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Tunisians reject new cybercrime law and consider it a restriction of freedoms
President Kais Saied’s Decree 54 on combating crimes related to information and communication systems, which is criticized by all parties, associations, and organizations, sparked controversy across Tunisia. Tunisian parties considered the…
Tunisians face escalating consumer prices and food insecurity
A24 spoke to everyday Tunisians about the sharpening economic crisis as lines of cars formed at gas stations blocking traffic and homemakers go from shop to shop looking for basics like cooking oil, sugar and butter, A24 spoke to everyday…
Government and nation’s largest union hope new wage pact will ease economic tensions
Tunisia's government and the country's most powerful labor union- called the UGTT - agreed Wednesday on a pact to increase public sector wages by 3.5 percent over the next three years.
The deal-which also covers state pensions--comes…
Government sponsored school supply fair provides relief for cash-strapped parents
Some Tunis retailers use the back-to-school shopping season as an opportunity for price gouging. But parents in the capital are relieved to see the Ministry of Trade and several wholesalers step in to run a fair to help parents stock up on…
Tunis conference calls for end to violence against women with global treaty
Jordanian activist Rosa Al-Essy works in defending women's rights and combating violence against them. She has spent years trying to support women and help them obtain their rights in Jordan and around the world. This activity led her to…
Dinar plunge plagues already battered economy
Tunisia's economic crisis is increasingly evidenced by the local currency's decline against the US dollar. The strengthening dollar is reflected in higher prices for most consumer goods, especially imports.
As a result, Tunisians are…
First milk, now Coca-Cola. Supply chain and payments problem hits food production
In the latest sign of Tunisia's financial troubles, soft drinks have joined milk as a basic grocery item that’s now hard to find on supermarket shelves. The local Coca-Cola bottling plant is reducing production.
Consumers complain they…
Tunisia: Eleven migrants die in latest Mediterranean accident
At least 11 people are thought to have died in a shipwreck off the coast of Tunisia, with 12 others still missing.
Tunisia's coastguard rescued 14 people after the boat, which was carrying 37 migrants to Italy, sank on…
On fringes of Tunis, Conditions Worsen for Craftswomen
In the Hilal neighborhood, a poor area on the outskirts of Tunis, women working making clay furnaces have always had it tough. Constant exposure to high temperatures and long hours spent grinding bricks to make traditional clay pots a…
Half of human trafficking cases are children: National Anti-Trafficking Authority
Tunisian National Anti-Trafficking Authority (INLCTP) confirmed that figures in its annual report indicate an increase in human trafficking in Tunisia, which involves 19 different nationalities. The authority recorded 438 cases of human…