UGTT: facing a deepening crisis, Tunisia’s top union confirms its general strike decision

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Meeting on September 9, 2026, at the historic headquarters of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) on Place Mohamed-Ali in Tunis, the union's National...

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Pre-trial detention order against journalist Mohamed Yousfi in Tunisia

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An investigating judge at Tunisia's Economic and Financial Judicial Pole issued a pre-trial detention order on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, against journalist Mohamed Yousfi, editor-in-chief of the news website Al Qatiba. The decision came after several...

Death Threats Against Hamma Hammami: Video Calling for His Execution Sparks Outrage

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A man filmed with his face uncovered, calling for the execution of a 76-year-old veteran opposition figure: that is what a video posted online in recent days shows, targeting Hamma Hammami, secretary general of the Tunisian...

Anas Hmaidi Sentenced: Tunisian Appeals Court Confirms One-Year Prison Term

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He was not in the courtroom on Wednesday, July 1, when the correctional chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal sealed his fate. Anas Hmaidi, head of the Association of Tunisian Magistrates, has had his one-year...

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UGTT: facing a deepening crisis, Tunisia’s top union confirms its general strike decision

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Meeting on September 9, 2026, at the historic headquarters of the Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) on Place Mohamed-Ali in Tunis, the union's National Administrative Committee, chaired by Secretary-General Sofiane Salmi, reviewed a wide range of...

Pre-trial detention order against journalist Mohamed Yousfi in Tunisia

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An investigating judge at Tunisia's Economic and Financial Judicial Pole issued a pre-trial detention order on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, against journalist Mohamed Yousfi, editor-in-chief of the news website Al Qatiba. The decision came after several...

Death Threats Against Hamma Hammami: Video Calling for His Execution Sparks Outrage

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A man filmed with his face uncovered, calling for the execution of a 76-year-old veteran opposition figure: that is what a video posted online in recent days shows, targeting Hamma Hammami, secretary general of the Tunisian...
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Africa’s fynbos plants hold their ground with the world’s thinnest roots

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It is a daily ritual for millions of Australians, but if you have noticed the price of your morning flat white or soy latte increase, brace yourself — it is likely to get worse. By the end of the year,...
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‘Fresh Banana Leaves’ shows how Indigenous people have been harmed

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It is a daily ritual for millions of Australians, but if you have noticed the price of your morning flat white or soy latte increase, brace yourself — it is likely to get worse. By the end of the year,...

Death Threats Against Hamma Hammami: Video Calling for His Execution Sparks Outrage

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A man filmed with his face uncovered, calling for the execution of a 76-year-old veteran opposition figure: that is what a video posted online in recent days shows, targeting Hamma Hammami, secretary general of the Tunisian...

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Tunisia: Sihem Ben Sedrine, from transitional justice to legal proceedings – NGOs denounce “procedural harassment”

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The Tunisian association Takato (Crossroads for Rights and Freedoms) published, on Tuesday, April 21, 2026, a note titled "Sihem Ben Sedrine: From the path...

US former diplomat arrives in Taiwan, calls it ‘great nation’

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Posthumous accusations and cell rumors: How a long-term prisoner mobilizes Kissinger from beyond the grave

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The specialized criminal chamber for terrorist cases at the Tunis Court of First Instance has decided to postpone until May 26, 2026, the examination...

Sihem Bensedrine Sentenced to 25 Years: A Verdict That Puts Tunisia’s Rule of Law on Trial

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Tunis, June 26, 2026. In the early hours of Friday morning, the specialized criminal chamber for financial corruption at the Tunis Court of First...

Macron denies Mali mission was a failure as French forces pull out

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Foreign visitors return to Jewish pilgrimage in Tunisia under tight security

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DJERBA, Tunisia - Imen Oueslati / (AP) — The annual Jewish pilgrimage to the 26-century-old El-Ghriba Synagogue in Tunisia drew a modest but notable...

Nigeria to ban money rituals and smoking in Nollywood movies

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Anas Hmaidi Sentenced: Tunisian Appeals Court Confirms One-Year Prison Term

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He was not in the courtroom on Wednesday, July 1, when the correctional chamber of the Tunis Court of Appeal sealed his fate. Anas...

Near the frontline in eastern Ukraine, snipers and scepticism abound

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In Tunisia, the UN Documents a Growing Crackdown on Journalists and Rights Defenders

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This is no longer an isolated warning. It is a documented finding, delivered from Geneva by the United Nations' highest moral authority on human...

Eritrean Tesfatsion wins Tour du Rwanda for second time

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Death Threats Against Hamma Hammami: Video Calling for His Execution Sparks Outrage

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A man filmed with his face uncovered, calling for the execution of a 76-year-old veteran opposition figure: that is what a video posted online...
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