Tunisia News · Thursday, 27 August 2026

Tunisia

Fuel transport federation to file strike notice for September 23-24

The General Federation of Petroleum and Chemical Products says it will file formal notice on 27 August for a two-day strike by fuel-tanker drivers on 23-24 September, over a long-standing labour agreement and unresolved social-security contributions. The federation gave roughly a month's notice, far above the ten-day legal minimum, to leave room for negotiation. The sector's last strike, a surprise walkout on 20 August that briefly disrupted supply from the Radès and Skhira terminals, was called off the same evening once the state distributor reached an agreement with drivers.

Source: Webdo · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Poultry federation warns 15-hour power cuts are pushing industry toward collapse

Salah Toumi of the National Poultry Federation says outages lasting up to 15 hours a day, combined with extreme heat, are suffocating birds and wrecking ventilation-dependent farms, since backup generators cannot keep up with the frequency of the cuts. “Breeders will not be able to sustain these repeated losses in coming seasons, risking the entire production chain,” he warned, adding that farmers already selling below cost have received no government support.

Source: Kapitalis · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Search off Zarzis ends, final toll fifteen dead

The National Guard said search operations off Zarzis ended on Wednesday with the recovery of the last body. Of the sixteen people aboard the boat that left the coast near Ben Guerdane on 19 August and sank on the night of 21 to 22 August, fifteen are now confirmed dead, fourteen from Ben Guerdane and one from Zarzis, and one survived.

Source: Réalités · Thursday, 27 August 2026

Geopolitics

Gaza envoy warns UN Security Council ceasefire collapse would be a ‘point of no return’

The senior international envoy overseeing Gaza's ceasefire, Nickolay Mladenov, told the UN Security Council that a collapse of the fragile truce would be “not a setback” but “a point of no return for everyone.” Gaza's health ministry says at least 1,288 Palestinians have been killed since the US-brokered ceasefire took effect in October, as Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resists the disarmament-for-withdrawal plan Hamas has accepted.

Source: Al Jazeera · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Dozens killed in ethnic attacks on Sudan's Kordofan, doctors' group says

The Sudan Doctors Network says at least 27 people, including four children, were killed in attacks on the Otoro tribe in South Kordofan, forcing residents to flee toward Abu Hitan and Kadugli. The killings add an ethnic, land-dispute dimension to a civil war that has already displaced some 14 million people since fighting between the army and the Rapid Support Forces began in April 2023; a US push at the Security Council last week to widen Sudan's arms embargo has run into Russian and Chinese opposition.

Source: Al Jazeera · Wednesday, 26 August 2026

Europe

Costa tours EU capitals as Germany and Sweden press for deeper budget cuts

European Council President António Costa began a four-week tour of member states' capitals to test appetite for compromise on the EU's next long-term budget, worth close to two trillion euros. Germany's Friedrich Merz is leading a “frugal” bloc demanding sweeping cuts to agriculture and cohesion spending, while Sweden is pushing for an even deeper cut, of roughly 20 percent to the overall budget; a group of 17 mostly poorer states wants more money for both areas instead. Costa is aiming for a deal by December so the budget can start on time in January 2028.

Source: Euronews · Tuesday, 25 August 2026

Canada's Carney to address EU Parliament as Trump tariffs push Ottawa toward Brussels

Prime Minister Mark Carney will address the European Parliament in Strasbourg on 17 September, a day after Commission President Ursula von der Leyen's State of the Union speech, as Canada seeks deeper ties with the bloc following the collapse of trade talks with Washington. “This fall we will begin intense discussions with the European Union … to build a much stronger and deeper economic and security partnership,” Carney said, after the US imposed 50 percent tariffs on roughly 28 billion dollars of Canadian goods and Ottawa answered with retaliatory measures on nearly 900 items.

Source: The Globe and Mail · Wednesday, 26 August 2026