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At least 65 people have been injured when two trains collided south of Tunisia’s capital, Tunis. No fatalities were reported and the injured have been rushed to local hospitals, emergency services said. “The injured were taken to hospitals and there were no deaths,” civil defence spokesman Moez Triaa told the …

Everyone in Tunisia will have a chance to express their views on plans for a new political system before a panel gives directions for constitutional reforms, President Kais Saied said on Monday. The Tunisian president has said everyone will have a chance to comment on his proposals for political reform. …

Police in Tunisia have broken up a militant cell linked to Islamic State in the city of Tataouine, Reuters reports on Wednesday citing the interior ministry. Police said the cell was planning attacks with explosives and trying to recruit young people, according to the ministry statement. The North African nation …

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday appointed new members of the country’s top judicial council, a body he dissolved last month in what his opponents called a move to consolidate his power, Reuters news agency reports. President Saied seized executive authority last year and last month broke up the top …

Dozens of refugees mostly from Sudan and sub-Saharan countries have protested in Tunisia complaining about their treatment and demanding to be evacuated. The migrants held a sit-in in front of UN offices in the southern port of Zarzis. “We have refugee status but this organisation (UNHCR) does not care about …

Tunisian president Kais Saied cemented his grip over the judiciary on Sunday with a decree that lets him dismiss judges or block their promotion, helping consolidate his power after he seized executive authority last summer in a move his foes call a coup, Reuters reports. President Saied outraged his opponents …

At least 160 migrants attempting to reach Italy have been rescued off the Tunisian coast, the Tunisian navy said. The rescue took place off the coast near Sfax in the south-east. Most of the migrants are Tunisians and children were also among them, the navy said. Last year more than …

Tunisian President Kais Saied has said he will reshape the country’s politics in 2022 with a new constitution and parliament after seizing executive power last year in a move his enemies are calling a coup, Reuters news agency reports. But the threat of national bankruptcy could upset his plans. The …

At least six people drowned and 30 others missing after their boat capsized off the Tunisian coast, local media reported. According to survivors, 70 migrants had been aboard the boat from a range of countries including Egypt, Sudan and Morocco. A Tunisian defence spokesman said they had set off from …

Nadia Akacha, the Tunisian president’s chief of staff announced her resignation on Facebook. It is rather a blow for President Kais Saied. She said that she had made the decision over differences of opinion. There has been no official confirmation as yet. Ms Akacha has been one of President Saïed’s …