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Toll rises to 5 killed in Tunisia synagogue attack

Tunisia’s TAP news agency says the death toll rose to five people killed, including two Jewish pilgrims and three Tunisian police guards, after an attack near a synagogue on the Mediterranean island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage

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Tunisian policeman kills five in synagogue shooting spree

Djerba (Tunisia) (AFP) - Tunisian authorities were Wednesday investigating a shooting spree by a police officer that claimed five lives and sparked mass panic during a Jewish pilgrimage at Africa's oldest synagogue.

AFP

Six dead after Tunisia synagogue shooting, president blames 'criminals'

Tunisia's president on Wednesday blamed "criminals" seeking to harm the tourism sector for a synagogue shooting on the island of Djerba that killed six people in the country's deadliest attack in years.

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A gun attack on an old Tunisian synagogue has killed 5 people

The number of people killed in a gun attack on a synagogue on the Tunisian island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage has risen to five. The motive for the attack was under investigation.

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Gunman kills four at Tunisia synagogue pilgrimage

Tunis (AFP) - A Tunisian police officer shot dead four people at Africa's oldest synagogue in an attack Tuesday that sparked panic during an annual Jewish pilgrimage on the island of Djerba.

AFP

Four people shot dead in Tunisia synagogue attack

Tunis (AFP) - A police officer shot dead two people participating in an annual pilgrimage to a renowned Tunisian synagogue as well as two members of the security services before he was killed on Tuesday, the interior ministry said.

AFP

Six dead after attack near synagogue on Tunisia’s Djerba island

Tunisian naval guard shot dead two visitors to Djerba’s Ghriba Synagogue and a security guard before being killed.

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Tunisia: 3 killed, 10 injured in attack near synagogue

A Tunisian naval guard has shot and killed a colleague and two civilians as he tried to enter a synagogue on the island of Djerba during an annual Jewish pilgrimage

The Independent UK

Shots heard near Tunisia Jewish pilgrimage site

A resident of Tunisia's island of Djerba said he had heard an exchange of shots on Tuesday near a synagogue where a Jewish pilgrimage is taking place.

Reuters

Harka review – unflinching Tunisian drama

A gasoline seller with dreams of a better life is driven to despair in Lotfy Nathan’s powerful film inspired by real events

The Guardian - UK

‘I’d leave too if I could’: Tunisian club whose footballers all left for Europe

In five years Ghardimaou has lost 65 players, in exodus from country blamed on political instability and lack of jobs

The Guardian - UK

‘Not safe for us’: Sudanese in north Africa warn fleeing relatives of danger

People who sought route to Europe before fighting erupted in Khartoum have faced police brutality, torture and homelessness

The Guardian - UK

Biden urged to halt US aid to Tunisia over ‘authoritarian turn’

Nearly two dozen advocates, academics and ex-officials also call on US to impose sanctions against President Kais Saied.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia Facing Unprecedented Migration Crisis

Bodies of drowned migrants wash up most days on Tunisian beaches, lie unclaimed in hospital corridors and fill morgues, evidence of a surge in people seeking to cross the Mediterranean that has been accelerated by a government crackdown. Coastguard patrols return to the port of Sfax crammed with migrants stopped…

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Tunisia facing unprecedented migration crisis as bodies wash ashore

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'Worthing's hardest geezer' attempts to run across whole of Africa in ferocious heat

Ultramarathon runner Russ Cook, who describes himself as 'the hardest geezer in Worthing', plans to run from South Africa to Tunisia over the next eight months and finish before Christmas

Al Jazeera

Tunisian police violence brings back memories of old regime

Incidents at basketball arena and sit-in by African migrants have led to accusations that police brutality is rising.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia’s choice: Migration and realpolitik in the Mediterranean

Tunisia’s relationship with Europe remains firm as the EU courts Tunis’s help in stopping migration.

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Tunisian journalists union say president is No 1 enemy of press freedom

Tunisia's main journalists' union accused President Kais Saied on Wednesday of becoming the number one enemy of press freedom since he seized almost all powers in 2021, a move that the opposition described as a coup.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Contacts Intensify over Syria’s Return to Arab League

Jordan kicked off a series of contacts with Arab countries and officials in wake of its hosting of a meeting of regional envoys on Monday to discuss Syria’s return to the Arab League. The meeting was attended by the foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Iraq and Syria. Soon after…

AFP

Tunisia's main union lambasts IMF loan talks

Tunis (AFP) - Tunisia's largest union on Monday attacked the government's handling of negotiations with the IMF on a loan to bail out the North African country as it slides deeper into debt.

The Guardian - UK

Tunisian cemeteries fill up as hundreds of dead refugees wash up on coast

Hospitals, morgues and burial grounds under pressure, with more than 300 bodies found this year in just one region

AFP

Crowd trouble in Tunisia as Esperance reach CAF Champions League semis

Johannesburg (AFP) - Clashes between police and spectators in Tunisia delayed a CAF Champions League quarter-final by 45 minutes on Saturday before local club Esperance survived a tense finish to march on.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Saudi Ship Carries Out Largest Evacuation Since Sudan Fighting Broke Out

A Saudi-flagged ship arrived Saturday at the King Faisal Naval Base in Jeddah, carrying the largest number of evacuees since evacuations from Sudan kicked off. The Saudi-flagged ship “Amana” carried 20 Saudi citizens, as well as 1,866 nationals of brotherly and friendly countries from different nationalities, including: Thailand, Australia, Rwanda,…

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Tunisia Retrieves 41 Drowned Migrants as Death Toll Soars

Coastguards have retrieved 41 bodies from Tunisian waters, a national guard official said on Friday, raising the number of victims of migrant shipwrecks off the country's coast to 210 in 10 days. The bodies were in a decomposed state, suggesting they had been in the water for several days, said…

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