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Tunisia Faces Severe Summer Crisis with Infrastructure Failures and Prison Deaths

Tunisia experienced a summer marked by widespread water and electricity shortages and a series of suspicious deaths in prisons during heatwaves. Millions of citizens faced repeated utility cuts and queues for water, while poultry farms were decimated by the heat. Some observers…

development
2 sources · France

Who reported this

  • Le Monde Afrique France · Centre-left · Fonds pour l'independance de la presse
  • France 24 France · Centre · Public · France Medias Monde (French state holding)

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

Every source for this story reports from France.

· morning


Tunisian Journalist Mohamed Yousfi Arrested Amid Growing Press Concerns

A judge in Tunisia has ordered the detention of Mohamed Yousfi, the editor in chief of the investigative news website Al-Qatiba. Police took Yousfi into custody on Friday as he arrived at Radio Express FM for an interview. While the state news agency reported that the charges…

development
2 sources across 2 countries · Germany · Qatar · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Deutsche Welle Germany · Centre · Public · German federal public-law corporation
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning


Tunisia's Court of Cassation Upholds Sentences in State Security Case

Tunisia's Court of Cassation rejected a final appeal on Thursday, confirming heavy prison sentences for approximately 40 people accused of plotting against the security of the state. The defendants include opposition figures, lawyers, businessmen, and human rights defenders.…

development
2 sources across 2 countries · France · Qatar · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • France 24 France · Centre · Public · France Medias Monde (French state holding)
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning


Human Rights Watch Reports Systematic Crackdown on Tunisian Civil Society

Human Rights Watch has released a report concluding that Tunisian President Kais Saied is attempting to shutter the country's civil society entirely. The international watchdog states that authorities are using arbitrary prosecutions, detentions, and financial investigations to…

development
2 sources across 2 countries · Germany · Qatar · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Deutsche Welle Germany · Centre · Public · German federal public-law corporation
  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning


Migrant Boat Sinking Triggers Deaths and Protests in Tunisia

A hospital in the southern Tunisian city of Ben Guerdane has received at least 19 bodies of migrants recovered from the sea over the past two days. The recovery follows the sinking of a migrant boat over the weekend that carried seven members of the same family. While one report…

development single-lean coverage
3 sources across 2 countries · United States · United Kingdom

Who reported this

  • Al-Monitor United States · Centre · Jamal Daniel
  • Associated Press United States · Centre · Non-profit news cooperative
  • Reuters United Kingdom · Centre · Thomson Reuters Corporation

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· evening

Eleven bodies recovered after migrant boat sinks off Tunisia

Tunisia's coastguard has recovered eleven bodies after a boat carrying migrants sank over the weekend while traveling toward Italy. The National Guard reported on Sunday that three people remain unaccounted for. The vessel departed early Thursday with 15 passengers, most of whom…

development single-lean coverage
2 sources across 2 countries · United Kingdom · United States

Who reported this

  • Reuters United Kingdom · Centre · Thomson Reuters Corporation
  • Al-Monitor United States · Centre · Jamal Daniel

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning


At least 13 Tunisians missing after migrant boat sinks off Tunisian coast

At least 13 Tunisians are missing after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Tunisia while traveling toward Italy. Mostafa Abdelkebir, the head of the Tunisian Observatory for Human Rights, stated that the vessel set off early Thursday. Two people were rescued from the boat, one…

2 sources across 2 countries · Qatar · United Kingdom · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded
  • Reuters United Kingdom · Centre · Thomson Reuters Corporation

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning


Hundreds Protest in Tunisia Over Economic Crisis and President Kais Saied

Hundreds of protesters took to the streets of Tunis on Thursday to call for the ousting of President Kais Saied and the restoration of democracy. The demonstrations follow a similar protest on July 25, which marked the anniversary of Saied's 2021 dismissal of the government and…

3 sources across 3 countries · Qatar · South Africa · United States · 1 of them is linked to a state

Who reported this

  • Al Jazeera Qatar · Centre-left · State-affiliated · Qatari government funded
  • Daily Maverick South Africa · Centre-left · Reader-funded
  • Al-Monitor United States · Centre · Jamal Daniel

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· morning


Fertility Rates Reach Historic Lows Across the Maghreb

Fertility rates in Morocco, Algeria, and Tunisia have fallen to historic lows, with rates across the three countries dropping by more than half since the 1970s. A study by France's Institute for Demographic Studies (INED) describes this decline as exceptionally rapid and…

single-lean coverage
2 sources across 2 countries · France · United States

Who reported this

  • France 24 France · Centre · Public · France Medias Monde (French state holding)
  • Al-Monitor United States · Centre · Jamal Daniel

What the colours mean

  • Left
  • Centre-left
  • Centre
  • Centre-right
  • Right
  • A hatched block means the outlet is affiliated with, or controlled by, a state.

Political lean describes where an outlet sits within the politics of its own country. It is never a position on a single global scale.

Political lean is comparable inside one country and not across them, which is why the bar groups by country first. Publicly funded broadcasters are not marked as state-linked.

The owner of each outlet is listed as a matter of record, not as a judgement about the outlet.

· evening