Tunisia
Tunisia announces 'national dialogue,' without opposition
Saied, a former law professor elected in 2019 amid public anger against the political class in the North African nation, sacked the government on July 25 last...
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Tunisian President Kais Saied announced that he was launching a 'relentless war on speculators and criminals,' accusing them of seeking to 'strike at social peace and security,' in a presidency statement.
The United States, for its part, said it was "deeply concerned" by Saied's action.
Several hundred anti-Saied protesters gathered near the city centre on Friday, shouting, 'the people want the coup d'etat to fall', referring to President Kais Saied's power grab, as dozens of police looked on.
The North African nations of Algeria, Libya, Morocco and Tunisia are among the 30 most water-stressed countries in the world, according to the World Resources Institute.
The festival showcases 57 diverse films from 45 Arab and African countries, with screenings not only in cinemas, but in prisons and military barracks too.
After two ruined seasons in a row, operators in Tunisia and Morocco are licking their wounds and hoping the lifting of travel restrictions will spell better days.
State television broadcast a swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet headed by Najla Bouden, the North African country's first ever female prime minister.
"The President of the Republic Kais Saied charged Najla Bouden with forming a government as quickly as possible," said a statement from his office published on Facebook.
Under the current system most of the executive power was in the hands of the government, and the measures announced by Kais Saied clearly tip the balance in favour of the presidency.
The tournament's top two teams, Tunisia and Cameroon, qualify for the 2022 International Volleyball Federation-Volleyball Men's World Championship as the African Volleyball Confederation (CAVB) representatives.
Elected in late 2019, President Kais Saied invoked the constitution to extend his authority, dismissing prime minister Hichem Mechichi and freezing parliament.
In a statement issued by the presidency late on Monday, Saied also extended an order freezing immunity for lawmakers and said he would address the Tunisian people in the coming days, without providing further details.
Saied on 25 July sacked premier Hichem Mechichi and suspended parliament for 30 days. He ordered a graft crackdown targeting 460 businessmen and an investigation into alleged illegal funding of political parties.
Saied slammed the "bad economic choices" made in recent years, during a meeting with a leader of the employers' federation UTICA.
Late Tuesday, 63-year-old Saied, a former law lecturer who was a political newcomer when he won a landslide 2019 presidential election victory, issued decrees sacking a long list of senior government officials, including the army's chief prosecutor.
But away from the legislature and the police roadblocks on the wide boulevards of Tunis, there are few outward signs of an intense political crisis -- and many have welcomed the president's orders.
"Around 15 policemen, some in uniform others in civilian clothes, entered our offices and asked us to leave," Al Jazeera director in Tunis Lotfi Hajji told AFP.