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 ...

Tunisia to hold fall parliamentary and presidential elections

Tunisia will hold a parliamentary election on Oct. 6 and a presidential election starting on Nov. 10, the Electoral Commission said on Wednesday. ...

Tunisia’s prime minister announces a cabinet reshuffle

Tunisia Prime Minister Youssef Chahed named 10 new ministers on Monday in a cabinet reshuffle he hopes will inject fresh blood into his government ...

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 ...

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 ...

Independent candidates emerge as stars of Tunisian municipal elections

Independent candidates taking part in the Tunisian municipal elections on Sunday have emerged as the true stars of the poll, according to early ...

Tunisia parliament approves new unity government

The parliamentary vote of confidence for the unity government brings to an end some three months of intense negotiations

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

Ruling party rivalry deepens in Tunis as MPs walk out

Marzouk’s supporters accuse President Beji Caid Essebsi’s son Hafedh of trying to seize control of the party

Tunisian lawmakers suspend membership in ruling party, threatening split

The camp led by the president’s son is pushing for a larger role through a party restructuring

Tunisia premier-designate forms new government without Islamists

Nidaa Tounes won the most seats in the October election, one of the last steps in Tunisia’s path to full democracy after its 2011 popular uprising

Change marches on in Tunisia and Egypt despite obstacles

The march for change continues in the Middle East, with both its advantages and disadvantages.

Panorama: Libya’s factions continue fight against government

Tunisia MPs OK 2015 budget which sees 3 pct growth

The $15.69 billion budget is 6 percent bigger than this year's.

Ex-Bourguiba minister elected Tunisia parliament speaker

Ennaceur is deputy leader of Nidaa Tounes, which won a landmark legislative election in October

Tunisia new parliament holds historic first session

Media reports have suggested a possible grand coalition between the top two parties

Tunisia heats up ahead of presidential election

The clear front-runner in Sunday’s ballot is veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi

Kalthoum Kannou, Tunisia’s first female presidential candidate

Judge Kalthoum Kannou has recently entered the history books as the first female presidential candidate in modern-day Tunisia

Analysts: Tunisian Islamists maneuver for presidency

Tunisia’s Islamist Ennahda party has said it will not back any candidate in the upcoming presidential election, in a move that could open the ...

Tunisian elections: Islamists fall from grace

Nidaa Tounes won 85 seats in the 217-seat parliament, followed by Ennahda with 69

Tunisia ruling Islamist party's office in Kef torched

Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party office in the town of Kef was torched by angry protesters on Thursday, an AFP photographer reported, amid a main ...