The Latest Breaking News from Tunisia

Head of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda movement, Rached al-Ghannouchi arrived at a Tunis court on Tuesday to answer questions in a money laundering investigation that his party rejects as a political ploy. Dozens of Ghannouchi’s supporters stood protesting outside the court despite a heavy police presence for his testimony in…

Tunisia's Islamist movement leader Rached Ghannouchi was allowed to return home after a court hearing on Tuesday in a money laundering investigation that his Ennahda party rejects as a political ploy.

Patience and determination are requisites after asking Desiree Ellis to survey her achievements as head coach of South Africa women's side. The 59-year-old former national team skipper will answer with tributes to an array of mentors, her predecessor Vera Pauw, other coaches as well as members of her support staff.

The Southern African Development Community (SADC) agreed to extend their troop deployment inMozambique for another month to help it fight an Islamic State-linked insurgency. Meanwhile, the border between Algeria and Tunisia has been reopened after more than two years of closure due to the pandemic. And in Somalia, the crew…

Several cars and signs celebrating Tunisian-Algerian friendship marked the reopening Friday of land borders between the two countries, more than two years after they closed due to the coronavirus pandemic. Authorities expect more than a million Algerian visitors, most of them tourists, to enter Tunisia during the summer months. After…

Tunisia's Rached Ghannouchi is coming full circle.

Tunisia's president is using a referendum on a new constitution to move back towards dictatorship, the head of the biggest Tunisian opposition party, the Islamist Ennahda, warned on Friday.

The Middle East’s population is growing almost twice as fast as the world overall, and one-third of its people are under the age of 15.

South Africa squeaked into the semi-final at the Cup of Nations and a second consecutive World Cup appearance after a 1-0 win over Tunisia in Rabat on Thursday night.