Paris said its ruling was based on Tunis not responding to a request for guarantees of a trial by an independent court.
Elsewhere in Group C, Tanzania scrape through to the knockout stages for the first time after 1-1 draw with Tunisia.
Nigeria handed nervy ending by Tunisia but hold on to become second team to reach 2025 Africa Cup of Nations knockouts.
Saturday’s AFCON showdown between Nigeria and Tunisia could potentially decide who finishes top of Group C.
Decades after the passing of the UN convention on the elimination of discrimination, systemic racism is still rampant.
The uprisings did not collapse into irrelevance. They transformed how millions understood citizenship and dignity.
Fifteen years on, repression is deeper, dissent is criminalised, but democracy is still the public demand.
The Arab Spring began in Tunisia 15 years ago, after Mohamed Bouazizi set fire to himself triggering unrest.
Fifteen years after revolution took hold, little remains of the hopes that ignited a region.
On December 17, 2010, Tunisian vendor Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire, triggering protests across the Arab world.
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