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Major Nigerian coke bust leads to arrests

Nigeria's drug enforcement agency has broken up an international cocaine trafficking ring that used the continent's most populous country as a transit point for internationally bound shipments of life-devastating narcotics. Also, opponents of Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed rally in the latest in a series of pro-democracy demonstrations sparked by growing…

France 24 · Aug 20

'The Arab Spring has only just begun', exiled former Tunisian leader tells RFI

As Tunisia marks the 15th anniversary of the revolution that provoked the Arab Spring, RFI spoke to exiled former leader Moncef Marzouki, the first to be democratically elected after the fall of longtime ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, about what the revolution achieved.

Radio France Internationale · Dec 20, 2025

Tunisians protest president's expanding powers and demand release of all jailed political opponents

Opposition demonstrators have rallied on the main thoroughfare of Tunisia’s capital to denounce policies pursued by President Kaïs Saied

The Independent UK · Jul 25, 2023

Empty shelves or unaffordable food: Tunisia's crisis deepens

Tunisians have been hit with soaring food prices and shortages of basic staples in recent weeks

The Independent UK · Oct 11, 2022