Tunisia 

Most of Tunisia's climate budget will be invested into water and agriculture, allocating around $1.9 billion to improve irrigation, secure water supplies and strengthen food production against drought and rising temperatures

Tunisian Television celebrated its 60th anniversary; the first official broadcast on 31 May 1966 was a 2-hour black-and-white program, establishing an identity for the country by showcasing local faces, languages and culture that are now a key document

Strawberry producers in the Nabeul Governorate, particularly in Korba, which accounts for 90% of national production, are suffering the consequences of January floods that damaged 200 hectares out of 350; 50 were completely washed away

Critical challenges facing the Arab world, specifically the lack of a cohesive, unifying project for regional renaissance, have been explored on 3 March in an online international conference by the Arab Dialogue Laboratory of the Gulf Research Centre

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

Some regions in Tunisia received the heaviest rainfall in 70 years in late January, with a positive impact on water reservoirs but causing floods that left a trail of disruptions, destruction and a number of people dead

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

Rights groups in Tunisia have condemned the excessive use of force by law enforcement after a man died from severe head injuries he reportedly sustained at the hands of police in the northern city of Kairouan

Three prominent opposition figures and activists have been arrest in just over a week: Chaima Issa during a protest, Ayachi Hammami and Nejib Chebbi in a widening crackdown on opposition

Thousands of protesters took to the streets of Tunis to protest against what they call escalating authoritarianism and the jailing of government critics; wearing black and carrying whistles and red ribbons, they marched chanting slogans