Tag: Tunisia
UN rights office voices concern on serious violations by Tunisian police
The United Nations human rights office in Tunisia said on Monday it is concerned about repeated allegations of serious violations by the Tunisian police,...
Tunisia to receive T-6 trainers next year
The Tunisian Air Force will receive eight T-6 Texan II trainers from Textron Aviation Defence next year.
In October 2019 the US State Department approved...
Violent protests over police abuses continue in Tunisian capital
Violent protests erupted in the streets of Tunisia's capital again on Saturday night, adding to the pressure on Prime Minister's Hichem Mechichi's government to...
African Lion 21 exercise begins with 7 800 troops in Morocco,...
African Lion, US Africa Command’s premier joint annual exercise, kicked off in Morocco, Tunisia and Senegal for its 17th iteration on 7 June.
With more...
Exercise Phoenix Express concludes in Tunisia
The sixteenth iteration of the multinational maritime exercise Phoenix Express came to an end in Tunisia on 28 May.
US Naval Forces Europe and Africa...
At least 23 African migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia, NGO...
At least 23 migrants from Africa drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean from Libya to Italy, and...
Tunisia kills five suspected militants near Algerian border
Tunisian security forces killed five suspected militants in the mountains near the border with Algeria on Monday, a Tunisian security official told Reuters.
The operation,...
Tunisia launches another locally built patrol boat
The Tunisian Navy has received another locally built patrol vessel under a partnership between the government and local private shipbuilding company Societe de Construction...
At least 40 migrants drown in shipwreck off Tunisia
At least 40 migrants drowned in a shipwreck off Tunisia as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to Italy, United Nations and Tunisian officials...
Tunisian journalists protest over new head of state news agency
Tunisian police on Tuesday clashed with journalists at the state news agency demonstrating against a new chief executive whose appointment they see as an...
Three suspected militants killed in Tunisia near Algerian border, official says
Three suspected militants, including an Asian woman and local leader in Islamic State, were killed in Tunisian mountains near the Algerian border in two...
Tunisian police fire tear gas on protesters in southern city
Tunisian police fired tear gas on protesters on Tuesday after hundreds tried to storm a government headquarters in the southern city of Tataouine to...
Tunisian court frees prominent women’s activist
A Tunisian appeals court released on Wednesday a prominent women’s rights defender and LGBTI activist who had been jailed on charges of “insulting police...
At least 39 die as two migrant boats sink off Tunisia
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At least 39 migrants died when two boats sank off Tunisia on Tuesday as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the Italian island...
Tunisia’s main party holds huge rally as government row grows
Tunisia’s biggest political party assembled an immense crowd of supporters in the capital on Saturday in a show of strength that could fuel a...
Tunisian power struggle risks street escalation
A standoff over a cabinet reshuffle in Tunisia has accelerated a power struggle between the president, prime minister and parliament speaker that threatens to...
Tunisian police abuse allegations cloud democratic gains
Tunisian police took Ahmed Gam from the shop where he worked, accused him of looting during recent protests, and beat him so badly during...
Thousands protest in Tunis despite police blockade
Thousands of protesters backed by Tunisia’s powerful labour union gathered in central Tunis on Saturday in the country’s biggest demonstration for years, defying a...
IED kills four Tunisian soldiers in mountain region
An improvised explosive device killed four Tunisian soldiers patrolling in a mountain region near the Algerian border, Defence Ministry spokesman Mohammed Zekri said on...
Tunisia’s parliament approves Cabinet reshuffle amid protests
Tunisia’s parliament on Tuesday approved a Cabinet reshuffle that deepened the conflict between the prime minister and the president, as hundreds protested outside the...
Injured Tunisian protester dies, fuelling new clashes
A Tunisian protester injured during clashes with police has died in hospital, state media reported on Monday, leading to more violent confrontations between demonstrators...
Hundreds march in Tunisia as protests sharpen
Hundreds of people marched in central Tunis on Saturday against inequality and police brutality, in defiance of a ban on demonstrations and as security...
Splintered coalition reflects fate of Egypt’s uprising a decade on
Ten years ago protesters surged onto Egypt’s streets, emboldened by the success of Tunisia’s Arab Spring uprising.
Some young activists formed the Revolution Youth Coalition...
USNS Trenton exercises with the Tunisian Navy
The US Military Sealift Command Spearhead-class Expeditionary Fast Transport USNS Trenton (T-EPF 5) and Tunisian Navy partners conducted joint maritime operations between 18 and...
In poor districts, young Tunisians with nothing to lose clash with...
The 19-year-old smoking with friends in a poor district of Tunisia’s capital had a simple explanation for night-time clashes between youths and police that...
Tunisia a big customer for Turkish military hardware
Five Turkish companies have sold Tunisia $150 million worth of military hardware in recent times, from unmanned aerial vehicles to armoured personnel carriers.
In late...
Tunisian protesters revive ‘Arab Spring’ chant, riots continue
Violent clashes erupted for a fifth night on Tuesday between police and protesters in several Tunisian cities, including the capital Tunis and Sidi Bouzid,...
Young Tunisians clash with police days after revolution anniversary
Hundreds of youths clashed with police in cities across Tunisia late on Monday, throwing stones and gasoline bombs in the capital as security forces...
Riots spread in several Tunisian cities for second night
Riots and violent clashes between Tunisian police and protesters broke out on Sunday in the capital Tunis and at least 15 cities for the...
Tunisian police clash with protesters after police beating
Tunisian police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in the northern city of Siliana on Friday after a policeman beat a shepherd, witnesses said,...
Number of Tunisian migrants landing in Italy rose fivefold in 2020
The number of Tunisian migrants landing on Italian shores soared fivefold to 13 000 in 2020, a rights group said on Tuesday, citing economic...
Indra setting up air traffic radar network in Tunisia
Spain’s Indra has been awarded a contract to establish a radar network in Tunisia for air traffic control and aerial surveillance.
The company on 11...
USS Hershel “Woody” Williams exercises with Tunisian Navy
The USS Hershel "Woody" Williams and Tunisian Navy partners conducted joint maritime operations to enhance maritime security, critical lifesaving capabilities, force readiness, and Tunisia's...
Tunisia will accept deportees from France if judicial rights are guaranteed
Tunisia will accept all Tunisian migrants deported from France following the fatal stabbings at a church in Nice as long as all judicial appeals...
Tunisian man beheads woman, kills two more people in Nice church
A knife-wielding Tunisian man shouting “Allahu Akbar” (God is Greatest) beheaded a woman and killed two other people in a church in the French...
Niger, Tunisia, Morocco to receive ex-US C-130Hs
Three African countries will soon be receiving ex-United States C-130H Hercules transport aircraft under the Excess Defence Articles programme.
According to the Excess Defence Articles...
Tunisia migrant ship death toll rises
Tunisia recovered more bodies from a ship that sank off the coast on Sunday carrying African migrants, bringing the death toll to 17, a...
Police, protesters clash in Tunisia
Hundreds of stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in a provincial Tunisian town after authorities bulldozed an unlicensed cigarette kiosk, killing its owner, witnesses said.
Street...
At least 11 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 11 migrants from Africa died when their boat sank off Tunisia on Sunday, as they tried to cross the Mediterranean to the...
Africom Commander visits Tunisia to discuss security
US Africa Command commander General Stephen Townsend travelled to Tunisia on 9 September to meet with key Tunisian leadership, including Tunisian President Kais Saied...
Tunisian police kill three suspected militants after fatal attack on officer
Police in Tunisia chased and shot dead three suspected Islamist militants after they attacked two police officers, killing one of them, in the coastal...
Tunisia’s parliament approves a technocratic government
Tunisia’s parliament approved a technocratic government in a confidence vote on Wednesday, hoping to end months of political instability and focus on tackling worsening...
Tunisia PM designate to form technocratic government without parties
Tunisia’s prime minister-designate said on Monday he would form a purely technocratic government following wrangling among political parties over the formation of the country’s...
Tunisian PM resigns triggering political crisis
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh stepped down on Wednesday, plunging the country into a political crisis as it tries to weather the economic fallout...
Tunisia unveils domestic APC
The Tunisian military has unveiled a locally developed armoured personnel carrier (APC) prototype.
It was revealed on 24 June during the Tunisian military’s 64th anniversary...
Death toll in migrant ship disaster off Tunisia rises to 46
The death toll from a ship packed with African migrants that sank off the Tunisian coast this week has risen to 46 after Tunisia...
At least 20 die as migrant boat sinks off Tunisia
At least 20 African migrants died when a boat carrying more than 50 people sank off Tunisia, an official said on Tuesday.
The bodies were...
Tunisia to open sea, air and land borders on 27 June
Tunisia will open its sea, land and air borders on 27 June, authorities said on Monday, in hopes of rescuing its tourism industry as...
Tunisia/US partnership growing
Tunisia is a US major partner in Africa according to General Stephen Townsend Commander of US Africa Command (Africom).
He said this post a telephone...
Tunisia cuts curfew
Tunisia shortened its curfew after three consecutive days without any new coronavirus cases as government relaxes a general lockdown.
The North African democracy imposed the...