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Italy touts money for reforms as EU discusses upheaval in Tunisia

Italy offered Tunisia a prospect of money in exchange for economic and political reforms as European Union foreign ministers discussed on Monday how to respond to growing instability in a country that is a gateway for African migration to Europe.

Reuters

There’s untold Anzac stories found on street corners around Australia

On Anzac Day, we remember all our past relatives lost at war. We will always remember them and the 90,000 ANZACs who lost their lives.

The New Daily

Tunisia Coast Guard Retrieves 31 Bodies of Migrants from Sea

The Tunisian coast guard said on Monday it had recovered 31 bodies of African migrants who drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy. It added that among the bodies recovered off the coast of Sfax, Kerkennah and Mahdia were the bodies of two women and two children. The…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Tunisian coast guard retrieves 31 bodies of migrants from sea

The Tunisian coast guard said on Monday it had recovered 31 bodies of African migrants who drowned while attempting to cross the Mediterranean to Italy.

Reuters

91 Saudis, Dozens of Foreign Nationals Evacuated from Sudan to Jeddah

Ninety-one Saudi nationals and some 66 foreign nationals from 12 countries arrived in Saudi Arabia’s coastal city of Jeddah after being evacuated from Sudan. The evacuation was carried out by the Saudi Royal Navy with the support of various armed forces. The Foreign Ministry confirmed the arrival of the Saudis…

Asharq Al-Awsat

TUI adds an extra 40,000 seats to holiday destinations from Cardiff Airport

As well as bringing back flights to Sharm el Sheikh in Egypt, holidays will be added to Cyprus, Tunisia and Turkey

Wales Online

Fears Ghannouchi arrest will lead to more crackdowns in Tunisia

Opposition worried what President Kais Saied’s next step will be with a number of opposition figures in prison.

Al Jazeera

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The Guardian view on Tunisia’s new autocrat: Saied’s enablers should stop

Editorial: Supporters hoped the president might help the country to move forward. Instead, he has put it into reverse

The Guardian - UK

Middle East round-up: Sudan descends into chaos

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East and North Africa coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi remanded in custody

Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi has been remanded in custody following his arrest earlier this week, his Ennahdha party said on Thursday, denouncing his "unjust imprisonment".

Radio France Internationale

Who is Ghannouchi, the Ennahdha party leader arrested in Tunisia?

Rached Ghannouchi is the highest-profile figure to be arrested in Tunisia as President Saied tightens his grip on power.

Al Jazeera

Judge orders Tunisian Islamist leader to stay in custody

The party of influential Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi says a Tunisian investigative judge has ordered him held in custody following his arrest on Monday

The Independent UK

Arrests of Tunisia opposition leaders draw global condemnation

The US says the arrests ‘represent a troubling escalation by the Tunisian government against perceived opponents’.

Al Jazeera

Judge orders Tunisian opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi jailed

Ennahda, Tunisia’s largest political party, condemns the ‘unjust decision’ as crackdown on dissent escalates.

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Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian Judge Orders Jail for Opposition Leader Ghannouchi

A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of main opposition party Ennahda and a prominent critic of President Kais Saied, the politician's lawyer told Reuters. Ghannouchi, who was arrested on Monday, is accused of plotting against internal state security and the decision to…

Reuters

Tunisian judge orders jail for Ennahda party leader Ghannouchi

A Tunisian investigative judge ordered on Thursday the imprisonment of the leader of Ennahda party Rached Ghannouchi, the prominent critic of President Kais Saied, the politician's lawyer told Reuters.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian Authorities Close Ennahda Movement Offices, Mobilize to Ban its Political Activities

The headquarters of Ennahda Movement in all 24 governorates of Tunisia were shut down on Tuesday following “high-level orders” to security forces, informed sources told Asharq Al-Awsat. Decisions to ban all political activities of the movement are reportedly in the works, potentially paving the way for a complete ban of…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisians Ration Water in State-ordered Ban

It’s a feeble drip, drip, drip from the taps every night in Tunisia for six months. Spigots are cut off for seven hours from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m.

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The Independent UK

In grim drought, Tunisians ration water in state-ordered ban

Tunisians are on the front lines of a battle against an increasingly severe drought, now in its fifth year in the north African country, with the government issuing a sudden order to its population to ration their water usage from April to September — or risk fines or jail

France 24

Fighting still underway in Sudan, hours after ceasefire agreed

In tonight's edition: In Sudan, fighting continues despite an agreed 24-hour truce. Civilians are caught in the crossfire amid a humanitarian catastrophe. In Tunisia, the offices of Islamist opposition party Ennahda are shut and meetings banned, a day after its leader Rached Ghannouchi is arrested. And in Kenya, LGBTQ+ campaigners…

The Independent UK

Detained Tunisian Islamist leader hospitalized, lawyer says

An opposition leader says influential Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi has been transferred to a hospital, a day after he was detained and his home and party headquarters were searched, Nejib Chebbi, a lawyer who heads an opposition coalition told The Associated Press Tuesday that neither he nor other lawyers…

Al Jazeera

Tunisian authorities close opposition Ennahdha party HQ

Move comes a day after party leader Ghannouchi was arrested in a continuing crackdown on Tunisia’s opposition.

Reuters

Tunisian authorities ban meetings at opposition Ennahda party offices

Tunisian authorities on Tuesday banned meetings at all offices of the opposition Ennahda Islamist party and police closed the headquarters of the Salvation Front main opposition coalition, party and official sources said.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia: Police Arrest Three Prominent Officials of Ennahda Party

Tunisian police arrested three prominent officials of the main opposition Ennahda party on Tuesday, hours after they detained party leader Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of President Kais Saied, a lawyer and officials said. Lawyer Monia Bouali told Reuters that the officials arrested are Mohamed Goumani, Belkacem Hassan and…

Reuters

Tunisia police arrest three prominent officials of Ennahda party

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