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Sport
From Tunisia to Italy, who are those fleeing to Europe?
In this episode of Witness, we travel to Tunisia to hear the harrowing stories of migrants from the sub-Sahara and…
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Middle East
Tunisian leader calls meeting with Syria’s Assad ‘historic,’ buries memories of Arab Spring
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Smiles, a handshake and what Tunisian President Kais Saied called a “historic meeting” with the…
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Middle East
Tunisia’s moderate Islamist leader sentenced in absentia to year in prison
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A court has sentenced moderate Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi to a year in prison for…
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Middle East
Tunisia investigates guardsman’s motive for killing 5 outside historic synagogue
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian authorities opened an investigation Wednesday into a shooting attack at a synagogue that killed two…
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News
Tunisia facing unprecedented migration crisis as bodies wash ashore
SFAX, Tunisia: Bodies of drowned migrants wash up most days on Tunisian beaches, lie unclaimed in hospital corridors and fill…
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Middle East
210 migrant bodies wash up on Tunisia coast in under 2 weeks
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s coast guard says it has recovered around 210 bodies of migrants under two weeks that…
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Europe
Mediterranean migrant crisis: 11 migrants drown in shipwreck off Libya, 61 rescued – France 24
Issued on: 26/04/2023 – 16:30Modified: 26/04/2023 – 16:36 01:28 © france 24 The bodies of 11 people, (including a child) have washed up on the shores of Libya -after their boat sank while they were trying to cross the Mediterranean. At least four people were able to swim to safety. FRANCE 24’s James Mulholland tells us more.…
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Middle East
Tunisian Islamist leader Ghannouchi detained amid tensions
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Influential Tunisian Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi was detained Monday after a police search, according to his…
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Middle East
Syria, Tunisia move to restore their diplomatic relations
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied met Tuesday with Syria’s chief diplomat and said his country wants to…
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Middle East
Guinea, Ivory Coast repatriating citizens from Tunisia
CONAKRY, Guinea (AP) — The West African nations of Guinea and Ivory Coast are repatriating citizens who want to leave…
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