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Tunisian president dissolves supreme judicial council

Tunisia President Kais Saied said on Sunday he has decided to dissolve the Supreme Judicial Council, the body that deals with judicial independence, a controversial move that will spark a struggle over the judiciary.

Reuters · Feb 6, 2022

Economic pain threatens social and political chaos in Tunisia

President Kais Saied says he will remake Tunisian politics in 2022 with a new constitution and parliament after seizing executive power last year in a move his foes call a coup - but the threat of national bankruptcy may upend his plans.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Tunisian president denies a coup but holds power tight

A political novice, Tunisia's president stunned opponents and admirers alike by seizing near total state power in a move that thrust his country's young democracy into turmoil.

Reuters · Feb 2, 2022

Tunisian President’s Top Aide Quits, Citing Fundamental Differences

Tunisian President Kais Saied's chief of staff and closest adviser said on Monday she had resigned due to "fundamental differences in opinion" over the country's interests. Nadia Akacha has been Saied's closest aide since he rose to office in a 2019 landslide and his moves last July to suspend parliament…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 24, 2022

Tunisian president's top aide quits citing fundamental differences

Tunisian President Kais Saied's chief of staff and closest adviser Nadia Akacha said on her Facebook page on Monday that she had resigned due to "fundamental differences in opinion" over the country's interests.

Reuters · Jan 24, 2022

Tunisian dies after protesting President Saied’s moves

Ridha Bouziane was among hundreds of demonstrators who commemorated the 11th anniversary of Tunisia’s revolution.

Al Jazeera · Jan 20, 2022

Tunisian Police Killed Man in First Death of Protests, Opposition Says

A Tunisian man died in hospital on Wednesday from injuries inflicted by police, activists and the main opposition Ennahda party said, in what would be the first death related to protests against President Kais Saied's assumption of extra powers. A Tunis court investigating the death said the man, found in…

Asharq Al-Awsat · Jan 19, 2022

Tunisian police killed man in first death of protests, activists say

A Tunisian man died in hospital on Wednesday from injuries inflicted by police, activists said, in what would be the first death from protests against President Kais Saied's assumption of extra powers.

Reuters · Jan 19, 2022

Tunisia extends state of emergency by a month till Feb. 18

President Kais Saied on Tuesday extended Tunisia's state of emergency by a month until Feb. 18, the official gazette said.

Reuters · Jan 18, 2022

Tunisia military court orders release of two opposition politicians -lawyer

Tunisia's military court has released Seifeddine Makhlouf, head of the conservative Karama party, and another opposition figure, his lawyer said on Monday amid concerns over human rights since President Kais Saied seized power last year.

Reuters · Jan 17, 2022