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(FILES) In this file handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency's official Facebook Page on August 1, 2021 shows President Kais Saied (C) gesturing as he walks protected by security while touring through Habib Bourguiba avenue in the centre of the capital Tunis.
TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP

Tunisia

Tunisia announces 'national dialogue,' without opposition

By AFP

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...

  • Picture: Embassy of Canada to Tunisia/Facebook

    Teenage Tunisian Olympic sailor Eya Guezguez drowns in training

    The accident occurred when the boat she was sailing with her twin sister Sarra capsized in high winds in training.

    43 days ago
  • FILE: Tunisian President Kais Saied had previously announced that he was working on legislation introducing prison sentences as a penalty for food speculation and profiteering. Picture: AFP

    Tunisia's President Saied declares 'war' on food profiteering

    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.

    76 days ago
  • Notary Najiba Selliti (R) speaks with Judge Mohamed Ayed (L) after verifying that the headquarters of Tunisia's Supreme Judicial Council (CSM) is still closed, in the capital Tunis on February 7, 2022. Picture: Fethi Belaid / AFP.

    Tunisia police blockade dissolved judicial watchdog

    The United States, for its part, said it was "deeply concerned" by Saied's action.

    106 days ago
  • Unemployed Tunisian graduates chant slogans during a demonstration to mark the 11th anniversary of the start of the 2011 revolution, on 17 December 2021, in Sidi Bouzid, stronghold of the Tunisian revolution. Picture: ANIS MILI /AFP

    Hundreds protest in Tunisia on anniversary of revolution

    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.

    158 days ago
  • Picture: Pixabay.com

    North African climate change threatens farming, political stability

    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.

    190 days ago
  • (From L) Chadian actress Briya Gomdigue, Chadian actress Achouackh Abakar Souleymane, Chadian director Mahamat-Saleh Haroun, Chadian actress Rihane Khalil Alio and Chadian actress Hadje Fatime Ngoua pose during a photocall for the film "Lingui" (The Sacred Bonds) at the 74th edition of the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, southern France, on July 9, 2021. Picture: Christophe Simon / AFP.

    Tunisia film festival opens with 'taboo' abortion movie

    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.

    205 days ago
  • FILE: A Moroccan woman, wearing a protective face mask, walks in a street in Tangiers' Old City on 14 June 2020, after the announcement of lockdown measures in the northern port city to smother a new outbreak of the novel coronavirus, weeks after easing nationwide restrictions. Picture: AFP.

    Tunisia, Morocco hoteliers eye an end to COVID downturn

    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.

    223 days ago
  • FILE: Tunisia's President Kais Saied, elected on an anti-system ticket in late 2019, seized an array of powers amid a socio-economic crisis aggravated by the COVID-19 pandemic.. Picture: AFP

    Tunisia president appoints new govt nearly 3 months after power grab

    State television broadcast a swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet headed by Najla Bouden, the North African country's first ever female prime minister.

    225 days ago
  • A handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency on 29 September 2021 shows Najla Bouden in the capital Tunis. Tunisia's president named Najla Bouden as the country's first-ever female prime minister and tasked her with forming a government, two months after he grabbed power. Picture: AFP

    Tunisia president names Najla Bouden as country's first female PM

    "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.

    237 days ago
  • Conservative academic Kais Saied celebrates his victory in the Tunisian presidential election in the capital Tunis on 13 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    Tunisia's Saied issues decree strengthening presidential powers

    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.

    243 days ago
  • Tunisia playing against Cameroon in the final at the  Men’s volleyball Africa Nations championship. Picture: @CavbZone5/Twitter.

    Tunisia wins Africa men's volleyball title for a record 11th time

    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.

    249 days ago
  • FILE: Tunisia's President Kais Saie. Picture: AFP.

    G7 calls on Tunisia president to wind back power grab

    Elected in late 2019, President Kais Saied invoked the constitution to extend his authority, dismissing prime minister Hichem Mechichi and freezing parliament.

    259 days ago
  • (FILES) In this file handout picture provided by the Tunisian Presidency's official Facebook Page on August 1, 2021 shows President Kais Saied (C) gesturing as he walks protected by security while touring through Habib Bourguiba avenue in the centre of the capital Tunis.
TUNISIAN PRESIDENCY / AFP

    Tunisian president extends suspension of parliament indefinitely

    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.

    274 days ago
  • Conservative academic Kais Saied celebrates his victory in the Tunisian presidential election in the capital Tunis on 13 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    US urges Tunisia to return to 'democratic path'

    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.

    296 days ago
  • Conservative academic Kais Saied celebrates his victory in the Tunisian presidential election in the capital Tunis on 13 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    After power grab, Tunisia's Saied declares graft crackdown

    Saied slammed the "bad economic choices" made in recent years, during a meeting with a leader of the employers' federation UTICA.

    299 days ago
  • Conservative academic Kais Saied kisses the Tunisian flag as he celebrates his victory in the Tunisian presidential election in the capital Tunis on 13 October 2019. Picture: AFP

    Tunisia in political turmoil as president sacks more officials

    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.

    299 days ago
  • FILE: Tunisia's President Kais Saied. Picture: AFP

    Tunisians worry about outcome of president's power grab

    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.

    301 days ago
  • FILE: The move came a day after President Kais Saied ousted the prime minister and suspended parliament, following a day of street protests against the government's handling of the COVID pandemic. Picture: Facebook.

    Police shut Al Jazeera TV's Tunis office

    "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.

    302 days ago
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