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General Strike In Tunisia City Over Jobs
More than a thousand people demonstrated Tuesday in the southern Tunisian city of Tataouine during a general strike to...
Tunisians Irked By Slow Progress On Civil Liberties
Tunisian activists say they are frustrated by the slow progress on reforms to improve civil liberties six years after...
One In Five Arab Mediterranean Youths Hopes To Emigrate
One in five youths in several North African countries and Lebanon would like to emigrate in search of better prospects,...
Where Are the Leaders Now?
What happened to the leaders whose power was challenged in the so-called Arab Spring that began in late 2010? Here is a...
Nov 26 Proposed As Date For Tunisia Local Polls
The body in charge of organising elections in Tunisia on Tuesday proposed November 26 as the date for holding the first...
Tunisia Convicts Ben Ali In ‘Mariah Carey Case’
Former Tunisian president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has been sentenced in absentia to six years in prison for corruption...
Angela Merkel Visits Tunisia For Talks On Migrant Crisis
German Chancellor Angela Merkel is set to press Tunisian leaders to step up efforts to help curb an influx of illegal...
Tunisia Parliament Adopts Anti-Graft Law
Tunisia's parliament on Wednesday approved a law to fight widespread corruption that has plagued the North African...
Tunisian Fashion Designers Look To Past For Inspiration
Traditional embroidery on modern dresses, men's robes turned into women's jackets -- Tunisian designers are making...
Security Forces Abuses Threaten Tunisia Reform
A rise in "brutal tactics" by Tunisian security forces in line with nationwide emergency laws to counter terrorism are...
Where Are the Jobs?
The Arab Spring started in Tunisia after a December 17, 2010 self-burning of a street vendor in a provincial town of...
Tunisia’s Powerful UGTT Union Elects New Leader
Gammarth (Tunisia) (AFP) - Tunisia's UGTT labour union, which played a role in the 2011 uprising that toppled the...
Tunisian Victims of Abuse Speak On TV In Reconciliation Move
Tunisians who suffered abuse under decades of authoritarian rule are to air their grievances live on TV. Thursday...
Death of Fish Seller Triggers Rare Demonstrations
Thousands of Moroccans have held protests in several towns and cities after a fish seller was crushed to death in a...
Corruption ‘epidemic’ In Tunisia
Tunis (AFP) - Graft in Tunisia has reached "epidemic" proportions, the head of the national anti-graft body INLC said...