In 2023, Tunisia became a headache for European politicians, especially for the far-right Italian government of Giorgia Meloni. That year, some 140,000 people set sail from Tunisian beaches for Europe, and 70% were able to reach it. The figures contrasted with those of its neighbor, Algeria. With a population almost four times larger, just over 2,200 people left in 2023. Two years later, the tables have turned on the so-called central Mediterranean route: Tunisia has almost completely sealed its beaches, while in Algeria the departure of small boats has skyrocketed.

Israel didn't wait 24 hours after bombing the Qatari capital to attack the Yemeni capital. Its aircraft launched an attack on the Yemeni Defense Ministry in Sana'a on Wednesday and other residential areas in the city, in retaliation for the Houthi drone attack on Ramon International Airport in southern Israel. At least 35 people were killed and 131 others were injured in the wave of attacks in Sana'a and the Al Jawf region, according to data from the Yemeni Ministry of Health.

The city of Gafsa, located on the imaginary line that delimits southern Tunisia with the north, is considered the major communications hub connecting these two disparate geographical areas. The city is also a must-see after a nine-hour train ride from the capital, Tunis, to enter that part of the country; the body deserves a break.

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed seems to enjoy exercising absolute power so much that he finds it hard to let go of it. On Monday, just before the one-month deadline he had set himself, Saïed decided to extend the "exceptional measures", decreed by himself on the basis of a very forced interpretation of an article of the Constitution designed for cases of "imminent danger" to national security. Among the measures adopted was the freezing of parliament and the assumption of full executive powers after replacing the prime minister, Hichem Mechichi.