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Editorial: US needs to support Iranian protesters

In 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, besieged by corrupt Tunisian officials who harassed and humiliated him as he tried to sell fruit from a street stand, set himself on fire in protest. His death shocked the conscience of not just Tunisia, but much of the broader Mideast, spurring the Arab Spring protest…

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Tunisian Official Arrested over Street Vendor’s Suicide that Sparked Protests

Tunisian security authorities arrested on Monday the mayor of Mornag, a town south of Tunisia, after the suicide of an unlicensed street vendor whose scale was seized by municipal police. The vendor, Mohamed Amine Dridi, 25, hanged himself on Saturday, two days after municipal police prevented him from selling fruits…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Protests in Tunisia’s capital amid inflation, food shortages

Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Tunis in unrest compounded by an ongoing political crisis.

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Tunisians protest against poverty, high prices and food shortages

Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Sunday night in the capital against poverty, high prices and the shortage of some foodstuff, escalating pressure on the government of President Kais Saied, as the country suffers an economic and political crisis.

Reuters

Hibs star Martin Boyle 'buzzing' over pulling Panini sticker as he makes Messi 'ripping it up' quip

The Hibs star looks a cert for Graham Arnold's Socceroos squad as they head for the finals in Qatar in November with at minimum three big matches with France, Denmark and Tunisia in their section.

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Tunisian judge investigating opposition leader over radio interview

Ghazi Chaouachi, head of a Tunisian opposition party and prominent critic of President Kais Saied, will be questioned by a judge on Thursday over a radio interview accusing Saied of expanding his authoritarian tendency.

Reuters

Tunisian judge postpones case against opposition leader

A Tunisian judge postponed a terrorism hearing against the Islamist Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi and said he would not be held in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said.

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Tunisian Police Question Ghannouchi through Night

Tunisian police questioned main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi for more than 12 hours overnight, his lawyer said, over terrorism accusations that Ghannouchi, who was also speaker of the dissolved parliament, says are politically motivated. The 81-year-old head of the Islamist Ennahda party was summoned to meet the terrorism police on…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia delays case against opposition leader

A Tunisian judge on Wednesday put off a terrorism hearing against the main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi until November, and said he would not be held in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said.

Reuters

Tunisia detains former PM Ali Laarayedh after 14-hour questioning

Ali Laarayedh was interrogated for 14 hours and is expected to appear before a judge on Wednesday, his lawyers said.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detain former prime minister Ali Laarayedh - lawyer

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Laarayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions of sending jihadists to Syria, his lawyer said on Tuesday.

Reuters

Tunisia’s Anti-terrorism Police Detain Former PM Larayedh

Tunisia's anti-terrorism police detained for one day Ali Larayedh, a former prime minister and senior official in the Islamist opposition Ennahda party, after an investigation into suspicions of sending extremists to Syria, lawyers said on Tuesday. In the same case, the police postponed the hearing of Ennahda leader and speaker…

Asharq Al-Awsat

As Queen Elizabeth II is buried, victims of colonisation speak out

As Queen Elizabeth II is buried, some are not mourning the late monarch. Our reporters talk to survivors of the 1950s Mau Mau uprising, when some one million people in Kenya were sent to concentration camps by British colonial forces. Also, Senegal gets a new prime minister as part of…

France 24

Tunisian authorities summon Ennahdha leaders for questioning

Rached Ghannouchi and Ali Laarayedh appeared at a police station after being summoned by ‘anti-terrorism’ police.

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Tunisian police question Islamist leader

Tunisia's Islamist opposition leader and speaker of the dissolved parliament Rached Ghannouchi appeared at a Tunis police station on Monday to answer questions over what his party has said are accusations relating to terrorism.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Hikes Cooking Gas, Fuel Prices in Bid to Cut Subsidies

Tunisia said on Saturday it is raising the price of cooking gas cylinders by 14% and fuel by 3% as part of a plan to reduce energy subsidies, a policy change wanted by the country’s international lenders. The Energy Ministry said the cooking gas price will increase to 8.800 dinars…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian ‘Hanging Garden’ Farms Cling on Despite Drought

High in the hills of northwestern Tunisia, farmers are tending thousands of fig trees with a unique system of terracing they hope will protect them from ever-harsher droughts. But the "hanging gardens" of Djebba El Olia have been put to the test this year as the North African country sweltered…

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Tunisia hikes cooking gas, fuel prices in bid to cut subsidies

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Tunisia's Ennahda party leaders to face questioning by police

Leaders of Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi and Ali Larayedh, have been called for questioning by police on Monday for "sending jihadists to Syria," party officials told Reuters on Saturday.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia Hopes to Reach Deal with IMF By End of October

Tunisia hopes to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund by the end of October, the government's spokesperson said on Friday, after a wage deal agreed with unions was seen as a key step towards getting IMF support. "The Tunisian negotiating team was in contact yesterday with (the) IMF…

Reuters

Tunisian journalists denounce president's law on prison terms for false information

Tunisia's president on Friday decreed a law imposing prison terms for spreading false information or rumours online, a move immediately denounced by the main journalists' union as an assault on freedom of speech.

The Guardian - UK

‘The country is being suffocated,’ say Tunisians weary of food shortages

Rationing and empty shelves have become commonplace as the government struggles to pay salaries and food subsidies

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian President Trims Parties' Powers ahead of Elections

Tunisian President Kais Saied has made new changes to electoral law that diminish the role of political parties, three months ahead of legislative elections, in what opposition groups see as the latest step in a sweeping power grab. A new electoral law published overnight Friday reduces the number of members…

Reuters

Tunisia hopes to reach deal with IMF before the end of next month

Tunisia hopes to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund before the end of next month, after it agreed a wage deal, the government spokesperson said on Friday.

France 24

EU Parliament backs resolution criticising TotalEnergies project in Uganda

The EU raises serious questions about the actions of French energy giant TotalEnergies in Uganda, with MEPs saying the group's oil pipeline project has led to evictions and arrests. Also in this edition: the United Nations publishes a report shedding light on increased human rights violations in Burkina Faso. Finally,…

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