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Tunisian candidates start their presidential campaigns
Tunisian presidential candidates began campaigning on Monday for the Sept. 15 election against a backdrop of economic troubles and a militant shooting ... North Africa -
Tunisia’s Zbidi says he will amend constitution if elected president
Tunisia’s Defense Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi will amend the constitution if he wins September’s presidential election to end an ... North Africa -
Tunisian defense minister Zbidi submits bid to run for president
Tunisian Defense Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi submitted his candidacy for a presidential election on Sept. 15 as an independent on Wednesday and said he ... North Africa -
Tunisia sets presidential polls for September 15
Presidential polls will be held in Tunisia on September 15, the North African country’s electoral body has said, rejecting calls to postpone the ... North Africa -
Tunisia to bid President Essebsi farewell at state funeral
Late President Beji Caid Essebsi’s body is being moved from the presidential palace in Carthage to Anas ibn Malik Mosque as Tunisia prepares to ... North Africa -
Mourning leader, Tunisians look forward to smooth transition
Tunisians mourning President Beji Caid Essebsi voiced pride on Friday at measures under way to choose his successor, saying his work guiding the ... North Africa -
Tunisian presidential election to take place on Sept. 15: Electoral Commission
Tunisia will hold a presidential election on September 15, the Independent Electoral Commission said on Thursday, following the death of President ... North Africa -
Tunisian parliament speaker to serve as interim president
Tunisian parliament speaker Mohamed Ennaceur says he will temporarily serve as president according to the constitution. Ennaceur presidency comes ... North Africa -
Tunisia’s president dies after being in intensive care
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the North African country’s transition to democracy after a 2011 ... North Africa -
Tunisia president hospitalized after health scare
Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, was taken to a military hospital on Wednesday, the son of the president said, the second ... North Africa -
Tunisia president back in intensive care
Tunisia’s president, Beji Caid Essebsi, is in intensive care in a military hospital, the son of the president said on Thursday, the second ... North Africa -
The legacy of statesman Beji Caid Essebsi, who guided Tunisia through revolution
Beji Caid Essebsi, Tunisia’s first democratically elected president, died on Thursday at the age of 92 after being admitted into intensive care, ... North Africa -
Health of Tunisian president improved significantly - presidency spokeswoman
The health of Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi has improved significantly and he has called the defense minister about the situation in the ... North Africa -
Struggle over leadership deepens divisions in Tunisia president’s party
Tunisia’s ruling party Nidaa Tounes on Saturday elected two leaders, one of them the president’s son, in two parallel congresses, ... North Africa -
Tunisia President Essebsi says he does not want to run for a second term
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi said on Saturday that he did not want to run for a second term in presidential elections expected this year, ... North Africa -
Tunisian president wants to amend constitution to dilute PM’s power
Tunisia’s president called on Wednesday for changes to the new constitution to give the presidency more power, in the latest escalation of a ... North Africa -
Tunisian president accuses PM of secret pact for power
Tunisia’s president on Tuesday accused the prime minister of seeking power through a secret deal with an Islamist party, the latest sign of ... North Africa -
New ‘Long Live Tunisia’ party born, to be led by PM Chahed
Secular government leaders announced a new party called Long Live Tunisia on Sunday which is to be led by the prime minister and will compete with ... North Africa -
Essebsi: Saudi founding King Abdulaziz contributed to Tunisia’s current policies
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi told Al Arabiya News Channel in the presence of Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman that the relations between ... North Africa -
Tunisia ruling party suspends PM’s membership as rift deepens
Tunisia’s ruling party has suspended Prime Minister Youssef Chahed in the latest escalation of a row with the president’s son that has ... North Africa -
First in the region, Tunisia backs equal inheritance bill for women
Tunisia’s president backed a call for women to be granted equal inheritance rights, going against the norm in many Muslim nations that strongly ... Features -
Tunisia’s president says PM should quit if crisis continues
Tunisia’s president called on Sunday for Prime Minister Youssef Chahed to step down or seek a confidence quote if the country’s political ... North Africa -
Seven years after Arab Spring, how Tunisia has charted its own course
Being half English and half Tunisian, living in Dubai, and travelling back home for at least three months every year, I remember the despair that was ... Blogs -
Tunisian Islamic scholars support president’s call for gender equality
Tunisian authorities on Islamic fatwas at Diwan al-Ifta announced their support for President Beji Caid Essebsi’s proposals granting women ... North Africa -
Merkel: Tunisia agrees to take back 1,500 migrants
Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Friday Tunisia had agreed to take back 1,500 rejected Tunisian migrants from Germany, after an attack by a Tunisian ... North Africa -
Essebsi: Tunisians are still learning about democracy
In an exlusive interview with AlArabiya.net, President Beji Caid Essebsi talked about the unity government’s first 100 days North Africa -
Analysis: Tough tasks ahead for Tunisia’s new unity government
While Tunisia is considered to be a rare success story, authorities have failed to resolve the issues of poverty, unemployment and corruption Features -
Tunisia’s ruling party demands new PM to speed up reforms
Nidaa Tounes said the prime minister should be replaced in a new unity government proposed by Essebsi Middle East -
Tunisia's Islamist Ennahda becomes biggest in parliament
Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda Party became the biggest in parliament after more lawmakers in President Beji Caid Essebsi’s Nidaa Tounes party resigned Middle East -
Tunisian govt extends state of emergency
The state of emergency grants the presidency and armed forces more powers and suspends some rights Middle East