Tunisian morgue overflows as more people attempt risky sea crossing
Migrant crackdown is prompting increasing number of people from sub-Saharan Africa to board boats Explainer: why is Tunisia’s leader stoking hatred? On a recent afternoon...
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Refugees trying to reach Italy die after boat sinks off coast of Tunisia
Latest tragedy comes as authorities in north African country crack down on undocumented sub-Saharan Africans At least 19 people from sub-Saharan Africa have died while...
Press banned from opening session of new Tunisian parliament
Independent media barred from building to avoid ‘disorder’, as president tightens autocratic grip Independent and foreign journalists have been barred from attending the first session...
UK urged to seek release of Tunisian opposition figure jailed in crackdown
Daughter of Said Ferjani, who lived in UK for more than 20 years, says he has been falsely imprisoned and asks MPs to intervene Britain...
Hundreds in Tunisia protest against president’s anti-migrant clampdown
March follows Kais Saied’s allegation that undocumented sub-Saharan migrants were part of plot to change country’s culture Hundreds of people in Tunisia’s capital took to...
Tunisia forces arrest senior opposition figure as crackdown escalates
Jaouhar Ben M’barek is most prominent opposition figure to be rounded up in president’s campaign of detentions Tunisian security forces have arrested Jaouhar Ben M’barek,...
Tunisia’s president calls for halt to sub-Saharan immigration amid crackdown on opposition
Kais Saied claims migrants are part of campaign to make country ‘purely African’ in move critics say is to distract from economic crisis Tunisia’s president,...
Tunisia crackdown on opposition and media alarms rights groups
Ten public figures arrested since Saturday as President Kais Saied pursues what Amnesty calls a repression of dissent Rights groups have expressed grave alarm at...
Baby among nine dead from cold and thirst on boat in Mediterranean
Survivors tell Italian authorities vessel carrying about 50 people lost its way trying to cross from Tunisia A baby was among nine people including his...
Thousands protest against Tunisian president’s seizure of near total power
Demonstrators on Saturday demanded Kais Saied step down as they marked the anniversary of 2011 revolution Thousands of protesters in central Tunis have marched against...
