Tarek Amara
latest news & developmentsTunisia police use teargas on Muslim protesters
Police have used teargas to disperse hundreds of Tunisians protesting against a niqab ban and the screening of a film they said denigrated Islam.
Libya says Gaddafi stays, wounded relate siege hell
Forces loyal to Muammar Gaddafi are staging a "massacre" in Misrata, evacuees said on Monday, as Libya said it was ready to discuss political reform.
Two dead as Tunisian police fire on protesters
At least two people were killed and 17 others wounded in northern Tunisia on Saturday when police opened fire to quell a protest.
Violent clashes spread to centre of Tunisian capital
Gunshots were heard in Tunis on Thursday, a Reuters reporter said, after one man was killed in clashes with police in the city overnight.