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Tunisians protest against president a week before parliamentary elections

Hundreds of Tunisians protested on Saturday against President Kais Saied a week before elections to a new parliament created by his constitutional changes, accusing him of an undemocratic coup.

Reuters

Tunisia law failing to protect women from domestic violence: HRW

Poor implementation of the law passed five years ago leaves women at risk, the rights group says in a report.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia film portrays 'modern and connected' rural youth

Tunis (AFP) - The Tunisian director of "Under the Fig Trees", which portrays young harvest workers, said she hoped the award-winning drama film would "smash the cliche" that rural women are "miserable and closed".

AFP

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Tunisians dream of moving to Germany as crisis bites

Tunis (AFP) - Germany is becoming a key destination for disillusioned young Tunisians despite a language barrier and the North African nation's long history of ties with France.

AFP

Tunisia trade union ‘no longer accepts’ president’s agenda

The powerful UGTT says it will oppose Kais Saied’s reforms and defend freedoms ‘whatever the cost.’

Al Jazeera

Tunisia union chief slams elections as pointless

Tunis (AFP) - Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union chief took aim Saturday at legislative elections due later this month, claiming they serve no purpose in light of constitutional reforms that neutered political parties.

AFP

Tunisia's UGTT union says elections expected this month 'have no colour or taste'

Tunisia's parliamentary elections later this month "have no colour and taste" and are a result of a constitution that does not enjoy national unanimity, said the leader of the powerful UGTT Union on Saturday, in his clearest comments rejecting the vote to date.

Reuters

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Tunisia's spicy Harissa gets UNESCO heritage status

Tunis (AFP) - UNESCO on Thursday added Tunisia's spicy national condiment Harissa to its list of intangible cultural heritage, saying it was part of the North African country's identity.

AFP

French-Tunisians in Paris celebrate bittersweet World Cup win

Café El Emir’s patrons have ties to their adopted country France and their home in Tunisia. There was only one victor.

Al Jazeera

Algeria, Tunisia Hold Talks on Libya, Border Security

Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Boudin discussed in Algiers, the Libyan crisis and the irregular migration of an increasing number of young people from the two countries to Europe across the Mediterranean.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi in Court Again over Alleged Extremist Links

The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared on Monday before a judge investigating accusations his party helped Tunisian extremists travel to fight in Iraq and Syria. Rached Ghannouchi, an arch-rival of President Kais Saied and also head of the Islamist-inspired Ennahda party, arrived in the morning at the anti-terror court…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia ex-speaker in court again over alleged jihadist links

Tunis (AFP) - The speaker of Tunisia's dissolved parliament appeared on Monday before a judge investigating accusations his party helped Tunisian jihadists travel to fight in Iraq and Syria.

AFP

Socceroos in defensive reshuffle at cup

The Socceroos have lost Nathaniel Atkinson to injury and summoned Fran Karacic for their vital World Cup clash against Tunisia.

AAP

Struggling Tunisians find joy in spirited World Cup display

With their economy in crisis, Tunisians have little to smile about these days – but their football team is one of them.

Al Jazeera

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Tunisia's milk shortage leaves farmers poor and the public angry

Tunisian dairy farmer Maher Gizmir has sold nearly half his cows this year and reduced his daily output by 85%, adding to a shortage of milk around the country as a cash-strapped government wrestles with inflation.

The Conversation

80 years ago, Nazi Germany occupied Tunisia – but North Africans' experiences of World War II often go unheard

Eighty years ago, in November 1942, the Nazis occupied Tunisia. For the next six months, Tunisian Jews and Muslims were subjected to the Third Reich’s reign of terror, as well as its antisemitic and racist legislation. Residents lived in fear – “under the Nazi boot,” as Tunisian Jewish lawyer Paul…

Reuters

Mediterranean marine heatwaves threaten coastal livelihoods

(This Nov. 13 story has been corrected to show sea is overall 1.2C warmer than 30 years ago, not 0.4C, in 18th paragraph)

The Conversation

Tunisia's once-vibrant democracy is on its deathbed: but it can be saved

One of the lessons the 21st century is bringing home is that the winners of elections can gradually kill democracies. Healthy democracies have institutional checks and balances which act as a restraint on elected governments. The key institutions include parliament and independent judicial systems.

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Tanzanian 'Tug of War' wins top prize at Carthage Film Festival

Tunis (AFP) - Tanzanian film "Tug of War", about love and politics during the final years of British colonial Zanzibar, has won the Tanit d'Or at Tunisia's prestigious Carthage Film Festival.

Al Jazeera

New Tunisia electoral law ‘eliminates’ gender parity: HRW

Changes such as ending public financing of campaigns will make it harder for women to run for office, critics say.

AFP

Solar power, farming revive Tunisia school as social enterprise

Makthar (Tunisia) (AFP) - Most Tunisian schools are cash-strapped and run down, but an innovative project has allowed one to become self-sustaining by generating its own solar power and growing its own food.

The Guardian - UK

Girl, 4, forced to sail from Tunisia to Sicily on migrant boat without parents

Girl became separated from parents and disembarked on island of Lampedusa after 26 hours at sea

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisia to Start Difficult Economic Reforms Soon, Says Central Bank Governor

Tunisia will soon enact difficult economic reforms that have been delayed for years, the central bank governor said on Saturday, adding that financial authorities were trying to keep the dinar currency stable. Tunisia this month reached a preliminary agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) for a $1.9 billion rescue…

Reuters

Tunisia to start difficult economic reforms soon - central bank governor

Reuters

Protests paralyse Tunisian town after migrant deaths

A southern Tunisian coastal town was paralysed by protests on Tuesday amid growing anger over the fate of people who drowned in a migrant shipwreck last month, with some buried in unmarked graves.

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