Tunisia

Of the nine nations definitely heading to next year's World Cup from the African confederation, only Cape Verde will be sending a squad to the competition for the first time.

The humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza has become a flashpoint in the Mediterranean Sea, after a series of alleged drone attacks. Among the activists on board is Greta Thunberg, who said the aim is to deliver not just aid, but solidarity.

Italian film star best known for The Leopard, Once Upon a Time in the West, The Pink Panther and 8½It was no surprise, when Federico Fellini cast Claudia Cardinale in 8½ (1963), that she played the dream girl of his alter ego on screen. By that time, Cardinale, who has died aged 87, had already emerged as a major Italian film star. In the same year, she […]

Born and raised in Tunisia to Italian parents, Claudia Cardinale entranced audiences across the globe with the sultry gaze that made her the muse of directors including Luchino Visconti and Federico Fellini. She died on Tuesday at her home in Nemours, outside Paris.

The actor, who starred in classic European films by Fellini, Visconti, Herzog and Sergio Leone, has died at the age of 87. Here we look back at her life and careerClaudia Cardinale, glamorous star of The Leopard and Once Upon a Time in the West, dies aged 87 Continue reading...

Global Sumud Flotilla says no passengers or crew harmed by alleged incendiary device dropped on boat in Tunisian portA flotilla seeking to break Israel’s aid blockade of Gaza has said it was attacked by a drone for the second time in less than 24 hours.The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF), which is carrying pro-Palestinian activists, including Greta Thunberg, […]

Global Sumud Flotilla shares video showing vessel being hit by flaming object at port, but says its mission will go aheadMiddle East crisis – live updatesA flotilla carrying aid for Gaza and pro-Palestinian activists including Greta Thunberg says one its boats has been struck in a drone attack while docked in Tunisia.The Global Sumud Flotilla (GSF) shared […]

The Global Sumud Flotilla has reported that one of its boats carrying aid to Gaza was struck by a drone in Tunisian waters. The organisers of the flotilla said an investigation was under way, with more information to be released once it is available. The Tunisian interior ministry said reports of a drone hitting a boat in the port 'have no basis in truth', […]

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Ten years after a beach attack that killed 30 Britons and delivered a crippling blow to Tunisia's tourism industry, European holidaymakers are finally returning in what authorities hope will be record-breaking numbers.

Venice film festivalIn an audacious move, director Kaouther Ben Hania reconstructs the killing of the five-year-old in Gaza using her real voice as she is bombarded by the Israeli armyThere can be no doubt about which movie has set the Venice film festival ablaze – it is this one, from Tunisian film-maker Kaouther Ben Hania. The Voice of Hind Rajab is […]

Tunisian dancer and choreographer Selma Ouissi and her brother Sofiane are well known in the Arab world’s contemporary dance scene. Their work is known for its powerful visuals and precise exploration of movement. At the 2025 Avignon Festival, they presented "Laaroussa Quartet – a Free Body that Invents its Own Gesture", a tribute to the ancient craft […]

African countries have gained an extra week to renegotiate trade terms with Washington, with new US tariffs – including steep hikes for South Africa and Algeria – now due to take effect on 7 August. The latest executive order signed by President Trump introduces a flat 15 percent tariff on most African exports to the United States, replacing a […]

Based on the true story of the brutal murder of a teenage shepherd, Lotfi Achour’s sombre film honestly attempts to encompass the unbearable grief suffered by the familyA low cloud of misery and horror settles on this sombre movie from Tunisian writer-director Lotfi Achour, inspired by a brutal event in his country from 2015. A teenage shepherd called […]

Egyptian authorities have detained more than 200 pro-Palestinian activists who arrived in Cairo by plane as part of a solidarity march to Gaza to push for increased humanitarian aid access to the enclave. A convoy that left Tunisia for Gaza is currently blocked in Libya. 

French Interior Minister Bruno Retailleau is meeting Tuesday with the Tunisian ambassador to France following the murder of a Tunisian man by one of his neighbours at the weekend that is being investigated by anti-terrorism police as a hate crime.

One of several films from the African continent shown at the Cannes Film Festival, Erige Sehiri’s Promised Sky (Promis le ciel) in the Un Certain Regard category, is a powerful and rare portrait of three migrant women struggling to make ends meet in Tunisia. 

In eastern Tunisia, near the coastal city of Sfax, hundreds of migrants from sub-Saharan Africa have been forced to move to nearby olive groves after authorities dismantled their camps earlier this month.

The sentencing of opponents and other public figures to as much as 66 years in prison highlights the president’s dismantling of political achievementsTunisia wasn’t just the birthplace of the Arab spring. In 2021, a decade after the movement swept across the region, it remained a flickering yet precious beacon of democracy when other nations had swiftly […]

Seven winners of environmental prize include Amazonian river campaigner and Tunisian who fought against organised waste traffickingIndigenous river campaigner from Peru honouredGrassroots activists who helped jail corrupt officials and obtain personhood rights for a sacred Amazonian river are among this year’s winners of the world’s most prestigious […]