The truth about hair relaxers: in the US, lawsuits over cancer. In Africa, soaring sales
Despite criticism for the use of potentially harmful chemicals, companies are still selling the products around the world
March 2024
European Commission accused of ‘bankrolling dictators’ by MEPs after Tunisia deal
Rights and freedom
Detained, trafficked, exploited: the plight of lone child migrants stranded in Tunisia
February 2024
Is democracy dying in Africa? Senegal’s slide into chaos bodes ill in a year of key elections
Former Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki given eight years in prison
January 2024
‘A very emotional shoot’: behind Four Daughters, an unusual, Oscar-tipped film
Al Jazeera journalist arrested in Tunisia amid crackdown on freedom of press
December 2023
Three killed while repairing ancient wall at Unesco world heritage site in Tunisia
Denzel Washington’s casting as Hannibal in Netflix film sparks race controversy in Tunisia
November 2023
The future of work
Africans’ dreams of starting a new life in Europe turn to nightmare in Tunisia
Thousands make the perilous trip to the top of Africa hoping to find a future across the Mediterranean. But Tunisia’s crackdown on boat crossings has left many in limbo
October 2023
‘We are already dead here’: last residents of Tunisian ghost town set sights on Europe
Diyar al Hajjaj’s population has halved in less than two years as its young people try again and again to cross sea
Brussels football match gunman had escaped from Tunisian prison
Tunisia had applied for extradition of Islamist gunman who shot dead two football fans but file got forgotten
Belgium’s justice minister resigns after Brussels terror attack
Killing of two Swedish football fans in Brussels ‘probably lone wolf’ attack
The Guardian view on outsourcing border controls: this is a dereliction of duty by Europe
September 2023
‘I had to drink my own urine to survive’: Africans tell of being forced into the desert at Tunisia border
People trying to reach north African country detail border ‘pushbacks’
‘It’s a torment’: refugee tells how his family died in desert on quest for a future in Europe
Pato Crepin’s wife and six-year-old daughter were repeatedly pushed back by authorities in Tunisia, which has signed a €1bn deal with the EU
What is the controversy over the EU migration deal with Tunisia?
EU states expressed ‘incomprehension’ at Tunisia migration pact, says Borrell
MEPs refused entry to Tunisia two months after signing of migration deal
