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Freedom of Expression

Tunisian police arrest lawmaker who mocked president

Freedom of Expression

Lawmaker Ahmed Saidani

Tunisian police arrest lawmaker who mocked president

Lawmaker Ahmed Saidani

Tunisia's conspiracy case

Accused of forming a clandestine security apparatus

Tunisia hands down jail terms of up to 35 years in conspiracy case

Libyan Crisis

Renewed push for regional diplomacy

Saied positions Tunisia as regional facilitator in Libya’s political crisis

Counter-terrorism

Rapid and precise counter-terrorism action

Tunisia scores security win as special forces take down terror cell

Freedom of the press

More journalists are being imprisoned in Tunisia

Tunisia sentences two prominent journalists to 3-1/2 years in prison

Tunisia floods

Extreme weather

Army mobilised as heavy rains trigger deadly floods across Tunisia

Tunisia's crisis

Coming weeks may prove decisive

Leader of Tunisia’s UGTT rescinds resignation amid union turmoil

Rached Ghannouchi

In detention since April 17, 2023

Tunisia’s appeals court upholds 22-year sentence for Ennahda leader

Freedom of the press

Tunisian journalists rally near the governments office, holding signs to protest press restrictions, call for greater freedom on November 20, 2025

Tunisian journalist Chatha Belhaj Mubarak freed after sentence cut

Mossad

An expertise that extended beyond drones

Tunis court hands life sentences over killing of Hamas drone engineer

UGTT

Point of no return

Tabboubi’s resignation shakes Tunisia’s powerful union at critical moment

Tunisia military

Tunisian Defence Minister Khaled Sehili speaks with US Ambassador Bill Bazzi during a meeting in Tunis, December 3, 2025.

US delivers security equipment to Tunisia under anti-terror programme

Cinema

Kaouther Ben Hania receives looks on during the closing ceremony of the 82nd Venice International Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, September 6, 2025.

Arab filmmakers land four films on Academy Awards shortlist

Book fair

For the pleasure of readers.

Tunis City Book Fair brings culture to the capital’s heart

Post-revolution Tunisia

Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied rally in Tunis, December 17, 2025.

Fifteen years on, Tunisia struggles to balance economic reform, political division

EU aid to Tunisia

Tunisian President Kais Saied shakes hands with EU Ambassador Giuseppe Perrone at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, November 25, 2025.

EU upholds cooperation with Tunisia despite Saied’s sovereignty rhetoric

Cinema

Franco-Tunisian filmmaker Erige Sehiri.

Franco-Tunisian director steals the show with migrant drama at Marrakech festival

Immigration

Migrants are pictured on a metal boat as Tunisian coast guards try to stop them at sea during their attempt to cross to Italy, off Sfax, Tunisia.

Tunisia reaffirms refusal to host migrants, calls for global action

Tunisia protests

Opposition is not a crime, reads the banner

Tunisians protest anew against Saied's crackdown on opposition

Tunisian opposition

$Issa called for the fractured opposition to unite and escalate demonstrations against Saied before her arrest$

Tunisian police arrest opposition figure Chaima Issa

Human rights

Tunisian President says Europeans can learn lessons "from us" on rights and freedoms

Saied slams European Parliament rights resolution on Tunisia

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