Tunis, Tunisia
Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Tunis, Tunisia, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 39 stories have been published about Tunis, Tunisia which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.Stay current with all the latest and breaking news about Tunis, Tunisia, compare headlines and perspectives between news sources on stories happening today. In total, 39 stories have been published about Tunis, Tunisia which Ground News has aggregated in the past 3 months.
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World Bank · TunisThe World Bank is pausing talks over its future engagement with Tunisia following anti-immigrant comments made by the country's president, Kais Saied, according to an internal message to staff seen by AFP.
World Bank halts future Tunisia engagement after president's anti-migrant remarks
44% Right coverage: 9 sources
Politics · TunisSome 300 West African migrants set to leave Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday. They are fearful of a wave of violence since President Kais Saied delivered a controversial tirade last month. Saied charged that migrants were behind most crime in the North African country, fuelling a spate of sackings, evictions and physical attacks against the community.
Hundreds of migrants fly home from Tunisia after attacks
71% Right coverage: 7 sources
Politics · TunisTunisia's powerful UGTT labour union rallied in the capital on Saturday, mobilising thousands of supporters against President Kais Saied in a demonstration of its strength after his recent crackdown on opponents.
Tunisian labour union starts major protests against president
36% Center coverage: 28 sources
Asylum Seekers · TunisHundreds of protesters in Tunisia’s capital took to the streets on Saturday to denounce racism and express solidarity towards migrants after the country’s increasingly authoritarian leader claimed there’s a plot to erase his country’s identity by bringing in sub-Saharan Africans.
Hundreds of protesters denounce racism in Tunisia
77% Center coverage: 13 sources
Politics · TunisLawyers say that Tunisian authorities have arrested the leader of the Ennahda opposition Islamist movement. Attornies say that lawyer Lazhar Akremi and Noureddine Bouttar, the director general of independent radio station Mosa�que, were detained overnight Monday.
Tunisia arrests more prominent opponents of president Kais Saied
62% Center coverage: 16 sources
Protestors · TunisThousands of protesters angry at Tunisia’s economic crisis and the president’s increasingly authoritarian drift marched on Saturday through the capital, responding to a call from opposition parties to mark 12 years since Tunisian protesters unleashed Arab Spring uprisings around the region.
Thousands of Tunisians rally against president on revolution anniversary
38% Right coverage: 40 sources
Protestors · TunisMetro and bus traffic in Tunisia's capital ground to a halt on Monday after employees of state transport company Transtu held a strike over delays in payment of wages and bonuses.
Strike over pay paralyses transport in the Tunisian capital
46% Right coverage: 11 sources
Middle East · TunisBusinessman Kamel Eltaief, a former confidant of ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, arrested. Abdelhamid Jelassi, former senior leader of the Islamist-inspired movement Ennahdha, and political activist Khayam Turki also arrested. Rights groups have raised concerns about political freedoms in Tunisia.
Tunisian Activists and Influential Businessman Arrested
50% Right coverage: 10 sources
