Tunisia
Saied supporters hail revival of Tunisia’s 2011 revolution after poll
Features/Interviews
October 14, 2019
Saied supporters hail revival of Tunisia’s 2011 revolution after poll
TUNIS (Reuters) – Supporters of retired law professor Kais Saied celebrated into Monday morning after exit polls indicated he won…
Media mogul, academic face off as Tunisians choose president
Middle East
October 13, 2019
Media mogul, academic face off as Tunisians choose president
Tunisians began voting on Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting a conservative academic against a media magnate fresh out of…
Tunisia elects lawmakers to tackle economy, disappointment after uprising
Middle East
October 6, 2019
Tunisia elects lawmakers to tackle economy, disappointment after uprising
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisians voted for a new parliament on Sunday but quiet polling stations gave an indication of the…
Tunisians vote in parliamentary election
Middle East
October 6, 2019
Tunisians vote in parliamentary election
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisians began voting on Sunday for a parliament that must address chronic economic problems at a moment…
Tunisia’s election credibility affected by candidate’s detention: president
Middle East
October 5, 2019
Tunisia’s election credibility affected by candidate’s detention: president
TUNIS (Reuters) – Detained Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui’s inability to campaign is affecting the credibility of the elections and…
Tunisian presidential candidate to stay in jail, testing democracy
Middle East
October 2, 2019
Tunisian presidential candidate to stay in jail, testing democracy
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, who faces an election run-off this month, must stay in detention for…
Tunisia’s presidential vote pits professor vs. prisoner
Middle East
October 1, 2019
Tunisia’s presidential vote pits professor vs. prisoner
NABEUL, Tunisia (AP) — The professor refuses to campaign for president and the prisoner cannot, yet both are running for…
Italy rise in ‘phantom’ boats as new route sees migrants go undetected
World
September 21, 2019
Italy rise in ‘phantom’ boats as new route sees migrants go undetected
Italy has seen a rise in so-called “phantom” boat arrivals as traffickers ferry migrants across the Mediterranean from Tunisia rather…
Tunisia’s ex-president Ben Ali dies in exile
Middle East
September 20, 2019
Tunisia’s ex-president Ben Ali dies in exile
Former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, the first leader to be toppled by the Arab Spring revolts, died…
Outsider leads after divisive Tunisia presidential poll
Middle East
September 16, 2019
Outsider leads after divisive Tunisia presidential poll
Political outsider Kais Saied was leading Tunisia’s election with just over a quarter of votes counted, the election commission said…