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Tunisia protest marks two years since president’s power grab

Opposition has kept up its demonstrations against what it calls a ‘coup’ against Tunisia’s democracy.

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‘We can’t endure this’: Migrants suffer in extreme Tunisian heat

As blistering heatwave hits Tunisia, migrants from sub-Saharan African countries are enduring unbearable conditions.

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Rights activists fear Tunisia deal will be model for bartering EU money for migrants' lives

Migrants in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax who are aiming to make Europe their new home are now sharing the burden and the blame for escalating tensions deeply tinged with racism amid the fears of European leaders who are trying to stanch the numbers of people arriving at their shores

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Despite EU-Tunisia deal, Black refugees pushed out ‘at gunpoint’

The EU has promised Tunisia $280m in aid. But on the country’s frontiers, refugees and migrants are still stranded.

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Tunisia anti-fake news law criminalises free speech: Legal group

The International Commission of Jurists says that President Saied is shutting down space for free speech online.

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What is behind the EU-Tunisia deal on migration?

The crossing through the Central Mediterranean to the EU is the most active route this year, border agency Frontex says.

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Tunisia and EU sign pact to fight illegal immigration

The European Union has signed a "strategic" pact with President Kais Saied to stem the flow of migration to Europe, as well as promoting economic development and renewable energy.

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Tunisia and EU finalise deal on migration

Brussels and Tunis sign ‘strategic partnership’ agreement that aims to combat human traffickers, boost economic ties.

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European Union and Tunisia announce progress in building economic and trade ties, and on migration

European leaders and Tunisia’s president have announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea

The Independent UK

‘Ons Jabeur gives people hope’: all eyes on Wimbledon final in Tunis

Even in defeat the Tunisian tennis player has captured the imagination in a country labouring under authoritarian rule

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Black Tunisians lie low as violence against Black people worsens

Tunisia has a complex history with Black refugees and migrants, as well as its own native Black population.

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At least 15 migrants died this week off Tunisia's coast and at a desert border amid tensions

Tunisian officials say at least 15 migrants have been found dead off the country's coast and at its border with Algeria this week

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Middle East roundup: Tunisia expels terrified Africans to borders

Turkey to approve Sweden’s NATO bid, Jenin refugees coping after Israeli attack – here’s the Middle East this week.

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Black refugees remain trapped along border between Tunisia, Libya

Tunisia claims to have evacuated groups of refugees it had expelled to its border, but many remain.

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Tunisia should not get ‘€1bn on a silver plate’ in migration deal, says MEP

Critics of deal say EU funds should have conditions attached related to human rights and democracy

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NGOs lose contact with Tunisian migrant group, bodies found

Migrant rescue group says it has lost contact with a large group of Black African migrants expelled from Tunisia.

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So thirsty they drank seawater: The refugees Tunisia pushed out

More than 1,000 people were bussed to borders with Libya, Algeria – and left with no food, water, shelter or way out.

France 24

Tunisian security forces deport African migrants to no man’s land on Libyan border

Tunisian security forces in Sfax have rounded up hundreds of people from sub-Saharan Africa, including children, and dropped them in a no man’s land between the Tunisian and Libyan border, where they remain trapped with neither food nor water. These forced deportations carried out by the security services come against…

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Violence in Tunisia against black migrants ended with their deportation from Sfax

Calm has been partially restored in Tunisia’s port city of Sfax after xenophobic violence targeting sub-Saharan migrants flared up once again. The violence was triggered by the death a local man following an altercation between locals and migrants.

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Viral videos show Tunisia’s violent expulsions of sub-Saharan African migrants

Tarak Mahdi, a Tunisian Member of Parliament, live-streamed and published the aftermath of the shocking events between a Tunisian man and three others, who he said were sub-Saharan migrants in the city of Sfax. The footage filmed by the assailants and residents shows the outbreak of violence. The police then…

The Independent UK

Mass expulsions and mistreatment of migrants reported in Tunisia as tensions spike in port city

Tensions have spiked dangerously in a Tunisian port city after three migrants were detained in the death of a local man

Al Jazeera

Africans attacked, flee Sfax, as Tunisia racial tensions explode

Racial tensions in the Tunisian coastal city of Sfax flared into violence targeting migrants from sub-Saharan Africa.

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Middle East roundup: Eid festivities mark final Hajj rites

Mounting concern about Israeli settler attacks and Tunisia’s worsening crises – here’s the Middle East this week.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia struggles to progress under cumbersome bureaucracy

Analysts say successive governments have opted to kick the can down the road rather than take serious action.

The Guardian - UK

EU accused of whitewashing Tunisian regime in bid to stem migration

Bloc is set to give country £860m despite rapid erosion of democracy since President Kais Saied took power in 2021

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