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10/23/2024 12:58:10 PM
Tunisia's President Kais Saied has been inaugurated for a second term, following a monthslong crackdown and string of arrests against political figures.
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World
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10/7/2024 11:18:04 PM
Kais Saied has been re-elected president of Tunisia with 90.69 percent of votes cast, electoral authority ISIE said Monday.
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World
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10/6/2024 11:15:01 PM
Tunisia's incumbent President Kais Saied is set to win the country's presidential election with 89.2 percent support despite a low turnout, according to exit polls broadcast on national television Sunday after polls closed.
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World
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10/6/2024 12:21:24 PM
Voting began in Tunisia's presidential election on Sunday with President Kais Saied widely tipped to win.
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World
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9/2/2024 8:37:57 PM
Tunisia's electoral authority on Monday announced it had approved three presidential candidates for the October 6 election, including incumbemt President Kais Saied, dismissing three other would-be candidates despite court rulings allowing them to run.
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World
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9/2/2024 3:17:46 PM
Tunisian police have arrested presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel on charges of lying about details of his campaign for next month's election, his team told local media Monday.
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8/25/2024 8:17:55 PM
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Sunday replaced without explanation various ministers, including from foreign affairs and defense, the Tunisian presidency said in a statement posted on Facebook.
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World
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8/8/2024 1:19:12 PM
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked his prime minister Ahmed Hachani without explanation on Wednesday and replaced him with social affairs minister Kamel Madouri, according to a statement from his office.
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World
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Region
8/5/2024 1:14:34 PM
Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday submitted his official candidacy for the country's upcoming presidential election on October 6.
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World
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Region
7/3/2024 10:47:33 AM
Tunisia will hold a presidential election on October 6, the office of President Kais Saied announced Tuesday, though he has not indicated if he will seek a new five-year term after his 2019 election.
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World
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Region
5/14/2024 7:55:11 PM
The European Union on Tuesday expressed concern over a string of arrests of civil society figures in Tunisia.
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World
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4/17/2024 11:14:23 PM
A Tunisian court Wednesday condemned a journalist and brutal critic of President Kais Saied to six months in prison for defaming a civil servant, his brother and lawyer told AFP.
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Region
2/19/2024 6:18:40 PM
The jailed leader of Tunisian opposition party Ennahdha, 82-year-old Rached Ghannouchi, launched a hunger strike on Monday, his Islamist-inspired party said.
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World
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Region
1/16/2024 10:41:35 PM
Around 40 Tunisian migrants attempting to reach Italy by sea have been missing for five days, the Tunisian National Guard said on Tuesday.
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World
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10/18/2023 1:32:39 AM
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked the economy minister on Tuesday and appointed the finance minister to the role on an interim basis, the presidency announced without giving any explanation.
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World
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10/5/2023 3:08:56 PM
Family members of jailed lawyers and politicians in Tunisia want the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations as an increasing number of President Kais Saied's opponents are arrested and several in prison stage hunger strikes.
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World
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9/6/2023 5:17:24 PM
Two leaders of Tunisia's Islamist-inspired opposition party Ennahdha have been arrested, the party said Wednesday.
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World
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8/17/2023 2:42:12 PM
Tunisian authorities have arrested the head of the national bakery owners' union, accusing him of a "monopoly" as the country faces a weeks-long shortage of subsidised bread, local media reported Thursday.
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Egypt
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Foreign Affairs
8/8/2023 9:50:17 PM
During a meeting in Tunis, Egyptian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sameh Shoukry affirmed Egypt and President Abdel-Fattah El-Sisi’s support for President Kais Saied’s efforts to achieve stability and development in Tunisia.
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World
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8/2/2023 10:43:50 AM
Tunisian President Kais Saied sacked Prime Minister Najla Bouden without explanation Tuesday night and replaced her with former central bank executive Ahmed Hachani, whom he tasked with overcoming the "colossal challenges" facing the cash-strapped North African country.
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