Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Nostalgia for old era challenges Tunisia’s democratic gains
Middle East
January 13, 2021
Nostalgia for old era challenges Tunisia’s democratic gains
MONASTIR, Tunisia (AP) — Flanked by columns of private security, Tunisian lawmaker Abir Moussi recently swept onto a stage to…
Tunisian presidential candidate to stay in jail, testing democracy
Middle East
October 2, 2019
Tunisian presidential candidate to stay in jail, testing democracy
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisian presidential candidate Nabil Karoui, who faces an election run-off this month, must stay in detention for…
Moderate Islamists make new power quest in Tunisia
Middle East
August 21, 2019
Moderate Islamists make new power quest in Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s moderate Islamists are hoping the genial Beethoven fan they have nominated to run in next month’s…
Tunisia electoral commission approves 26 presidential candidates
Middle East
August 15, 2019
Tunisia electoral commission approves 26 presidential candidates
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s electoral commission said on Wednesday it had approved 26 candidates including two women for next month’s…
Tunisia’s moderate Ennahda VP Mourou to run in presidential elections
Middle East
August 7, 2019
Tunisia’s moderate Ennahda VP Mourou to run in presidential elections
TUNIS (Reuters) – Tunisia’s biggest political party Ennahda named a candidate for presidential elections on Tuesday, the first time the…
Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia
Middle East
July 21, 2019
Leader of moderate Islamist party to stand for parliamentary elections in Tunisia
TUNIS (Reuters) – Rached Ghannouchi, the influential leader of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist Ennahda party, will stand in the next parliamentary…
Tunisia’s president hospitalized as terror strikes capital
Egypt
June 28, 2019
Tunisia’s president hospitalized as terror strikes capital
Tunisia’s presidency reported late Thursday that 92-year-old leader Beji Caid Essebsi was in a “stable condition” after being taken to…
‘Everything is stolen from us’: Tunisians fight to preserve cultural heritage
Middle East
June 19, 2019
‘Everything is stolen from us’: Tunisians fight to preserve cultural heritage
FOUSSANA, Tunisia (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – Standing near the shrine of the Sufi saint Sidi Boughanem in western Tunisia, Karim…