Tag: Beji Caid Essebsi

Tunisia: Essid nominated as Prime Minister, critics fear mounts

January 6, 2015

President Beji Caid Essebsi has tasked Habib Essid to form a government that would administer the affairs of the state for the next five years. ... Read More

Tunisia: Polls closed, Essebsi claims victory ahead of results

December 22, 2014

Tunisians have voted on Sunday to elect their president without any major incident that could have obstructed the election. Nidaa Tounes has already claimed victory ... Read More

Tunisia: Tensions remain encircled between presidential candidates

December 18, 2014

Tunisians will be going to the polls on Sunday to elect their next leader. Moncef Marzouki and Beji Caid Essebsi will face each other in ... Read More

Tunisia: Presidential final round slated for 21 December

December 9, 2014

21 December has been chosen by the electoral body as the date that will assemble Tunisians at voting stations to elect their new president in ... Read More

Tunisia: Parliament holds inaugural session, political tussles begin

December 3, 2014

Ahead of the Presidential elections later on this month, attention in Tunisia has shifted to the parliament’s first session. The newly elected 217 members of ... Read More

Tunisia: Tunisians fear one-party state if Essebsi becomes president

November 17, 2014

The presidential campaign atmosphere is rocking Tunisia as the parties continue to seek votes nationwide. The potential winner is 87-year-old Beji Caid Essebsi of the ... Read More

Tunisia : Party members want to kill hopeful president

September 17, 2014

With the presidential election drawing nearer by the day in Tunisia, the house of the Nidaa Tounes party is in shambles after its nominated presidential ... Read More

Tunisia: Ennahda Makes a U-Turn Ahead of Bankruptcy

August 19, 2013

A few days after Chairman Rached Ghannouchi of Ennahda ruled out any possibility of succumbing to the pressure of the opposition, the party has announced ... Read More