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Tunisia Police Arrest Journalist Close to Ennahda Party

Tunisian police arrested head of a news website close to Tunisia's Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party over alleged links to a company accused of conspiring against the state, reported AFP on Friday. Lotfi Hidouri, editor-in-chief of Achahed, was placed in custody on Thursday night over financial dealings between a firm which finances…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jun 18, 2022

Tunisia: Ennahda leader Ghannouchi decries state of ‘tyranny’

Rached Ghannouchi says his party and allies will continue to work against the ‘coup’ and attacks on the constitution.

Al Jazeera · Jun 5, 2022

Tunisian opposition vows to fight president's move to replace constitution

Dozens of opposition supporters took to the streets of Tunisia's capital on Saturday to protest against the start of talks over a new constitution, which they see as an attempt by President Kais Saied to consolidate a grab for power.

Reuters · Jun 4, 2022

Tunisian police arrest former PM Hamadi Jebali, his official Facebook page says

Tunisian police arrested on Thursday the former prime minister Hamadi Jebali, who is also a former senior member in Ennahda Islamist party, his official Facebook page said.

Reuters · May 12, 2022

Ennahda Accused of Stoking Tensions in Tunisia in Wake of Mysterious Fires

Tunisian authorities launched an investigation into the mysterious and simultaneous fires that broke out in several governorates. The fires destroyed a market for traditional products in Gabes, a closed factory for second-hand clothes in Ben Arous, and a warehouse for old buses in Bizerte. The fires all erupted on the…

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 5, 2022

Tunisian President Seizes Control of Electoral Commission

Tunisia's president seized control of the country's election commission on Friday, saying he would replace most of its members in a move that will entrench his one-man rule and cast doubt on electoral integrity. The commission head Nabil Baffoun told Reuters that President Kais Saied's decree was a blow to…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 22, 2022

Tunisians protesters accuse president of 'failed dictatorship'

Tunisians on Sunday protested against President Kais Saied, accusing him of imposing one-man rule in the North African country after he dissolved parliament last month.

Reuters · Apr 10, 2022

Tunisia President Says There Will Be No Single Way to Resolve Political Crisis

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday after a meeting with the head of Tunisia's powerful labor union that there would be no single way to resolve Tunisia's political crisis. Saied added that he refused to hold talks with those who tried to overthrow the state and "those who plundered…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Apr 1, 2022

Tunisia crisis escalates as police summon opposition figures

Tunisian anti-terrorism police summoned the country's main opposition figure for questioning on Friday, as a political crisis deepens in the wake of President Kais Saied's move to dissolve parliament and impose one-man rule.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022

Tunisia's Ghannouchi says he has been summoned for questioning

Tunisian anti-terrorism police have summoned for questioning Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Islamist Ennahda party and speaker of the parliament which President Kais Saied dissolved this week, Ghannouchi said on Friday.

Reuters · Apr 1, 2022