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The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

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

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

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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

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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.

Al Jazeera

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…

Asharq Al-Awsat

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.

Reuters

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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

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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.

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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

Al Jazeera

Tunisian police detain opposition leader, raid Ennahda party HQ

Rached Ghannouchi has emerged as one of the biggest critics of the president since the leader shut down parliament.

The Independent UK

Tunisian Islamist leader Ghannouchi detained amid tensions

A lawyer for the Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi says he has been detained after a police search

Reuters

Tunisian police detain Ennahda leader Ghannouchi, evacuate party headquarters

Tunisian police on Monday detained Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi, the most prominent critic of president Kais Saied, his party said, a move marking an escalation of a campaign of arrests that has targeted many high-profile opponents of Saied.

The Independent UK

Syria's FM to Algeria, Tunisia to revive diplomatic ties

Syria’s chief diplomat is on a visit to Algeria and Tunisia as part of efforts to revive diplomatic relationships in the Arab world

Asharq Al-Awsat

Syrian FM to Visit Tunis on Monday

Syrian Foreign Minister Faisal Mekdad will arrive in Tunisia on Monday on an official visit on the invitation from his Tunisian counterpart, Tunisia's foreign ministry said on its official Facebook account on Sunday. Mekdad's visit reinforces Damascus' openness to the Arab world after it was isolated for more than a…

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