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Category: Tunisia
Tunisia: Grand Mufti denies supporting front runner in second round
Tunisia’s highest religious leader Wednesday debunked rumors that he has thrown support behind Kaïs Saïed who is touted as the next President of the North ... Read More
Candidate for Tunisia’s presidential elections to remain in jail
A Tunisian court ordered that candidate for Tunisia’s Presidential elections and media mogul Nabil Karoui must stay in detention for now on suspicion of financial ... Read More
The Maghreb, a region at a crossroad
The Maghreb region extending from Libya to Morocco is one of the most unstable and least integrated regions in Africa and probably in the world. ... Read More
Tunisia: Police officer stabbed to death in terror attack
A police officer was stabbed to death Monday near a court in the city of Bizerte, in Tunis governorate, in what was described as a ... Read More
Tunisia: Former dictator Ben Ali to be buried in Mecca
Tunisia’s ousted leader Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali who died Thursday will be buried in Mecca in accordance with his wishes, reports say. The 83-year old ... Read More
Tunisia: Second round candidate’s demand for release from prison rejected
A judge has rejected a demand for the release of media mogul and candidate for the second round of Presidential elections who has been in ... Read More
Tunisia-elections: Kais Saïed gets support of three challengers
Kais Saïed, the surprise winner of the first round of Sunday presidential elections, has received support from three opposition figures, including former President Moncef Marzouki, ... Read More
Tunisia-presidential elections: Law professor, detained media mogul head to second round; PM concedes defeat
Polls by several media and polling firms predict, after the first round of the presidential election held Sunday in Tunisia, a face-off between Kais Saied, ... Read More
Tunisia: Wife of late Essebsi passes away on election day
Tunisia’s former first lady died Sunday as Tunisians were casting their vote to elect the successor to her husband, Beiji Caid Essebsi who passed away ... Read More
Tunisia’s second free presidential election tests young democracy
Tunisia holds its second free presidential elections since the Arab Spring revolt that ousted a long-serving president, putting the country on a rocky road to ... Read More