Protest in Tunisia

Overcrowded hospitals, exhausted staff and, disgruntled patients... Tunisia's public health sector is struggling to heal its many maladies.

Like many other countries, Tunisia is faced with increasing desertification. Yet public awareness remains limited.

Tunisian mountain militants butcher desert shepherds.

The accused couple, "Islamic State" followers, have been charged with preparing a terrorist attack with a poison 6,000 times more lethal than cyanide. They aimed to "kill and wound the largest possible number of people."

in 1994, in Epetedo, Lagos, the late Chief M.K.O. Abiola declared himself president of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We met up with two men who witnessed and played key roles in the historic declaration.

Tunisia's 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, has died, the presidency said in a statement on Thursday. Essebsi was taken to a military hospital on Wednesday.

For two years, Tunisian businessman and entrepreneur, Karim Arafa, has been touring schools and hospitals to collect scrap and discarded furniture, and in his Tunis workshop, he gives them a makeover.

Two policemen have been stabbed, one of them fatally, in the Tunisian city of Sousse. Officers then chased down the three assailants, killing them all. Sousse was the scene of a deadly terror shooting in 2015.

Around 300 Tunisian football fans, who have threatened for weeks to emigrate to Italy in protest over sanctions against their club, board fishing boats and head out to sea.

Clashes broke out for a third consecutive evening Sunday in several Tunisian cities. In the working-class neighbourhood of Ettadhamen on the edge of the capital Tunis, young men hurled rocks at riot police who responded with volleys of tear gas despite a tight lockdown to curb the spread of coronavirus.

Around 1,000 people have been arrested since unrest broke out earlier this month in Tunisia over economic hardship worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters have been demanding the release of those detained.

Around 1,000 people have been arrested since unrest broke out earlier this month in Tunisia over economic hardship worsened by the coronavirus pandemic. Protesters have been demanding the release of those detained.