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Tunisia’s largest political party, Ennahdha, named Wednesday Mondher Lounissi as the new chairman of the Islamist movement in the absence of incumbent leader Rached Ghannouchi detained since April 17 on several charges. The executive committee of the party held a meeting Wednesday to take stock of the recent developments that hit the movement. Ghannouchi, the […]
A Tunis court ordered the seizure on Tuesday of the server at Ennahdha party headquarters as part of investigations into the movement’s recruitment of lobbying groups. The court said it will conduct technical tests on the server as part of the investigation process, Business News reports, citing a statement from the judiciary. The leading party […]
Ennahdha, the largest party in the Tunisian parliament, set up Thursday, a local committee tasked to find solutions to the political crisis that has gripped the country after President Kais Saied suspended the legislature and seized the executive power. In a statement signed by the party’s leader Rached Ghannouchi, the Islamist movement stressed that the […]
Tunisian Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh, on Wednesday, handed in his resignation to President Kais Saied, after a row with the Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party. “The decision has been made in the national interest and in order to avoid more conflicts between state institutions in the country and to uphold the principle of moralization of political life,” […]
Tunisia has reiterated its strong opposition to a military intervention in neighboring Libya, warning that such an intervention will be disastrous in many ways, including security and flow of refugees, to the country and to its neighbors. Speaker of the Tunisian Parliament, Mohamed Ennaceur, said Monday that his country will try to convince European allies […]
With less than 2months before the much anticipated presidential elections in Tunisia, the Elections Board (ISIE) closed for the reception of files from hopeful presidential candidates on 22 September. Voters will be having a large pool of candidates to choose from because 70 individuals have submitted their files to become the country’s next president. The […]
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 elections. Tunisia has been able to maneuver its way through the transition despite a couple of challenges from the Salafists and the tensions which resulted in the assassination of high […]