Deepening Tunisia-Algeria ties spark mounting scrutiny and criticism in Tunisia, where citizens fear a loss of sovereignty amid a rising wave of authoritarian interdependence

Revising a number of internal regulations to encourage students to better express themselves and develop their talents within the school environment has been stressed as a mean to prevent violence in a conference meeting on education held in Tunis

Former director of French NGO Terre d’Asile and several colleagues, imprisoned for over 20 months for “facilitating illegal entry and residence” of migrants, have been released; lawyers of the detainees argue they joined a government approved programme

Tunisia has been included in the EU's provisionally approved list of safe countries that will allow fast-tracking asylum application rejections; critics from rights groups say it includes states accused of human rights abuses and political instability