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Tunisia president says he will seek new term in October election
AFP News via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoTunisian President Kais Saied, who grabbed wide-ranging powers two years after his 2019 election,...
Tunisia’s President Saied says will seek re-election amid intensified ‘crackdown on opposition’
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoTunisia’s President Kais Saied said Friday he will stand for re-election in an October vote. The...
Arrests, summonses of potential presidential candidates in Tunisia continue as election day nears
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 weeks agoAs elections approach in Tunisia, potential candidates are facing arrest or being summoned to appear...
Tunisia sets elections for October. Will the increasingly authoritarian president run again?
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 weeks agoTunisia's increasingly authoritarian leader has scheduled the next presidential election for October...
Tunisia to hold presidential election on October 6
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 4 weeks agoIn power since 2019, President Kais Saied announced on Tuesday that Tunisia will hold a presidential election on October 6. He did not specify whether he...
Critic of Tunisia's President Saied gets one-year prison sentence for televised comments
France 24 via Yahoo News Singapore· 3 weeks agoSonia Dahmani, a prominent Tunisian lawyer known for her criticism of President Kais Saied, has been...
Tunisia's Saied unpicks 'Arab spring' democracy
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoPresident Kais Saied has dramatically reshaped Tunisian politics in his favour since mid-2021, amassing near total power in what critics see as a march...
Tunisians elect weakened parliament on 11% turnout
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 2 years agoTUNIS (Reuters) -Tunisia announced that a mere 11% of the electorate had voted on Sunday in parliamentary runoffs, with critics of President Kais Saied...
Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents turn to the International Criminal Court seeking justice
Associated Press via Yahoo News Singapore· 10 months agoFamily members of seven imprisoned Tunisian opposition figures took their quest for justice on...
Tunisia arrests raise opposition fears of wider crackdown
Reuters via Yahoo News Singapore· 1 year agoCoordinated arrests of political and media figures represent a new phase in Tunisian President Kais...
