Topic - Tunisia

Tunisia (pronounced al-Jumhūriyya at-Tūnisiyya), is the northernmost country in Africa. It is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area is almost 165,000 km², with an estimated population of just over 10.3 million. Its name is derived from the capital Tunis located in the north-east. - Source: Wikipedia

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People take part in a protest against Tunisian president Kais Saied's rule and demanding the release of political prisoners in Tunis, Tunisia, Saturday, Nov. 22, 2025. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

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Demonstrators gather at a memorial site honoring the victims of the 1985 Israeli attack on Palestine Liberation Organization's headquarters, in Hammam Chott outside Tunisia's capital, Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2025. Banner in Arabic reads "From the sea of Tunisia to the sea of Gaza". (AP Photo/Ons Abid)

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FILE - In this photo provided by the Tunisian Presidency, Tunisia's President Kais Saied takes oath Monday, Oct.21, 2024 in Tunis following his re-election. (Tunisian Presidency via AP,File)

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Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

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A Tunisian voter casts her ballot at a polling station during the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

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U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk, presents a global update on human rights in the world, during the opening of the 57th session of the Human Rights Council at the European headquarters of the United Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, Monday, Sept. 9, 2024. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

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Tunisia's President Kais Saied casts his ballot as he participates in the legislative elections in Tunis, Dec. 17, 2022. As elections approach in Tunisia, potential presidential candidates are facing arrests as authorities clamp down on those planning to participate. Since President Kais Saied took power in 2019, critics and opponents have been arrested, detained and convicted of political charges stemming from criticism of the government.(AP Photo/Slim Abid, File)

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FILE - Tunisian President Kais Saied attends a signing ceremony with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Friday, May 31, 2024. Tunisia presidency says the North African country will hold its next presidential elections on Oct. 6. Its increasingly authoritarian President Kais Saied has yet to announce if he will seek a second term after five tumultuous years of leading Tunisia, once seen as a model of democracy for the Arab world. (Tingshu Wang/Pool Photo via AP, File)

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Tunisian lawyers take part in a protest against the recent arrests of their colleagues, in Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday, May 16, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

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FILE - A Tunisian police officer stands at the entrance at El-Ghriba synagogue, the oldest Jewish monument built in Africa more than 2,500 years ago, while Jewish pilgrims attend the annual Jewish pilgrimage in the resort of Djerba, Tunisia, Friday April 26, 2013. The Jewish Tunisians who organize an annual pilgrimage to one of the world’s oldest synagogues are planning a scaled-down event on May 2024, citing concerns about security less than a year after a deadly shooting shook the community. (AP Photo/Aimen Zine, File)

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FILE - People take part in a protest against president Kais Saied policies, in Tunis, Tunisia, March 5, 2023. Prominent Tunisian journalist Mohamed Boughalleb was put under pre-trial detention on a judge's order after a Tuesday, April 16, 2024, hearing in which he dangled the prospect of publishing reporting on corruption and the misuse of public funds by several ministers and public institutions. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

Tunisian journalist sentenced to 6 months in prison for insulting an official

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Former Tunisian President and head of el-Harak party Moncef Marzouki speaks to The Associated Press in Tunis, on Aug.28, 2019. A court in Tunisia this week handed down former President Moncef Marzouki an eight-year prison sentence in abstentia in the latest reflection of the country's ongoing crackdown against opponents of President Kais Saied. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

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A view of the port of Bizerte, Tunisia, where boats similar to the ones used by migrants to reach Italy are docked, Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2020. Tunisia's coast guard retrieved the bodies of nine people who died after their boat sank on Thursday, Feb. 15, 2024, marking the latest disaster for a surging number of migrants trying to cross the Mediterranean Sea to Europe. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

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FILE - Tunisian media mogul Nabil Karoui speaks to journalists after casting his ballot at a polling station during the second round of the presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. Nabil Karoui — a populist media mogul who has been plagued by charges since being imprisoned in the lead-up to that year's election — was sentenced to three years behind bars on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

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