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Japan Pledges $30 Bln in African Aid at Tunis Summit

Japan pledged $30 billion in aid for development in Africa on Saturday, saying it wants to work more closely with the continent, with the rules-based international order under threat after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Addressing a Japan-Africa summit in Tunisia, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said Tokyo would work to ensure…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 27, 2022

Tunisia Recalls Ambassador to Rabat for Consultation

Morocco recalled its ambassador to Tunisia on Friday after Tunisian President Kais Saied held talks with the head of the Polisario Front movement Morocco said Tunisia’s decision to invite Brahim Ghali to a Japanese development summit for Africa that Tunis is hosting this weekend was “a grave and unprecedented act…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 27, 2022

Morocco recalls Tunisia ambassador over Western Sahara

Morocco recalled its ambassador to Tunisia for consultations on Friday after Tunisian President Kais Saied received the head of the Western Sahara independence movement, the Polisario Front.

Reuters · Aug 26, 2022

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Food, Fuel Shortages Hit Tunisian Shops

Some Tunisian shops are rationing goods including cooking oil, sugar and butter, while big queues have hit petrol stations amid a fuel shortage as the government navigates a looming crisis in public finances. Some grocery shops have restricted customers to single packs of items in short supply, while queues outside…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 26, 2022

Tunisians reeling from ‘dictator’ moves, but people still hopeful

President Kais Saied has scrapped Tunisia’s post-revolutionary constitution, tried to sack a majority of judges, stifled opposition and dissent, and rolled back democratic gains. However the judiciary is still holding on and pushing for positive change, says one prominent civil society leader.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 26, 2022

Strangling Tunisia’s democracy

Kais Saied is a populist zealot who promises El Dorado even as he leads his country into a quagmire

The Hindu · Aug 24, 2022

Tunisia constitution giving president wider powers comes into effect

Tunisia's new constitution giving the president far greater powers is to come into effect after the official electoral commission announced final results on Tuesday for last month's referendum.

Reuters · Aug 16, 2022

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Tunisia’s Economy Grows 2.8% Despite Difficulties

The Tunisian economy grew 2.8 percent during the second quarter of 2022 annually, according to the National Institute of Statistics. The Institute said the growth is due to the high value-added growth rate in the services sector, which amounted to 5.2 percent annually. However, compared to the growth rate in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 16, 2022

‘Let us make money’: Tunisian businesses demand radical change

Endemic economic problems are stifling competition and innovation for small Tunisian businesses, according to retailers.

Al Jazeera · Aug 11, 2022

Tunisia Body Overturns President’s Sacking of Judges

Tunisia's judicial authorities on Wednesday revoked the sacking in early June by President Kais Saied of almost 50 judges, a court spokesman told AFP. A June 1 presidential decree in the North African country saw Saied fire 57 judges, after accusing many of corruption and other crimes. His move, which…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Aug 10, 2022

Tunisian court suspends president's dismissal of 50 judges - lawyer

A Tunisian administrative court suspended the dismissal of fifty judges who were fired by President Kais Saied in June, a lawyer told Reuters on Wednesday.

Reuters · Aug 10, 2022

Commentary: Is Tunisia rolling back the revolution? It’s not that simple

TUNIS, Tunisia — One year after Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved parliament, sacked the prime minister and monopolized all three branches of government, Tunisians headed to the polls in late July and voted on a new constitution that critics feared — and supporters acknowledged — would further enshrine a one-man…

Los Angeles Times · Aug 8, 2022

Tunisia civil society groups raise questions over referendum data

Amid complaints over data management, election authority maintains the results of constitutional referendum are valid.

Al Jazeera · Aug 5, 2022

Tunis Summons US Envoy Over Criticism of Constitutional Vote

Tunisia's foreign ministry summoned the US charge d'affaires on Friday to denounce "unacceptable" statements by American officials criticizing this week's constitutional referendum and the country's political development. The ministry said in a statement that it had called Natasha Franceschi, currently the top official at the US embassy, to its headquarters…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 30, 2022

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The Hindu · Jul 29, 2022

One-man rule: On the Tunisian referendum

Tunisia is slipping into constitutional authoritarianism under Kais Saied

Reuters · Jul 29, 2022

Tunisia president rejects 'interference' after Western concerns about democracy

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday he rejected "any form of foreign interference", in comments after several Western countries raised concerns over Tunisia's democracy amid his increasing political control of the country.

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2022

New constitution gives some Tunisians hope, others concern

Tunisians have overwhelmingly approved a referendum on a new constitution that gives more powers to the country’s president

Tribune News Service · Jul 28, 2022

Bobby Ghosh: Tunisia’s democracy is collapsing. Biden shouldn’t just stand by

On the day Tunisia’s democracy died, it fell to a State Department spokesperson to deliver the Biden administration’s mealy-mouthed pieties. Asked about the July 25 constitutional referendum that allowed President Kais Saied to institutionalize one-man rule in the North African nation, Ned Price offered the following observations:

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Radio France Internationale · Jul 27, 2022

Tunisia voters give President near unchecked power in low turnout referendum

Tunisia has approved a new constitution granting sweeping powers to the office of President Kais Saied. Voters overwhelmingly backed the document, but less than a third of the population took part in the vote.

France 24 · Jul 27, 2022

Tunisia’s referendum: Victory for ‘yes’ vote, but failure for revolution

Tunisians have approved a new constitution granting unchecked powers to the office of President Kais Saied in a referendum marked by low voter turnout. The move has sparked warnings of a dangerous democratic regression in a country facing political and economic crises.

Al Jazeera · Jul 27, 2022

‘Yes’ vote wins Tunisia landslide, but critics question support

Opposition says low turnout for constitutional referendum shows weakness of President Kais Saied.

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jul 27, 2022

Tunisia Approves New Constitution

Tunisia has approved a new constitution granting unchecked powers to the office of President Kais Saied, the electoral board said, after a referendum in which voters overwhelmingly backed the document. Saied's rivals accused the electoral board controlled by Saied of "fraud" and said his referendum, held Monday, had failed. On…

Tribune News Service · Jul 27, 2022

Tunisians approve sweeping presidential powers in divisive vote

Tunisian voters approved constitutional changes granting President Kais Saied sweeping authority, even as a lukewarm turnout showed deep divisions over a move opponents describe as a death knell for the country’s hard-won democracy.

Reuters · Jul 26, 2022

Tunisian electoral commission says 'yes' won constitutional referendum

A new Tunisian constitution giving President Kais Saied much more power passed in Monday's referendum, according to preliminary figures, the electoral commission said on Tuesday.

France 24 · Jul 26, 2022

Tunisian new constitution approved by 96.4% according to initial results

A new Tunisian constitution was approved by 96.4 percent of participants in a referendum, the head of the ISIE electoral commission said Tuesday, citing preliminary results.

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