Ennahda

Tunis in shock after ‘Black Monday’ crackdown on protests
World

Tunis in shock after ‘Black Monday’ crackdown on protests

Tunisia was in shock Tuesday after riot police brutally clamped down on protesters defying a demonstration ban in the capital,…
Tunisia’s Islamists to oppose Sharia in constitution
World

Tunisia’s Islamists to oppose Sharia in constitution

TUNIS — The moderate Islamist Ennahda party, which leads Tunisia's government, will not back calls by conservatives to make Islamic…
Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March
World

Tunisia to elect post-uprising parliament by March

Tunisians are likely to vote for their first full post-revolutionary parliament in just under a year's time, a government official…
Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role
Egypt

Tunisia, Egypt Islamists signal bigger religion role

After months of reassuring secularist critics, Islamist politicians in Tunisia and Egypt have begun to lay down markers about how…
Tunisian parliament bloc proposes Islamic constitution
World

Tunisian parliament bloc proposes Islamic constitution

TUNIS — The third-largest party in Tunisia's constituent assembly, charged with writing a new constitution, proposed on Monday a draft…
Assembly set to elect Tunisian interim president
World

Assembly set to elect Tunisian interim president

TUNIS — Tunisia's new constitutional assembly appeared set Monday to elect a veteran human rights activist to serve as the…
New Tunisian leaders announce government plan
World

New Tunisian leaders announce government plan

TUNIS — The main winners of Tunisia's elections announced late Monday the shape of the country's interim government ahead of…
Wednesday’s papers: Tunisian and Egyptian Islamists are not the same
Egypt

Wednesday’s papers: Tunisian and Egyptian Islamists are not the same

Following the death of Libyan leader Muammar Qadhafi, Egyptian commentators have alleged that Egypt’s media as a whole failed to…
Special from Tunisia: The battle for identity ahead of elections
World

Special from Tunisia: The battle for identity ahead of elections

TUNIS - Voting in Tunisia’s first elections since the ouster of longtime dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has started, with…
Back to top button