The Latest Breaking News from Tunis

Six African films are screening at this year's Cannes Film Festival, which opened this week and runs until 24 May. The selection spans historical fiction, social drama and crime thrillers – with stories set in Tunis, Cairo, Yaoundé, Lagos and Jerada. The works explore migration, memory, justice and belonging, giving…

Former Prime Minister Ali Larayedh and the opposition Ennahdha party have denounced the trial as politically motivated.

Souab is a fierce critic of President Kais Saied and was arrested for comments about the judiciary acting under duress.

International Committee for Solidarity with Rached Ghannouchi decries ‘repressive campaign’ against Ennahdha party head.

Death penalty has effectively been suspended in Tunisia since 1991, but prominent opposition figures may be sentenced.

The non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch (HRW) has just released a new report on Tunisia, denouncing the government's use of arbitrary detention as “a cornerstone of its repressive policy” and claiming it is designed to strip individuals of their civil and political rights.

Trial of more than 40 people charged with plotting against the state, including prominent politicians, resumes Friday.

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Ben Mbarek, along with about 40 other critics of the president, is being tried on state conspiracy charges.

In a northern Tunisian olive grove, Yassine Khelifi's small workshop hums as a large machine turns olive waste into a valuable energy source in a country heavily reliant on imported fuel.

Olfa Meriah stands, frustrated, before a smartphone shop near the capital Tunis.