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President Kais Saied holds the power. See who runs the cabinet, parliament, courts and army, and who is in opposition.
News Tunisia » Tunisia » Politics: Arab Spring slogans echo across Tunisia as thousands demand president's resignation
Thousands of protesters in Tunisia demand President Kais Saied's resignation over economic hardship, political restrictions and the concentration of executive power, reviving slogans from the 2011 ...
News Tunisia » 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 » Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia's President Saied wins reelection after cracking down on the opposition
TUNIS, Tunisia — President Kais Saied won a landslide victory in Tunisia's election Monday, keeping his grip on power after a first term in which opponents were imprisoned and the country's ...
News Tunisia » 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 » Tunisia » Politics: Beneath Tunisia’s silence, public anger simmers
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Five years after Tunisian President Kais Saied's dramatic power grab, few of the hopes that charged the region following the ...
News Tunisia » Tunisia » Politics: How Autocracy Prevailed in Tunisia
Not long ago, Tunisia was considered one of the biggest success stories in the Middle East and North Africa. Unlike neighboring Arab countries that experienced massive popular uprisings in 2011, ...
News Tunisia » Tunisia » Politics: Tunisia’s Kais Saied: president on a ‘divine mission’
He sees himself as a man on a divine mission for Tunisia, but critics see him as ushering in a new authoritarian regime. Clean-shaven, with an unwaveringly upright and slender figure, Saied has a ...