Tunisia

More migrants in Tunisia opted to be sent back to their home countries in recent months according to the International Migration Organization, amid rising anti-migrant sentiment and European pressure to curb migration. “Between January 1…
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A Tunisian soldier was shot dead on Wednesday in an attack on an army patrol in a desert area bordering Libya, the country’s defense ministry said. “At dawn, a military patrol operating in Remada, which was carrying out its normal duties…
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A Tunisian military helicopter crashed Friday during exercises in Gafsa province, killing one crewman and injuring another, the defense ministry said. “The accident occurred during a normal maneuver and the aircraft’s descent,” ministry…
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A Tunisian court has sentenced five people to prison for organizing an illegal migrant sea crossing that resulted in 18 deaths or disappearances, a spokesman said Friday. The boat carrying the migrants, all Tunisians, went missing off…
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Interior ministers from Libya and Tunisia said on Wednesday they had agreed to partially reopen the border crossing at Ras Jdir on Thursday morning, and to fully reopen it on June 20 after more than three months of closure. Libyan…
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For many migrants who’ve long dreamed of Europe, one of the last stops is an expanse of olive trees on North Africa’s Mediterranean coastline. But in Tunisia, less than 161 kilometers from the Italian islands that form the EU’s outermost…
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Saudi-listed ACWA Power, the world’s largest private water desalination company and a leader in energy transition, has signed an agreement with the Tunisian government for a project that will produce up to 600,000 tons per year of green…
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Diplomats from the United States and France visited on Sunday the Ghriba synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island to commemorate a deadly attack there last year amid a Jewish pilgrimage hampered by security fears. French Ambassador Anne…
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Tunisian president Kais Saied dismissed on Saturday the Interior Minister Kamel Feki as part of a partial cabinet reshuffle, the presidency said. The partial cabinet reshuffle also included replacing the minister of social affairs, Malek…
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Tunisian lawyer Mahdi Zagrouba was tortured by police officers after being arrested on Monday, lawyers and a human rights organization said on Wednesday after he collapsed in court and was taken to a hospital. The Interior Ministry did…
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