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Tunisia: President dissolves elected municipal councilsF

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday moved to dissolve the country's elected municipal councils, seen as a key democratic gain after the 2011 revolt that sparked the Arab Spring. Saied sacked the government in a 2021 power grab, and has since scrapped the...
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Libya: New hopes of presidential and legislative elections in Libya this year.F

The UN envoy to Libya on Monday announced a push to help the country organize presidential and legislative elections later this year. Elections were originally scheduled for December 2021, but were postponed indefinitely because of differences over controversial...
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Tunisia: Police call head of dissolved opposition party Ennahdha for more questioningF

The head of Tunisia's dissolved parliament is facing a new police inquiry, his Islamist-inspired Ennahdha party said Monday, days after a string of arrests mainly targeting opposition political figures. Rached Ghannouchi, President Kais Saied's 81-year-old arch-rival,...
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Tunisia foreign minister Othman Jerandi firedF

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Tuesday fired the country's top diplomat -- the fourth minister to lose his post this year in the politically divided nation. Nabil Ammar, Tunisia's ambassador to the European Union, will replace Othman Jerandi as foreign minister, the...
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