Tunisia | MEO

Tunisian opposition

Tunisia begins trial of prominent opposition leaders on conspiracy charges

Tunisian opposition

Forty people are being prosecuted in the case

Tunisia begins trial of prominent opposition leaders on conspiracy charges

Forty people are being prosecuted in the case

Illegal migration

Tunisia's coast guard

At least 20 die in migrant boat shipwreck off Tunisia

Illegal migration

The bodies were found at the weekend and on Monday

Tunisia coastguard recovers bodies of 16 migrants

Tunisian elections

Exit poll puts Saied in the lead with 89.2% of votes

Saied set to win presidential vote in Tunisia

Tunisia protests

Critics say Saied is using the electoral commission and judiciary to secure victory by stifling competition and intimidating candidates

Tunisians resume protests against president

Tunisia Economy

People change money at a currency exchange bank in Tunis

Tunisia’s borrowing not a solution to economic crises

Tunisia Politics

General view of the first session of Tunisia's parliament following October elections

Ennahda names former agriculture minister as PM choice

Tunisia Politics

Rached Ghannouchi attends the parliament's opening with a session to elect a speaker

Ennahda leader elected Tunisia parliament speaker

Arab Women

Tunisian MP Zouheir Makhlouf

Protests in Tunisia against immunity for MP accused of indecency

Arab Women

Tunisia is considered a pioneer on women's rights in the Arab world

Triggered by MP's disgrace, Tunisia's #MeToo breaks taboos

Tunisia Crisis

Tunisian Islamist-inspired Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi

Tunisia's main parties reject new Ennahda-led govt

Sami Fehri

Sami Fehri

Tunisian TV channel owner arrested on corruption allegations

Freedom of Expression

Kais Saied speaks during a press conference after winning Tunisia's presidential run-off

Saied advocates free speech but his supporters don’t get the message

Tunisia Elections

After sweeping 72.71 percent of the vote in this month's runoff, Saied has won a clear mandate to fight corruption and promote social justice

Saied sworn in as Tunisia’s new president

Tunisia Economy

Mokhtar Hmidi, the father of Fakher who still unaccounted for after last week's capsizing off the Italian island of Lampedusa, shows pictures of his son, with Fakher's mother pictured in the background

Economic miseries drive youth exodus from Tunisia

Kais Saied

Kais Saied, Tunisia's new president

Kais Saied elected Tunisia president

Tunisia Elections

Sunday's vote is the third national election in five weeks

Tunisia begins voting for new president

Tunisia Elections

People watch a televised debate between presidential candidates Kais Saied, left, and Nabil Karoui

Rare debate gears Tunisia up for presidential vote

Nabil Karoui

unisian presidential candidate and media magnate Nabil Karoui poses for a picture at his campaign headquarters after his release

Tunisia presidential hopeful freed days ahead of runoff

Tunisian Elections

Ennahda's projected vote share translates into only about 40 seats

Tunisia's parliament looks deeply fractured after split vote

Tunisia Elections

Sunday's vote for parliament is sandwiched between two rounds of a presidential election

Tunisians vote for new parliament in face of economic strife

© 2000-2021 Middle East Online. All rights reserved.