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Tunisian police arrest two top officials in Ennahda opposition party

Mondher Ounissi, centre, of the Ennahda party speaks during a news conference in Tunis, Tunisia, in April 2023 [File: Jihed Abidellaoui/Reuters]

Two top officials in Tunisia’s main opposition Ennahda party have been arrested, the party said, in the latest targeting of opponents of President Kais Saied.

The interim head of Ennahda, Mondher Ounissi, was detained by police on Tuesday and, minutes afterwards, so was Abdel Karim Harouni, who was placed this week under house arrest, the party said, according to the Reuters news agency.

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