Amin* quit school in the ninth grade. He is now 20 and unemployed. He spent the last few years working in coffee shops until a friend of his suggested he buy a high school certificate from a private school to help him find a job. Dropout rates have been on the rise in recent years, […]

President Beji Caid Essebsi appointed Youssef Chahed, 41 as the new Prime Minister on August 3, after Parliament voted out Habib Essed last month for his handling of the economic crisis and the security situation. But opposition to the coalition government say Chahed is not the right man to lead. President Beji Caid Essebsi appointed […]

In hopes of gaining the privileges of Tunisia’s ‘economic reconciliation law’, Ben Ali-era businessmen, politicians and government employees involved in corruption cases are flocking to the Body of Dignity and Truth (the independent apparatus overseeing the application of transitional justice) to turn in their files. For legal reasons, the exact numbers and identities of those […]

Munir Jalali, a poor man, was forced to sell his refrigerator so that his pregnant wife could deliver their son. At a local hospital in Gafsa Governorate, in southern Tunisia, Jalali was shocked when the obstetrician asked for a bribe before the cesarean section. “Although treatment is for free in this public hospital, the obstetrician […]

Hamma Hammami, spokesperson of the leftist Popular Front party said that those calling on the prime minister to resign are protecting their own personal interests. He also spoke about a political mafia controlling the state. Minister Hammami, how do you see the Prime Minister’s refusal to resign from office, and the parliament’s intention to grant […]

His family was shocked when they discovered that Mohamed Bu Helal, whom they had never seen fast or pray, was the man sitting behind the truck that deliberately ran over and killed 84 people in Nice, France on July 14 – ISIS later claimed responsibility for the attack. “How could my brother do such a […]

The future of Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid will be decided by a parliamentary vote on July 30, after the prime minister called a confidence motion in Parliament. The move follows efforts by his own party and the President Beji Caid Essebsi, during consultations and meetings with a number of parties, to force the prime […]

Nineteen-year-old Bilal Basti only wanted to hail a taxi, but the young Tunisian ended up paying for the ride with his life. The scene occurred recently near the Ministry of the Interior in downtown Tunis. A driver refused Bilal and his friend access to his car, preferring to pick up two women instead. An altercation […]

A series of bizarre communication blunders by Habib Essid’s government have highlighted the lack of coordination among several government departments in Tunisia. Check-up or surgery? A series of bizarre communication blunders by Habib Essid’s government have highlighted the lack of coordination among several government departments in Tunisia. Check-up or surgery? Last week, local newspapers revealed […]

A new law that will raise the age of retirement and cut pensions in Tunisia has been met with resistance by civil servants, trade unions and local policy analysts. The law will affect nearly 700,000 retired civil servants and thousands more private sector pensioners. According to the Ministry of Social Affairs, the pensions of 47 […]