Tag: Tunisia

Tunisia – Tunisia tries to reassure as Ennahdha presses for early elections (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisia’s foreign minister phoned his counterparts in the European Union, as well as Turkey and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to...

Tunisia – Turmoil in Tunisia: Is democracy at risk? (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: The birthplace of the Arab Spring is in crisis. Tunisia’s president has sacked the prime minister and put a freeze on parliament...

Tunisia – Tunisia president sacks defence minister amid political turmoil (Euractiv, AFP)

Euractiv writes: Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the defence minister Monday (26 July), a day after ousting the prime minister and suspending parliament, plunging...

Tunisia – Kais Saied’s power grab in Tunisia (Brookings)

Sharan Grewal writes: On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied froze the parliament, dismissed the prime minister, and announced he will temporarily rule by decree. Flanked...

Tunisia – World reacts to Tunisia’s political turmoil (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisian President Kais Saied’s decision to suspend parliament and dismiss the prime minister sparked protests at home where the biggest political party...

Tunisia – Tunisia crisis: Clashes at parliament day after PM sacked – Live (Al Jazeera)

 Farah Najjar and Arwa Ibrahim write for Al Jazeera: Street clashes outside army-barricaded parliament, a day after President Kais Saied removed the prime minister and suspended parliament ...

Tunisia – Tunisia police storm Al Jazeera office in Tunis (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisian police has stormed Al Jazeera’s bureau in the capital Tunis, expelling all the staff, after President Kais Saied late on...

Tunisia – Protests in Tunis over deteriorating economy, health system (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Violent demonstrations broke out on Sunday in several Tunisian cities as protesters expressed their anger at the deterioration of the country’s health,...

Tunisia – Tunisia’s democracy is in crisis. Here’s a timeline of key events (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisian President Kais Saied has sacked the government and frozen the parliament in one of Tunisia’s biggest political crises since the 2011...

Tunisia – Kais Saied: The Tunisian political outsider accused of a coup (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisia’s president described his election victory in 2019 as “like a new revolution” – and on Sunday night he brought huge crowds...

(Tunisia/Pandemic) Tunisia health minister sacked as COVID-19 cases surge (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisia’s Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has sacked Health Minister Faouzi Mehdi amid spiralling coronavirus cases in the North African country. The ministry said...

Tunisia – Regional inequalities in the Tunisian state (Chatham House)

Intissar Kherigi, co-founder of the Jasmine Foundation, summarises a century of transformation of governance in the Tunisian state. https://www.chathamhouse.org/2021/05/regional-inequalities-tunisian-state

Tunisia – Incomplete Decentralization: Solid Waste Management, Local Politics, and Environmental Activism in Tunisia (Arab Reform Initiative)

The Arab Reform Initiative and the Heinrich Böll Foundation, Tunis office, today released a new report titled Environmentalism After Decentralization: The Local Politics of Solid...

(Tunisia/Libya) Tunisian president in Libya for talks with new unity government (Al Jazeera)

President Kais Saied becomes the first head of state to visit the war-torn country a day after an interim administration took power in Tripoli. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/tunisian-president-in-libya-for-talks-with-new-unity-government

(Tunisia) Tunisian Jews Are in Immediate Danger (BESA Center)

Edy Cohen The undisguised antisemitism of Tunisian president Kais Saied is encouraging Tunisian Muslims to express their own antisemitism more openly. Tunisia’s Jewish population is...

(Tunisia/Libya) Tunisian President Saied to visit Libya to back ‘democratic path’ (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian President Kais Saied’s visit – the first since 2012 – comes days after the unity government was sworn in. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/3/17/tunisias-saied-to-visit-libya