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Tunisia: Nabil Karoui’s problems escalate after government closes Nessma TVF

Tunisia's media authority on Wednesday ordered the closure of Nessma TV channel founded by defeated presidential candidate Nabil Karoui.  The authority, known as HAICA, seized the channel's broadcast equipment and said in a statement that Nessma TV was broadcasting...
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Tunisia: President Saied annoyed by the opposition abroad, calls them traitorsF

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Thursday accused unnamed politicians of using refuge overseas to "plot" against the state, implicitly targeting one of his predecessors based in France.   "Tunisia is a free and independent state and there can be no interference in its...
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Tunisia cracks down on Islamist mediaF

US criticizes Tunisia press crackdown The United States on Thursday criticized Tunisia's shuttering of a television station and urged a clear pathway to restore democratic rule. Authorities on Wednesday confiscated equipment of Zitouna TV, which is considered close to...
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Tunisia: President Saied appoints fellow academic to run governmentF

By Aymen Jamli: Tunisia's president on Wednesday named geologist Najla Bouden as the country's first ever female prime minister-designate, to form a government with limited executive clout after the president seized wide-ranging powers two months ago.   The university...
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