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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 man died in his residence in Jeddah from ailment. His lawyer Mounir Ben Salha, indicated on facebook that the corpse of the late former President will be transferred to the […]
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 detention since late last month on money laundering charges. Lawyers of Nabil Karoui and his party, Heart of Tunisia, said Thursday the investigative judge has rejected the demand for the […]
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, a law professor, and Nabil Karoui, a media mogul detained on money laundering charges. Kais Saied, the surprise of the voting process, is credited with 19.5 per cent of the […]
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 late July. Hafedh Caid Essebsi, one of the late leader’s sons announced the death of his mother, Chadlia Farhat Essebsi, 85, in a facebook post. “My mother Chadlia, widow of […]
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 democratic consolidation in an unstable regional context where spillovers of infighting in Libya and Algeria’s latent terrorist groups have taken a toll on the Tunisian economy. Tunisians cast ballots on […]
The Tunisian interior ministry said it has nabbed four men forming a terror cell suspected for being linked to last week stabbing of security officer, in the southwestern Tozeur province. The cell members have confessed to have planned terror attacks against police establishments and key sites, the interior ministry said, adding that the men had […]
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 in prison, though the electoral commission has greenlighted the request. The electoral commission reportedly issued an authorization for El Hiwar Ettounsi to interview Karoui at Mornaguia prison amid ongoing presidential […]
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 and Sunday in the first ever televised debate called “The road to Carthage: Tunisia makes its choice”. After the first TV debate between nine presidential contenders aired Saturday, nine more […]
The European Union will send 100 observers for September snap presidential elections and October parliamentary polls at the demand of the Tunisian government and the electoral commission. The observers will monitor the electoral process, campaigns, the voting process and will make recommendations for the following election, Marie-Violette César, deputy Chief of the EU mission in […]
The wife of the Tunisian candidate in custody for money laundering has launched the campaign of her husband whose demand for release has been rejected. Members of Heart of Tunisia, the party of media mogul Nabil Karoui, joined Monday Salwa Smaoui in the city of Gafsa, some 369 km Southwest of Tunis, to launch the […]