The EU wants to speed up processing asylum applications by creating a list of "safe countries of origin." Tunisia is on the ...

Tunisia presents an economic paradox. It has everything it needs to become a “Tiger of the Mediterranean”, yet this economic potential never seems to materialize. On the contrary, the Tunisian economy ...

The sentencing in Tunis of around 40 opponents to extremely harsh penalties based on fanciful accusations tarnishes Tunisia's reputation, as it is forcibly steered into the boundless autocracy of ...

Tunisia’s coastguard has recovered the bodies ... who were on the boat when it broke down and took on water due to bad weather. According to survivors’ testimonies, the boat had been carrying ...

By Vivian Yee Reporting from Damascus, Syria In the latest sign of deepening repression in what was once virtually the sole Arab democracy, a court in Tunisia has handed down heavy sentences to ...

El Amra (Tunisia) (AFP) – Tunisian authorities on Thursday set fire to tents housing sub-Saharan African migrants, an AFP correspondent said, in a new drive to clear their informal camps.