What next for northern Africa’s conflict zones?
DR. THEODORE KARASIK January 21, 2023 West Africa, and the Sahel region in particular, represent serious security concerns in a global context. France is pulling out of francophone Africa and […]
Without a vision, the people perish
Sep 19,2022 – JORDAN TIMES / James J. Zogby Here is a story I have never told before: I travelled to Tunisia in late 1993 to meet with PLO Chairman […]
Is it a good thing: Tunisia expert drafting new constitution says no reference to Islam?
Tunis (AFP) – The legal expert charged with rewriting Tunisia’s constitution said Monday he would present President Kais Saied with a draft stripped of any reference to Islam, in order to […]
Growing risks of EU’s deliberate failures in North Africa
HAFED AL-GHWELL May 14, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/yt6ge Political crises and deepening structural and governance deficiencies throughout North Africa have become emblematic of a troubled EU approach to the region […]
Good governance the key to Arab world progress
HAFED AL-GHWELLJanuary 15, 2022 Short Url https://arab.news/zq3t8 A confluence of unprecedented challenges has added renewed urgency to finding answers for a question that has long confounded politics in the Arab […]
2021 in Review: Why worldwide refugee flows surged again despite the pandemic
NextShort Url https://arab.news/4tnvx JONATHAN GORNALL December 28, 2021 In the first 11 months of 2021, some 14,000 migrants had already come to Europe — more than in the whole of […]
Rescuers pull 394 migrants from dangerously overcrowded boat off Tunisia
A RHIB (rigid hulled inflatable boat) crew member from the German NGO migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 distributes life jackets to migrants on an overcrowded wooden boat. (File/Reuters) Short Url […]
Maghreb countries must take this opportunity to unite
Author ZAID M. BELBAGI December 09, 2020 Short Url https://arab.news/m9gnj Representatives of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), Rabat, February 18, 2012. (Reuters) Aside from the ties of heritage, religion and […]
A decade on, the broken dreams of the Arab Spring
1 / 4 In this file photo taken on January 23, 2011, inhabitants of the central Tunisia region of Sidi Bouzid demonstrate in front of the government palace in Tunis. […]
Women seeking Tunisian presidency say it’s time for change
Source: Associated Press TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian women can seek abortions, file for divorce and enjoy other rights unheard of in some parts of the Arab world — and […]
Up to 70 migrants drown after their boat sinks off Tunisia
AP May 10, 2019 Tunisia’s state news agency TAP said 70 people drowned as the boat sank and that fishing boats rescued 16 others So far this year, 17,000 migrants […]
Arab League summit in Tunisia to focus on Golan amid bitter rivalries
ASSOCIATED PRESS TUNIS Published29.03.2019 This picture taken on March 28, 2019 shows the flags of the Arab League member states flying outside the Council of Arab Interior Ministers’ headquarters […]
TUNISIAN & EGYPTIAN ACTIVISTS CALL FOR POLYGAMY TO SOLVE ‘SPINSTER CRISIS’
Jerusalem Post “If some people condemn polygynous marriages it is because of imperialist and colonialist attitudes toward Muslim women”- Svetlana Peshkova, associate professor at the University of New Hampshire. BY […]
Tunisia’s Fledgling Democracy Shows Signs of Wear and Tear
Source: Time By IAN BREMMER January 24, 2019 Tunisia will forever be remembered as the birthplace of the Arab Spring in 2011. That has been both a blessing and a curse […]
Tunisia says 2 jihadists blow themselves up in security raid
Source: Yahoo News Tunis (AFP) – Two alleged jihadists blew themselves up Thursday during an early morning raid by Tunisian security forces on a house in the central region of […]
Tunisian citizens’ backlash against the Saudi crown prince shows it’s possible to choose morality over economic benefits
Citizens seemed aware of the difference Saudi aid might make to them, yet they took to the streets in droves anyway Simon Speakman Cordall The Independent Voices Against rumours of […]
Rights groups condemn ‘brutal and humiliating’ tests on gay men in Tunisia
Source: The Guardian By Rebecca Ratcliffe More than 70 gay men were jailed by Tunisian authorities last year, according to activists, who warn anal tests and phone searches are being used […]
Tunisians protest giving women equal inheritance rights
Tunisian president proposes inheritance equality for women, with exceptions Source: Reuters TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s president on Monday proposed giving women equal inheritance rights despite protests from thousands of people […]
One Year Ago, Tunisia Passed a Groundbreaking Law to Protect Women. Has It Worked?
Source:Time By CHARLOTTE BAILEY/TUNIS 4:57 AM EDT In the 1990s, Ahlem Behladj learned to brave being hassled each day by the police officers that hung around outside the women’s shelter in […]
Tunisia: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon in Tunis On Two-Day Official Visit
Tunis/Tunisia — UK Minister of State for the Commonwealth and the United Nations Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon expected Thursday in Tunis for a two-day official visit. During his visit, the […]