The Case for The Times of Tunis
When the world wants to understand Tunisia, it usually waits for a crisis. A boat goes down off Sfax. A president suspends a parliament. A young vendor in
Tunisia Sets Out a Plan to Become a Regional Online Commerce Hub by 2031
Saied Hosts a Congolese Envoy and Calls for a New African Order
After Two Lost Harvests, Tunisia Reschedules Its Farmers' Debts
Business Presses Tunisia to Loosen Its 1970s Currency Controls
Tunisia's Banks and Insurers Face a Three-Day Strike Over Pay
Abidjan Redefines Its Military Partnerships With Beijing, Paris and Washington
Tunisia
All Tunisia →Tunisia Sets Out a Plan to Become a Regional Online Commerce Hub by 2031
The trade ministry has opened consultations on a five year strategy meant to turn Tunisia into a regional
Saied Hosts a Congolese Envoy and Calls for a New African Order
A written message from President Tshisekedi, delivered by Patrice Lumumba's daughter, gave Kais Saied a stage
After Two Lost Harvests, Tunisia Reschedules Its Farmers' Debts
The central bank has told lenders to restructure the loans of cereal growers ruined by drought, a sign
Business Presses Tunisia to Loosen Its 1970s Currency Controls
As parliament rewrites the foreign exchange code, the employers' group CONECT wants automatic approvals, a single digital
Tunisia's Banks and Insurers Face a Three-Day Strike Over Pay
The sector's union has called a walkout for 23 to 25 June, accusing employers of abandoning
Water, floods and the farm calendar: a drier decade reshapes the north
A region that feeds the capital is rewriting what it grows, and when, as the climate shifts under
A record eleven million visitors, and the limits of the boom
2025 was the best tourism year on record. The receipts are real, and so are the limits. Tunisia
Subsidies and the STEG problem: the reform no government wants to name
Electricity and bread are sold below cost. Everyone knows the bill is unsustainable. Touching it is another matter
The Explainer
All explainers →Two pipelines, one prize: how Algeria and Morocco are fighting over Europe's gas
Europe banned Russian gas. Two rival African routes are racing to fill the gap, and the rivalry is as political
1 min readThe Sahel, explained: juntas, Russia and the new map after the French exit
Three coups, one withdrawal and a realignment that reaches all the way to Tunisia's southern border Over five
1 min readWhy Tunisia's debt numbers are so contested
Two capable economists can read the same accounts and reach opposite conclusions. Here is what they are actually arguing about.
1 min readWorld
All world news →Abidjan Redefines Its Military Partnerships With Beijing, Paris and Washington
Benin's New President Reaches Out to the Sahel's Military Rulers
Morocco's Atlantic gamble: a port for the landlocked Sahel
Algeria reopens the Trans Saharan pipeline, and a Sahel thaw begins
Libya's twenty billion dollar bet on light crude
Libya approves its first unified budget since 2013. The hard part starts now
What Morocco's Atlantic port means, seen from Tunis
