Tunisia
11 Oct
Comoros shocked Tunisia 1-0 on Friday to end a run of 16 consecutive home victories by the Carthage Eagles in Africa Cup of Nations qualifying. Premier League sharpshooters Mohamed Salah and Bryan Mbeumo struck key goals, South Africa hit a record-equalling five and Nigeria snatched a late win in other matches. French second-tier league forward…
7 Oct
Kais Saied has been re-elected president of Tunisia with 90.69 percent of votes cast, electoral authority ISIE said Monday, although low turnout reflected widespread discontent in the cradle of the Arab Spring pro-democracy uprisings. Three years after Saied made a sweeping power grab, rights groups fear his re-election will entrench his grip on the only…
6 Oct
Tunisia holds a presidential election Sunday with no real opposition to incumbent Kais Saied, widely tipped to win as his most prominent critics, including a key contender, are behind bars. Three years after a sweeping power grab by Saied, the election is seen as a closing chapter in Tunisia's experiment with democracy. The North African…
4 Oct
A Tunisian court has confirmed an imprisonment sentence earlier handed down to a presidential contender ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday in the North African country. The appeals court in the city of Jendouba in western Tunisia had upheld the 20-month jail sentence against detained presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel, his lawyer said. READ…
1 Oct
Tunisian politician Ayachi Zammel, a candidate in the north African country's October 6 presidential election, has been jailed for 12 years, his lawyer said on Tuesday. "The court in Tunis sentenced Ayachi Zammel to 12 years in prison in four cases" related to voter endorsements, lawyer Abdessater Messoudi told AFP. Messoudi said Zammel “remains a…
30 Sep
A total of 260 Tunisian nationals are scheduled to be repatriated from Lebanon on Tuesday aboard a flight operated by Tunisair, the Tunisian embassy in Lebanon said. READ ALSO:Tunisia lawmakers revise election law days ahead of vote The embassy announced on its official Facebook page that the special flight would accommodate Tunisians in…
27 Sep
Tunisia's parliament approved a law on Friday that strips a top court of its power to rule on election-related disputes, a move decried by protesters as anti-democratic just days before a presidential ballot. The judicial shift comes after Tunisia's administrative court in August overturned decisions barring three presidential hopefuls from running in the October 6…
27 Sep
Six Tunisians have been sentenced to four months in prison after Turkey's similar red-and-white flag was raised over a government building instead of the national flag, Tunisian media reported Friday. Footage circulated online earlier this month showed the Turkish flag flying over the Tunis headquarters of the national railway company SNCFT. The two flags have…
10 Sep
A 20-member business delegation from Tunisia has arrived in Nigeria for the Nigeria-Tunisia Economic Forum, aimed at exploring and creating various investment opportunities between the two countries. The delegation, led by the President of Tunisia Africa Business Council, Anis Jaziri, was received by Tunisian Ambassador to Nigeria, Mohsen Antit, on arrival at the Nnamdi Azikiwe…
4 Sep
A Tunisian court on Wednesday remanded in custody presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel pending an investigation into suspicions of forging ballot signatures, his lawyers said. READ ALSO:Tunisia election body ignores court in presidential vote Zammel, 43, is one of only two candidates approved by the electoral authority, ISIE, to challenge President Kais…
2 Sep
Tunisia's electoral board said Monday it approved three candidates for an October 6 presidential election, ignoring court rulings that had granted appeals by three other hopefuls who had been rejected. The three dismissed candidates were among 14 potential contenders to be turned down by the electoral board, ISIE, last month for not obtaining enough endorsements…
8 Aug
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked his prime minister Ahmed Hachani without explanation on Wednesday and replaced him with social affairs minister Kamel Madouri, according to a statement from his office. Hachani took office on August 1 last year, replacing Najla Bouden, who was also dismissed without an official reason by Saied. His replacement Madouri had…
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