The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

Relatives go to The Hague to pressure the court to go after leaders in Tunis over alleged rights abuses.

Family members of jailed lawyers and politicians in Tunisia want the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations

Editor’s note: “This is an adapted version of an article originally published in Spanish on the 28th of September, 2023. It takes in an EU policy development that occurred subsequent to the publication of the first article.

The arrest is the latest in a crackdown against President Kais Saied’s opponents.

Tunisia has announced it would reject an installment of funds sent by Europe to help the debt-ridden country patrol the Mediterranean Sea as migrant boat crossings spike to levels not seen in several years

A new wave of feminism is beginning to emerge in the Arab world but how successful will it be? Annette Young talks to Lina Abirafeh, a specialist on women's rights in the region. Also Tunisia marks 50 years since it became the only Arab country to legalise abortion. Yet it…

The 82-year-old opposition leader has been in jail since last April on charges of incitement against Kais Saied’s rule.

In tonight's edition: Four officers have been detained for questioning in Burkina Faso, a day after the military government announced it had thwarted a coup attempt. Also, although Tunisia was decades ahead of many other countries in the region and the world in giving women the right to choose whether…

Pact will halt illegal flows of refugees and migrants across the land border the two countries share

Overcrowding, lack of food and police violence plague the people who fled to Italy praying for a better life.

As EU prepares to send money as part of €1bn deal, people trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’