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Economy in focus as Tunisians cast ballots for new parliament

07 Oct 2019

Tunisians voted for a new parliament on Sunday but quiet polling stations gave an indication of the economic disillusionment that has emerged since the 2011 revolution and brought political newcomers...

Tunisia sets presidential election runoff for Oct.13

02 Oct 2019

Tunisia’s electoral commission said on Wednesday the country’s presidential election runoff would take place on Oct.13 despite calls to postpone the vote by the party of a jailed frontrunner. ISIE...

Jailed tycoon hopeful of winning presidency

22 Sep 2019

Jailed Tunisian media magnate Nabil Karoui said he’s “reasonably optimistic” about winning Tunisia’s presidential runoff, where he is facing independent law professor Kais Saied. They beat out two dozen other...

Tunisia's ousted president Ben Ali passes away

19 Sep 2019

Tunisia's ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali died in exile in Saudi Arabia on Thursday, days after a free presidential election in his homeland, his family lawyer said....

Saied and Karoui to contest Tunisia presidential runoff vote

17 Sep 2019

Tunisia’s electoral commission said on Tuesday law professor Kais Saied and detained media mogul Nabil Karoui won the most votes in Sunday’s presidential election, beating veteran political leaders to advance...

Video: With over half Tunisian votes counted, law professor leads

16 Sep 2019

Political outsider Kais Saied was leading Tunisia's elections with just over a quarter of votes counted, the electoral commission said on Monday, in the country's second free presidential...

Tunisia heads to polls for keenly fought presidential contest

15 Sep 2019

Rarely has the outcome of an election been so uncertain in Tunisia, the cradle and partial success story of the Arab Spring, as some seven million voters head to...

Tunisian policeman, three militants killed in clashes

02 Sep 2019

A Tunisian policeman and three militants were killed on Monday in a security operation near the Algerian border, two weeks ahead of presidential elections on Sept.15, state television reported....

State funeral for Essebsi as new polls loom

27 Jul 2019

Thousands of Tunisians on Saturday attended the funeral of president Beji Caid Essebsi as the North African nation gears up for snap elections as early as September to defend the...

Tunisia bids farewell to president Essebsi at state funeral

27 Jul 2019

Tunisia will bid farewell to its first democratically elected president Beji Caid Essebsi on Saturday at a state funeral attended by foreign leaders, including French President Emmanuel Macron. Essebsi,...

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