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Tunisia: Runoff results, a plebiscite against corruption – PM Chahed

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed welcomed the results of the Sunday runoff as a plebiscite against corruption, in reference to the defeat of media mogul Nabil Karoui formerly charged for money laundering and tax evasion. Around 72 per cent of the 7 million Tunisian voters Sunday picked independent candidate Kaïs Saïed as the country’s next […]

Tunisia: Government committed to democracy, needs time to respond to job demands

Amid the ongoing protests, Prime Minister Essid vowed at a press conference Saturday that Tunisia will continue to nurture and protect its young democracy “whatever the cost” while appealing for calm, national unity and complete security across the country. Prime Minister Essid called on Tunisians not to follow people seeking to “destroy the democratic transition” […]

Libya : U.N envoy and PM al-Thinni targeted in triple car explosions

Cars have exploded near the place where U.N special envoy Bernadino Leon was to meet with Prime Minster Abdullah al-Thinni. The meeting was scheduled to take place in Shabat, a city in eastern Libya. It is still unclear whether the explosion targeted the two officials and no group is yet to claim responsibility. Malta strongly […]