Tunisia News News Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia's presidential election sees low turnout amid political crackdowns
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Tunisians went to cast their votes in a presidential election Sunday, but few people believe the country will gain a new leader ...
News Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia softens its ‘false news’ penalty. What really changed, and why now?
Fines replace jail terms for first-time ‘false news’ offences under a decree rights groups say is still repressive.
News Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia's army issues rare statement, says it will stay out of partisan conflicts
Tunisia’s Defense Ministry issued a rare public warning on Thursday against attempts to draw the military into political disputes, stressing that the army would remain neutral amid rising political ...
News Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia grapples with five years of crisis since Saied’s power grab
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five years after Tunisian President Kais Saied suspended parliament and attained sweeping powers, the country remains sharply ...
News Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia’s Ennahda to separate politics from religious activity
TUNIS: Tunisia’s Islamic Ennahda party will separate it religious activities from political ones, its chief said in statements published Thursday ahead of a weekend congress to formalize the change.
News Tunisia » Politics: International support for Tunisia’s jailed opposition leader Ghannouchi
Marking the first anniversary of the arrest of Tunisia’s prominent opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi, an international committee has formed to raise awareness of the imprisonment of the 82-year-old, ...
News Tunisia » Politics: Militants and Political Slayings Are Keeping Tunisia in Revolution Limbo
Barbed wire at a protest in Tunis, Tunisia last Wednesday, the second anniversary of the country’s post-revolution elections Last Wednesday in the Tunisian capital of Tunis, an old man stood screaming ...
News Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia’s political experiment threatens economic collapse
NICE, France (AP) — Tunisia’s increasingly authoritarian president appears determined to upend the country’s political system. The strategy is not only threatening a democracy once seen as a model for ...