Tag: Ennahda

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: 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 : Nidaa Touness to govern with “democratic family”

October 30, 2014

With secular party Nida Tounes poised to win the parliamentary elections ahead of the official results expected to be announced before Friday, the debate over ... Read More

Tunisia : Ennahda gives way to Nidaa Tounes

October 28, 2014

Despite warnings that the crucial parliamentary elections could be sabotaged by jihadist groups, Tunisians came out in their numbers to vote. The process which was ... Read More

Tunisia : Campaign enters its final days

October 23, 2014

Political parties vying for legislative seats in the elections to be held on Sunday have been campaigning for votes within the country. Sunday's parliamentary vote ... Read More

Tunisia : Ennahda seeks US support ahead of elections

September 30, 2014

Ennahda has begun seeking for external support ahead of the legislative elections scheduled to be held in October and the presidential elections in November. The ... Read More

Tunisia: Parliamentary and presidential elections decided, MPs agree

June 26, 2014

Members of the Tunisian parliament have finally agreed on the days to be set aside for the parliamentary and presidential elections. The country’s transition towards ... Read More

Tunisia : Parties support legislative and presidential election dates

June 18, 2014

Political parties in Tunisia tend to agree on the dates set aside by the Independent High Authority for Elections (ISIE) for the legislative and presidential ... Read More