Tag: Tunisia
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Tunisia’s Dictator Kais Saied sends another politician to prison
A Tunisian court has sentenced sitting Member of Parliament Ahmed Saidani to eight months in prison for insulting the President, Kais Saied. On Thursday, 19 February 2026, the court convicted Saidani of “insulting others via communication networks” under Tunisia’s telecommunications law, an offence that carries a potential prison term of up to two years. Saidani,…
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The silent rise of the new North African dictator
As journalists and observers of Africa and the Mediterranean had their attention drawn towards the genocidal horrors in Gaza and Sudan, the Tunisian dictator, Kais Saied, has increasingly got away with more repression in his home-country, Since abrogating parliament in 2021, Kais Saied has jailed his opponents and only increased his authority and repression, by…
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Labour and PN take credit over EU victory for Maltese fishermen
Both the Labour government and the Nationalist Party are takeing credit over a very significant victory obtained at the European Union institutions in favour of Maltese fishermen. The European Union will be sanctioning up to 21 Tunisian and Italian fishing vessels which have been encroaching into Maltese waters and even intimidating Maltese fishing boats. These…
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People start burning themselves in Tunisia as the country sinks further into chaos
At least six people tried to burn themselves in separate incidents in Tunisia since last Friday evening. Tunisia is descending further into chaos and economic crisis after Kais Saied took control of the country in an authoritarian coup in 2023 as he jailed his political opponents. The European Union propped up Kais Saied’s regime with…
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Watch this BBC Documentary about the erosion of democracy in Tunisia
Kais Saied was elected President of Tunisia of 2019 with the promises of anti-corruption and economic stability but five years later, Kais Saied has built a centralised and authoritarian government with an economy still stagnating and people facing ever more challenges. The European Union has propped up President Kais Saeid with a €100 million deal…
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First I complain, then I am rewarded. I am failed Labour Party candidate Joe Sammut
Failed Labour Party European Parliament candidate Joe Sammut has been rambling and complaining lately about some obscure reason for his lack of election success. It seems the party is always to blame for these failed candidates. The nation, apparently, was deeply in need of Joe Sammut’s skills, so he was appointed Ambassador to Tunisia, also…
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Malta was not present to the signing of the EU-Tunisia Immigrant Pact
More news from the world where Malta is becoming ever more irrelevant. A comprehensive agreement on trade and immigration was signed by the EU and Tunisia, with the Netherlands and Italy leading the European side. Disappointingly, no mention is made by the EU over Tunisia’s descent into dictatorship. What is also striking in this event…
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Malta should make its concerns to the Tunisian government on the erosion of democracy
Tunisia is currently descending into authoritarianism once again and Malta as a neighbouring liberal democracy should directly and upfront make its concerns on the state of Tunisia’s democracy to Tunisia’s President Kais Saied and his government. Instead, the Maltese government is holding thanks with its Tunisian counterparts as if it’s business as usual – it’s…
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Dictatorship looms again across Malta’s shores
Yesterday, Rached Ghannouchi has been arrested as part of the ongoing crackdown against the Opposition, the press and critics by Tunisia’s leader Kais Saied. So far only, Newsbook seems to be covering the crisis in Tunisia amongst the Maltese press and the Maltese government is clueless that Tunisia is going through a constitutional crisis. What happens…
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Tunis calling
If Malta was a normal country, it would have been very concerned about what is happening to its nearest Arab neighbour, Tunisia. Last year, President Kais Saied abrogated parliament and took over the country as its sole ruler while the country spiralled into economic chaos. President Saied is blaming black African immigrants for the economic…
