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Libya

A November 2020 file photo shows Stephanie Williams, Acting Head of the United Nations Support Mission speaking during a news conference in Tunis. (AP)

Libya rivals meet in Egypt for talks on elections

tunisia

Tunisian security forces fire tear gas as protesters block a street in the Ettadhamen city suburb on the north-western outskirts of Tunis on January 18, 2021.(AP)

Political class seems helpless as street riots continue in Tunisia

tunisia

Members of Tunisia’s National Guard sit atop an armoured personnel carrier preparing for night clashes with protesters in the Ettadhamen city suburb on the northwestwern outskirts of Tunisia’s capital Tunis. (AFP)

Tunisian army called upon to quell unrest as police is overwhelmed

tunisia

Police officers face off with demonstrators during clashes in Ben Arous, Tunisia, Sunday, Jan. 17, 2021. (AP)

Tunisian protesters defy curfew amid rising anger

tunisia

UNESCO qualified Dougga as a World Heritage Site in 1997. (UNESCO)

Tunisia listed by UNESCO for keeping heritage sites open

tunisia

A man wearing a face mask to prevent the spread of coronavirus walks past deserted beachside coffeeshops, in Tunis, Tunisia, Jan. 13 2021. AFP

Tunisia enters new lockdown on muted anniversary of uprising

Europe

Migrants on a dinghy boat are approached by the SOS Mediterranee’s ship Aquarius, background, off the coast of the Italian island of Lampedusa. (AP)

Despite rightwing rhetoric, EU migrant entries at lowest point

Arab countries

A health worker administers a dose of the coronavirus vaccine to a member of the Transport Authority at a medical centre in the UAE emirate of Dubai. (AFP)

Arab countries embark on vaccine race amid surge in infections

tunisia

Tunisia’s dismissed Interior Minister Taoufik Charfeddine gives a joint press conference in the capital Tunis, on November 6, 2020.( AFP)

Tunisian PM sacks interior minister amid tensions with president