Tunisia
The defence committee for detainees in Tunisia's 'conspiracy against state security' case says prison authorities transferred lawyer and opposition figure Ayachi Hammami from Mornaguia to Monastir prison on 24 September, days after he began a hunger strike in solidarity with fellow detainee Wael Naouar. The committee called the move 'an act of repression and abusive isolation' and said it adds to the cost and difficulty of family visits, according to Kapitalis and Business News. Hammami is one of dozens of opposition figures, activists and businesspeople charged in the 'conspiracy against state security' case.
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Kapitalis · Friday, 25 September 2026
Lawyer Nafaa Laaribi announced that his client, Free Destourian Party (PDL) leader Abir Moussi, began a hunger strike on 23 September at Bulla Regia prison, which he described as a response to what he called 'an escalation of irregularities and procedural violations' against her after 'administrative and legal remedies had been exhausted'. Her party says it will keep the public informed of her health and the case's progress. Moussi has been held since October 2023 and has staged several previous hunger strikes to protest her continued detention.
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Kapitalis · Thursday, 24 September 2026
The Ministry of Commerce and Export Development categorically denied, on Thursday, rumours circulating on social media of price rises for fuel, household gas and basic goods including milk, sugar, subsidised cooking oil, semolina and flour, saying 'the figures and information being circulated are baseless' and that no official document supports the claims. The ministry repeated that raising the prices of subsidised products 'is not on the agenda'. The denial came on the final day of a two-day strike by fuel-transport drivers, tied to an unpaid 2019 allowance.
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Kapitalis · Thursday, 24 September 2026
Tunis's terrorism-specialised criminal chamber postponed to a later date the case against journalist Zied El Heni, over a recording attributed to a former Ennahdha official whose authenticity he verified before a 2023 broadcast. The Committee to Protect Journalists says he faces four terrorism-related charges carrying a possible life sentence for that verification work, and his union, the SNJT, calls the case a criminalisation of routine journalism. El Heni is already serving a one-year sentence under article 86 of the telecommunications code in a separate case.
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Webdo · Friday, 25 September 2026
Houssem Eddine Touiti, director general of competition and economic research at the commerce ministry, said on Mosaique FM that rice, sugar and hygiene products should get cheaper in the coming weeks. He said a packaging bottleneck for bulk rice has been resolved and more than 100 tonnes a day will reach the market from next week at the state trading company's rate, alongside a programme distributing 3,000 tonnes of sugar to households.
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Webdo · Friday, 25 September 2026
Searches for Tunisia's national football team spiked on Thursday after the side drew 1-1 with Uganda in Rades in new coach Meine Chaabani's first match, the opening round of Group H in the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations qualifiers. Adam Arous put Tunisia ahead in the 12th minute, but Uganda's Rogers Muto equalised in the 67th, and Tunisia, chasing a 19th finals appearance, could not break down a compact Ugandan defence despite late pressure.
Europe
Russian drone and missile attacks killed at least eight civilians in Ukraine overnight Thursday, six farm workers in the Kharkiv region and two people in Kyiv, while Odesa reported heavy bombardment, the AP reported. A drone crossed into Romanian airspace for four minutes before crashing near the border, prompting Romanian and Spanish fighter jets to scramble, and Moldova closed part of its northern airspace after repeated incursions. President Zelensky told the UN that countries should 'starve Russia of revenue' through sanctions and trade bans, while Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Moscow was 'seeking peace, not a temporary truce.'
Giorgia Meloni's government has unveiled plans to cap the share of pupils who are not Italian citizens at 30 percent per classroom, against a current national average of 11.6 percent, alongside a ban on full-face coverings in schools and a requirement that parents of children with serious integration difficulties take Italian lessons. 'If these children are many, or even the majority, that's not integration anymore, that's abandonment,' Meloni said at a gathering of her party's youth wing. Experts note that a classroom cap of this kind would be unprecedented in Europe.
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CBS News · Monday, 21 September 2026
