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Tunisia's president is inaugurated for a second term following a crackdown on his opponents
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's President Kais Saied has been inaugurated for a second term, following a monthslong crackdown and string of arrests against his political opponents. Weeks after winning re-election with a 90.7% share of the vote, the 66-year-old former law professor...
Tunisia's Kais Saied wins landslide reelection, entrenching his power in Arab Spring's birthplace
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — 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 institutions overhauled to give him more authority. The North African country's...
Tunisia's President Saied wins second term after cracking down on the opposition
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s President Kais Saied won re-election in landslide victory after a campaign season saw his opponents jailed alongside journalists, activists and attorneys. The North African country’s Independent High Authority for Elections said on Monday evening...
Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisians voted Sunday in an election expected to grant President Kais Saied a second term, as his most prominent detractors, including one of the candidates challenging him, are in prison. The 66-year-old president faces few obstacles to winning reelection,...
US 'Welcome Corps' helps resettle LGBTQ+ refugees fleeing crackdowns against gay people
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Cabrel Ngounou's life in Cameroon quickly unraveled after neighbors caught the teenager with his boyfriend. A crowd surrounded his boyfriend's house and beat him. Ngounou's family learned of the relationship and kicked him out. So Ngounou fled — alone and...
12 migrants die off Tunisia's Mediterranean coast after their boat sinks
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's coast guard on Monday found 12 bodies of migrants, including three young children, off the Mediterranean coast, as authorities struggle to stem unauthorized boat crossings from North Africa to Europe. The bodies were recovered after a boat carrying...
Tunisia passes law to strip courts of power over election authority appointed by president
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s parliament amended a law on Friday, stripping power from courts over decisions made by an embattled election authority whose members are appointed by President Kais Saied. Nine days before the presidential election, a majority of members of...
Tunisia's coast guard finds bodies of 13 migrants washed up on its shores
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — The bodies of 13 migrants from sub-Saharan Africa were found washed up on Tunisia's Mediterranean coast this week as authorities struggle to stem unauthorized boat crossings from North Africa to Europe. Tunisia's Coast Guard said the bodies were recovered on...
The ICC is asked to investigate a crackdown on opposition in Tunisia and claims of migrant abuse
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Lawyers and families of jailed Tunisian opposition leaders called on the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to investigate a crackdown on political opposition and the abuse of Black African migrants in the North African country, which has been offered European...
A Tunisian presidential candidate sentenced to 20 months vows to campaign from prison
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — One of the candidates challenging Tunisian President Kais Saied in the country's presidential election next month has been sentenced to prison on fraud charges that his attorney decried as politically motivated. Two weeks after his arrest, a court in the city...
