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Tunisian ex-president says country witnessing struggle for power

February 1, 2021 MEO Staff

Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has criticised what he considered to be a “fight for power” in the country between the president and the parliament, warning that this would negatively affect the country’s stability. In [ More … ]

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Tunisia: 200 people arrested in violent protests

January 18, 2021 MEO Staff

More than 200 people were arrested after “riots” targeting public and private property in Tunisia, according to an official in the Tunisian Ministry of Interior. An official in the Tunisian Ministry of Interior said yesterday [ More … ]

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Hichem Mechichi named as Tunisia’s new PM designate

July 26, 2020 MEO Staff

Mechichi, former legal adviser to President Kais Saied, replaces Elyes Fakhfakh, who quit after a no-confidence motion in his leadership Hichem Mechichi has been appointed as Tunisia’s PM designate in order to form the country’s [ More … ]

Analysis

Tunisia Risks Political Deadlock!

July 21, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

After just five months in office, Tunisia’s Prime Minister Elyes Fakhfakh has called it a day. His resignation came on the heels of a political scandal that has seen critics. Most notably the Ennahdha party accuse [ More … ]

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Tunisia: Ennahda Vice President “Mourou” retires from politics

May 27, 2020 MEO Staff

The Tunisian Ennahda Movement’s Vice President Abdelfattah Mourou has announced that he will retire “definitively” from political work and return to his former career as a lawyer. In statements to Tunisian media, Mourou disclosed that [ More … ]

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Tunisia’s Ennahdha party dismisses new coalition government

January 27, 2020 Ahmed Rashed

North African nation may be heading for new parliamentary elections over its inability to form a government. Tunisia‘s Ennahdha party has rejected a new government proposal that excludes other parties and is open to contest another [ More … ]

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Turkey: In a surprise visit to Tunisia, Erdogan discusses Libya ceasefire with Kais Saied

December 25, 2019 MEO Staff

Turkish leader’s visit comes as Ankara moves to strike deals with Mediterranean nations Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has arrived in Tunisia on a surprise visit for talks with his Tunisian counterpart, Kais Saied, his [ More … ]

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Tunisia: Protests break out after man sets himself on fire

December 1, 2019 MEO Staff

Tunisian police used tear gas to disperse dozens of protesters who blocked roads in the southern town of Jelma on Saturday following the death of a young man who burned himself to death, witnesses said. [ More … ]

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Tunisia parliament elects Ennahdha’s Rachid Ghannouchi as speaker

November 14, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Rival Heart of Tunisia supports Ghannouchi’s election and appears likely to join a coalition government with Ennahdha. Tunisia‘s new parliament on Wednesday elected Ennahdha party’s Rached Ghannouchi as its speaker after the rival Heart of Tunisia party backed [ More … ]

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Tunisia made it again

October 14, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Kais Saiid is Tunisia new president, He won in the runoff election by landscape The one country you can see the Arab spring still hanging on 75% of voters chose Saiid, a low-profile law professor [ More … ]

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Exit polls project Tunisian landslide win for independent Kais Saied

October 13, 2019 MEO Staff

Independent candidate Kais Saied won a landslide victory in Sunday’s presidential election in Tunisia, two exit polls projected, although no official results had yet been announced, reported Reuters. Saied, a retired law professor with conservative [ More … ]

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Kais Saied and Nabil Karoui through to 2nd. round in Tunisia’s presidential election

September 15, 2019 MEO Staff

Kais Saied and Nabil Karoui, two anti-establishment candidates in Tunisia’s divisive presidential election said Sunday to have won through to a run-off, hours after polling closed in the country’s second free presidential poll since the [ More … ]

Analysis

Things to know about Tunisia’s presidential election

September 13, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Tunisians head to the polls on September 15 to elect a new president in the second such vote since the 2011 revolution. When President Beji Caid Essebsi died in late July, three months before his [ More … ]

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Tunisia declares mourning period after the death of President Essebsi

July 27, 2019 Ahmed Rashed

Parliament Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur sworn in as interim president; country to hold presidential vote on September 15. The Tunisian government has declared seven days of mourning following the death of Beji Caid Essebsi, the country’s first democratically elected president, as [ More … ]

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Bin Salman arrives in Egypt on third leg of Arab tour amid Khashoggi murder scandal

November 27, 2018 MEO Staff

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman arrived in Egypt on Monday, continuing his first trip abroad since the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the Saudi consulate in Istanbul drew global condemnation. Saudi Arabia’s Crown [ More … ]

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