Tag: presidential elections

Tunisia-presidential elections: Law professor, detained media mogul head to second round; PM concedes defeat

September 16, 2019

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: Justice rejects TV request to interview detained presidential candidate

September 11, 2019

A court of appeal in Tunis has rejected the demand by a local television to interview media mogul and presidential candidate Nabil Karoui who is ... Read More

Tunisia: Candidates’ face off in first ever televised debates

September 9, 2019

For the first time in Tunisia’s history and in the Arab world at large, candidates for the snap September 15 presidential elections took part Saturday ... Read More

Tunisia: Electoral body trims candidacies, detains only nearly quarter

August 15, 2019

The Tunisian electoral body, ISIE, announced Wednesday it retained only 26 bids out of the 97 received for September 15 snap presidential elections, pending appeals. ... Read More

Tunisia: Youssef Chahed submits candidacy for September 15 snap elections

August 9, 2019

Tunisia’s Premier Friday submitted his candidacy to run for September advanced presidential elections for Tahya Tounes. The newly created Tahya Tounes party, a breakaway branch ... Read More

Tunisia: Over 20 candidates submit bid for September 15 snap presidential elections

August 6, 2019

Over twenty Tunisians have submitted their applications for the snap September 15 presidential elections four days after electoral body launched the process, reports say. As ... Read More

Tunisia: Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to run for September snap Presidential elections

August 1, 2019

Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed will be the candidate of the recently created Tahya Tounes party at the presidential elections to take place on September ... Read More

Algeria: new amendment to candidacy application to presidential elections

July 24, 2019

The Algerian Constitutional Council Tuesday brought several amendments to its working rules, including the obligation for candidates to the presidential election to submit their bids ... Read More

Mauritania marks first peaceful transfer of power

June 24, 2019

The ruling party’s Mohamed Ould Ghazouani easily won Mauritania’s presidential elections marking a rare peaceful transfer of power in the African continent. Oul Ghazouani had ... Read More

Mauritania: iconic Business tycoon opposed to regime brings support to independent candidate

May 31, 2019

Mohamed Ould Bouamatou, a former financier of President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz’s regime has tossed his support behind opposition and independent candidate for the June Presidential ... Read More