Europe needs to do now to manage migration

Editor’s note: “This is an adapted version of an article originally published in Spanish on the 28th of September, 2023. It takes in an EU policy development that occurred subsequent to the publication of the first article.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia detains Abir Moussi, prominent opponent of president: Lawyers

The arrest is the latest in a crackdown against President Kais Saied’s opponents.

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The Independent UK

Tunisia rejects European funds and says they fall short of a deal for migration and financial aid

Tunisia has announced it would reject an installment of funds sent by Europe to help the debt-ridden country patrol the Mediterranean Sea as migrant boat crossings spike to levels not seen in several years

France 24

Feminism in the Arab world: The new wave of activists

A new wave of feminism is beginning to emerge in the Arab world but how successful will it be? Annette Young talks to Lina Abirafeh, a specialist on women's rights in the region. Also Tunisia marks 50 years since it became the only Arab country to legalise abortion. Yet it…

Al Jazeera

Imprisoned Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi starts hunger strike

The 82-year-old opposition leader has been in jail since last April on charges of incitement against Kais Saied’s rule.

France 24

Burkina Faso arrests four officers after thwarted coup

In tonight's edition: Four officers have been detained for questioning in Burkina Faso, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. Also, although Tunisia was decades ahead of many other countries in the region and the world in giving women the right to choose whether…

The Guardian - UK

Greece and Turkey agree migration pact as EU members fail to seal wider deal in Brussels – as it happened

Pact will halt illegal flows of refugees and migrants across the land border the two countries share

Al Jazeera

On Lampedusa, the lucky few who made it across the sea live in misery

Overcrowding, lack of food and police violence plague the people who fled to Italy praying for a better life.

The Guardian - UK

‘I had to drink my own urine to survive’: Africans tell of being forced into the desert at Tunisia border

As EU prepares to send money as part of €1bn deal, people trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’

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