The Latest Breaking News from Tunis

Tunisian judge investigating opposition leader over radio interview

Ghazi Chaouachi, head of a Tunisian opposition party and prominent critic of President Kais Saied, will be questioned by a judge on Thursday over a radio interview accusing Saied of expanding his authoritarian tendency.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Tunisian judge postpones case against opposition leader

A Tunisian judge postponed a terrorism hearing against the Islamist Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi and said he would not be held in pre-trial detention, his lawyer said.

Reuters · Sep 21, 2022

Tunisian Police Question Ghannouchi through Night

Tunisian police questioned main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi for more than 12 hours overnight, his lawyer said, over terrorism accusations that Ghannouchi, who was also speaker of the dissolved parliament, says are politically motivated. The 81-year-old head of the Islamist Ennahda party was summoned to meet the terrorism police on…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 21, 2022

Tunisia Hikes Cooking Gas, Fuel Prices in Bid to Cut Subsidies

Tunisia said on Saturday it is raising the price of cooking gas cylinders by 14% and fuel by 3% as part of a plan to reduce energy subsidies, a policy change wanted by the country’s international lenders. The Energy Ministry said the cooking gas price will increase to 8.800 dinars…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 18, 2022

Tunisia hikes cooking gas, fuel prices in bid to cut subsidies

Tunisia said on Saturday it is raising the price of cooking gas cylinders by 14% and fuel by 3% as part of a plan to reduce energy subsidies, a policy change wanted by the country’s international lenders.

Reuters · Sep 17, 2022

Tunisia's Ennahda party leaders to face questioning by police

Leaders of Tunisia's Islamist opposition party Ennahda, Rached Ghannouchi and Ali Larayedh, have been called for questioning by police on Monday for "sending jihadists to Syria," party officials told Reuters on Saturday.

Reuters · Sep 17, 2022

Tunisia Hopes to Reach Deal with IMF By End of October

Tunisia hopes to reach an agreement with the International Monetary Fund by the end of October, the government's spokesperson said on Friday, after a wage deal agreed with unions was seen as a key step towards getting IMF support. "The Tunisian negotiating team was in contact yesterday with (the) IMF…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Sep 17, 2022

Tunisian journalists denounce president's law on prison terms for false information

Tunisia's president on Friday decreed a law imposing prison terms for spreading false information or rumours online, a move immediately denounced by the main journalists' union as an assault on freedom of speech.

Reuters · Sep 16, 2022

‘The country is being suffocated,’ say Tunisians weary of food shortages

Rationing and empty shelves have become commonplace as the government struggles to pay salaries and food subsidies

The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2022

Guests call out burkini ban at Tunisian hotels as discriminatory

On the second day of her stay at the Marriott Hotel in Sousse, Jannette Mensi waded into the swimming pool only to be told by hotel staff that she would have to get out due to her choice of swimwear -- a burkini.

Reuters · Sep 14, 2022