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Rached Ghannouchi, speaker of the dissolved Tunisian parliament and leader of the legislature largest party Ennahdha said Wednesday he feared President Kais Saied will conduct change to the electoral code in the wake of the referendum, in a bid to prevent his party from taking part in future elections. The North African conducted a referendum […]
Tunisia held a vote on the constitution proposed by Kais Saied which won the majority of votes, though low turnout leaves the opposition questioning the legitimacy of the process. President Saied organized the referendum on the constitution which further empowers him, a year after he suspended the parliament launching a process of power grab that […]
Tunisia’s independent electoral commission, ISIE, Monday indicated that the turnout for the referendum held the same day on the new constitution, stood at 27.5 per cent. The body’s head Farouk Bouasker, Business News reports, also indicated that only 2,458,985 of 8,929,665 who registered for the referendum casted their votes on the territory. The turnout rate […]
Voting centers in Tunisia have opened early today July 25 for a national referendum on a new Constitution pushed by incumbent President Kais Saied while opponents call for the process boycott. The electoral commission of the North African country (ISIE) has indicated that 9,278,541 including 348,876 in the diaspora, have registered for the process. The […]
The hearing of former Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali in the Namaa Tounes case planned for yesterday, has been postponed sine die, Webdo Tunis reports. The former senior Islamist party Ennahdha member was expected to be interrogated by the country’s counter-terrorism prosecutor in the connection with an investigation into terrorism financing and money laundry allegation […]
HAICA, Tunisia’s media watchdog, has fined Qatar based al Jazeera with around $16,300 fine for publishing 25 July referendum opinion poll results that the institution believes will influence voters. In a statement issued Tuesday, HAICA, Webdo Tunis reports, poll results, which were aired on the July 12, 2022 episode of “Al-Hassad,” could influence the will […]
The African Shooting Sports Federation (ASSF) decided to withdraw the hosting of the African Shooting Championship from Libya due to the lack of government guarantees, Libya Observer reports. The board of the directors of the federation made the decision Monday during an e-meeting, the Libyan notes. Per the decision, the 15th edition of the African […]
Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Islamist party Ennahdha, walked free Tuesday from a court to his residence after several hours of interrogation in connection with an investigation into terrorism financing and money laundry counts leveled against Namaa Touns, an organization he is believed involved in. Ghannouchi was questioned by the country’s counter-terrorism prosecutor in the […]
A Tunisian soldier was killed Monday by smugglers during an altercation near the border with Libya, the Defense ministry has announced, according to media reports. The smugglers and border patrol forces were involved in a shootout at Borj El Khadra, near the border. The soldier died of wounds he sustained during the fight. The smugglers […]
The Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) has asked for clarifications about the questioning of Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi by Tunisian authorities, a former parliamentarian said on Saturday as reported by Anadolu news agency. Maher Madhioub said in a Facebook post that the IPU’s Human Rights Committee requested clarifications from Tunisian authorities about the freezing of Ghannouchi’s bank […]