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Tunisia's electoral authority approves just 2 candidates to challenge Saied. 1 has been detained
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s electoral authority on Monday definitively approved just two candidates to challenge President Kais Saied in elections next month in the struggling North African country — and one of them was promptly arrested. Businessman candidate Ayachi Zammel...
Fifth successive gold for Tunisian shot-putter at Paralympics and US wins first gold
PARIS (AP) — Tunisia’s Raoua Tlili won her fifth consecutive gold medal in shot put at her fifth Paralympics on Friday while the United States captured its first gold. Tlili's throw of 10.40 meters at the Stade de France was good enough to win the F41 class for a third straight...
Tunisia's president reshuffles Cabinet ahead of October election
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's President Kais Saied has sacked several members of his Cabinet this week, replacing his defense and foreign ministers as campaigning kicks off for the country's October presidential election. Three years since Saied rewrote Tunisia's constitution...
Tunisia's president replaces prime minister in the latest shakeup ahead of presidential election
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia's president has sacked the country's prime minister and replaced him with another Cabinet member, the latest shakeup in the North African country ahead of the October presidential election. President Kais Saied announced late Wednesday in a brief...
Tunisian opposition figure Moussi is sentenced to prison amid crackdown ahead of October election
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A potential presidential candidate in Tunisia has been sentenced to two years in prison, marking another setback to the country’s fledgling opposition challenging President Kais Saied as he seeks a new term. Abir Moussi, a 49-year-old lawyer and the head of...
Tunisian President Saied files paperwork to run in October's election
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisian President Kais Saied filed papers Monday to run in the October presidential election, where he is expected to face little competition as potential challengers have been imprisoned during his first term. Saied submitted 242,224 signatures from...
Tunisian President Kais Saied to seek reelection in October after tumultuous first term
Tunisia's President Kais Saied said Friday that he will run for a second term, making a long-expected announcement while many of his potential opponents languish in prison on charges their attorneys have described as politicized. The announcement about Saied's candidacy in the...
Tunisian presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi barred from contesting elections for life
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court on Friday sentenced a presidential candidate Lotfi Mraihi to eight months in prison and banned him from contesting elections for life, in the latest move to stifle opponents of President Kais Saied in the upcoming October election which critics call a sham....
Tunisia's opposition says politically motivated arrests and gag orders are chilling election efforts
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Leading opposition parties in Tunisia asserted Wednesday that politically motivated arrests and gag orders are creating impossible conditions for holding democratic elections later this year. Members of the National Salvation Front, a coalition of secular and...
Arrests, summonses of potential presidential candidates in Tunisia continue as election day nears
TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — As elections approach in Tunisia, potential candidates are facing arrest or being summoned to appear in court as authorities clamp down on those planning to challenge President Kais Saied. On Friday, a judge in a Tunis court put a potential presidential...
