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Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring
With his major opponents imprisoned or left off the ballot, Tunisian President Kais Saied faces few obstacles to winning reelection on Sunday, five years after riding anti-establishment backlash to a first term. The North African country’s Oct. 6 presidential election is its third since protests led to the 2011 ouster of President Zine El Abidine…
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Russia is considering cancelling visas for several African countries
Russia is considering cancelling visas for several African countries. Moscow is preparing agreements on a visa-free regime with nine countries in Africa and the Middle East, according to Alexei Klimov, head of the Consular Department of Russian diplomacy. Previously, the Russian Foreign Ministry announced that Russia was in talks to simplify visa regimes with several…
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Tunisia assembly votes on electoral bill nine days before poll, opposition calls protest
Tunisia’s parliament was set to vote on a major amendment to the electoral law on Friday, nine days before a presidential election that opposition groups fear will cement President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule. The bill strips the Administrative Court of its authority to adjudicate electoral disputes. It is likely to pass in an assembly elected…
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Families of jailed Tunisians call on ICC to look into claims of migrant abuse, political persecution
Families and lawyers of imprisoned Tunisian opposition figures implored the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to probe alleged rights violations against migrants in the country. In a statement, lawyer Rodney Dixon said, ‘Black African migrants are facing brutal and heartless treatment at the hands of the Tunisian authorities…Countless migrants report similar experiences of arbitrary arrest…
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Tunisian Presidential Candidate Sentenced to Prison
In Tunisia, a court sentenced presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel to 20 months in prison. The head of the opposition Azimun party, Zammel, was arrested in early September on charges of falsifying voter signatures. The candidate himself called the case “fabricated.” The presidential elections will take place on October 6, and the current head of state,…
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Pentagon, USAID officials visit Tunisia to enhance cooperation
“US Marine Corps Gen. Michael Langley, commander, US Africa Command, USAID Senior Development Advisor Ms. Maura Barry Boyle and US Marine Corps Sergeant Major Michael Woods, Command Senior Enlisted Leader traveled to Tunisia to further cooperation between the United States and Tunisia, August 28, 2024,” the US Africa Command (AFRICOM) said in a statement on…
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Tunisia: 19 ministers, 3 state secretaries appointed in “indispensable” cabinet reshuffle
With just over a month to the presidential election, Tunisian president Kaies Saied sacked dozens of ministers on Sunday (Aug. 25). In a move he termed as “indispensable”, 19 ministers and 3 state secretaries were sworn in some in replacement of acting ministers, others to fill in positions that remained empty following previous sackings. State…
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After a 30-year pause, the railway connection between Algeria and Tunisia is officially back in operation
The National Company for Rail Transport in Algeria announced the resumption of services, with the inaugural commercial journey departing from Tunis on Sunday. The train line, covering a distance of 357 kilometers, will initially offer one daily service between Annaba in Algeria and Tunis, the capital of Tunisia, passing through several cities in both countries.…
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Tunisian presidential candidates complain of restrictions and intimidation
Tunisian opposition parties, presidential candidates and human rights groups have accused the authorities of using “arbitrary restrictions” and intimidation in order to ensure the re-election of President Kais Saied in a vote set for Oct. 6. Saied announced on July 19 that he would seek another five-year term. Elected in 2019, Saied dissolved parliament in…
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Tunisia celebrates 67th Republic Day
Yesturday, Thursday, July 25, 2024, the North African nation celebrates the 67th anniversary of the establishment of the Republic of Tunisia. The proclamation of the Republic came on July 25, 1957, a year and a half after the declaration of independence from France, when the then National Constituent Assembly unanimously decided to abolish the monarchy.
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