Explained
Human Rights Watch has released a damning report on the authoritarian drift of Kaïs Saïed’s regime, denouncing arbitrary detentions and a repressive justice system.
The Newsroom
| 16 April 2025 | 8 minutes
Germany’s need for foreign healthcare workers has led many Tunisians nurses to seek a future there, often facing a tangle of bureaucracy and unregulated recruitment agencies. Despite recent reforms to make things easier, the process remains complex and leaves many vulnerable to exploitation. 
Hannah JagemastJamil Zegrer
| 09 September 2024 | 10 minutes
Arrests of migrants, camp destruction operations and searches of NGO premises: since the end of April, the anti-migrant policy has taken on an unprecedented scale.
Driss Rejichi
| 17 May 2024 | 10 minutes
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In France, Tunisian doctors bridge the gaps in the public hospital system
Exams, committees, precarious status: those wishing to practice medicine in France must go through a tortuous path. This tedious and sometimes humiliating process is widely used by French medicine to offset its shortcomings.
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| 17 February 2022
Budget 2023: What if Tunisia had only 100 Dinars in the State Treasury?
For several years now, Tunisia has been facing an economic crisis. As a result, the government is struggling to finance the state budget for the year 2023 and, as in previous years, will have to rely heavily on borrowings. Inkyfada tries to unpack some figures by breaking down the state budget to 100 dinars.
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| 30 March 2023
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