Tunisia swelters as power cuts disrupt water supplies
Near 50C temperatures are driving record electricity demand, disrupting water supplies and straining health services.
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A partial solar eclipse illuminated Paris’s sky over the city’s iconic Eiffel Tower.
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Beneath Tunisia’s silence, public anger simmers
Behind Tunisia’s enforced calm, anger is growing over repression, economic decline and collapsing public services.
Tunisian wildfires expose failing infrastructure, community vulnerabilities
For families in Tunisia’s north, the wildfires have meant lost homes, livestock and harvests.
Tunisia’s body politic is in crisis
Public-service failures and uncertainty over Kais Saied’s health are deepening the country’s political malaise.
Tunisia bars family, lawyers from seeing Ghannouchi after prison collapse
No word on jailed Tunisian opposition leader Ghannouchi for 11 days, his son tells Al Jazeera.
Five years after Saied’s power grab, Tunisians are no better off
Tunisia has seen no economic benefit from power consolidation, while liberties have dwindled.
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Heatwave drives major wildfires across North Africa
Extreme heat is fuelling wildfires across North Africa, with major fires burning in Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco.
Published On 26 Jul 2026
Tunisia grapples with five years of crisis since Saied’s power grab
Tunisians protest five years of President Kais Saied’s rule amid economic crisis and political arrests.
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Thousands rally against Tunisia’s president five years after power grab
Thousands marched in Tunisia’s capital to demand the resignation of President Kais Saied.
Published On 26 Jul 2026
Tunisians mark fifth year of emergency rule with calls for Saied to go
Thousands rally in Tunis calling for ‘fall of the regime’ five years since President Kais Saied suspended parliament.
