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Tunisia's President Kais Saied votes in the legislative elections in Tunis, December 17, 2022. (AP/Slim Abid)
December 18, 2022, 8:36 pm
Tunisia’s opposition urges strongman president to quit after election snub
Opposition figure Ahmed Nejib Chebbi says Kais Saied has ‘lost all legal legitimacy’ after only 8.8% of voters turn up to vote, claims Tunisians have rejected power grab
By Kaouther Larbi and Francoise Kadri
A Tunisian voter casts her ballot at a polling station in Ben Arous region near Tunis on December 17, 2022, during the parliamentary election. (YASSINE MAHJOUB / AFP)
December 18, 2022, 6:26 am
With just 8.8% turnout, Tunisians shun vote for powerless new parliament
Election follows power grab by President Kais Saied; preliminary results expected Monday
By Kaouther Larbi
A Tunisian voter casts his ballot at a polling station in Mnihla district outside Tunis on December 17, 2022, during the parliamentary election. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
December 17, 2022, 9:39 pm
Few Tunisians take part in vote for neutered parliament after president’s power grab
Turnout said to be extremely low as opposition groups boycott poll amid ‘coup’ in North African nation
By Kaouther Larbi
Mourners carry the coffin of the late former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali during his funeral at the Prophet Mohammed's mosque in Saudi Arabia's holy city of Medina, Islam's second holiest city, on September 21, 2019. (Majed Al Charfi / AFP)
September 21, 2019, 8:16 pm
Tunisia ex-president Ben Ali buried in Medina
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, 83, was first leader to be toppled by Arab Spring, viewed as bulwark against Islamist extremism, but muzzled opposition and shunned democracy
By AFP
In this photo taken on March 20, 2006 former Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali waves to the crowd upon arrival in Rades stadium where he delivered his speech on the 50th anniversary of independence of Tunisia from France. - (Handout / AFP)
September 19, 2019, 9:18 pm
Toppled Tunisian ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dies in exile
Autocrat who was ousted in 2011 during nationwide protests that sparked the wider Arab Spring dies in Saudi Arabia aged 83
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
A file photo taken on November 8, 2018, shows Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi giving a press conference in Carthage Palace near Tunis. (FETHI BELAID / AFP)
July 25, 2019, 2:17 pm
Tunisia’s first democratically elected president dies at 92
Beji Caid Essebsi won office in 2014 after Arab Spring uprising
By AFP
Protesters chant slogans and wave revolutionary flags during a rally after Friday prayers at al-Azhar Mosque in Cairo, Egypt, December 28, 2012. (AP/Khalil Hamra)
March 24, 2017, 8:41 pm
Arab Spring: Where are the leaders now?
Seven years of turbulence, from Morroco’s King Mohammed VI, who preempted a change of the constitution, to Assad’s bloody suppression of dissent
By AFP
Illustrative: Tunisian women celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 14, 2016. (AP/Riadh Dridi)
March 18, 2016, 10:22 pm
Ousted Tunisian president sentenced to 10 years in prison
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, now in Saudi Arabia, ordered jailed in absentia for abuse of power
By AFP
Protesters throw items to police forces in the city of Ennour, near Kasserine, Tunisia, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2016. (AP Photo/Moncef Tajouri)
January 23, 2016, 2:58 am
Tunisia imposes nationwide curfew amid rising unrest
Five years after overthrow of dictator, elected president warns Islamic State in Libya could capitalize on instability
By BENJAMIN WIACEK and BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
Illustrative: Tunisian women celebrating the fifth anniversary of the Arab Spring in Tunis, Tunisia, on January 14, 2016. (AP/Riadh Dridi)
January 15, 2016, 2:51 am
Tunisians rally to mark 5 years since dictator’s ouster
‘Today we can speak freely and this is no little matter. That’s the main achievement of the revolution’
By AP
Former Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki gestures as he speaks during a campaign meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, December 14, 2014 [AP/Aimen Zine]
June 23, 2015, 12:54 pm
Ex-Tunisian president to board Gaza blockade-busting boat
Moncef Marzouki arrived in Greece on Sunday, joining 3-ship ‘Freedom Flotilla’ alongside Israeli, European politicians
By Elhanan Miller
Illustrative: Tunisian security forces secure the area after gunmen attacked Tunis' famed Bardo Museum on March 18, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/ FETHI BELAID)
June 15, 2015, 11:19 am
Three police, jihadist killed in Tunisia
Terrorists fatally shoot three law enforcement officers during running clash in Tunis
By AFP
Tourists are evacuated from the site of an attack carried out by two gunmen at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis, Tunisia, on March 18, 2015. (photo credit: AFP/Salah Habibi)
March 20, 2015, 10:18 am
Gunmen in Tunis attack trained in Libya
Tunisian authorities name men who killed 21 in assault on museum as Yassine Abidi, Hatem Khachnaoui
By AFP
Supporters of Tunisian party Nida Tunis (Tunisia Calls) celebrate their victory in parliamentary elections in Tunis, October 28, 2014. (photo credit: AP/Hassene Dridi)
December 26, 2014, 12:30 pm
Tunisia’s elections represent yet another Muslim Brotherhood defeat
Arab voters, wary of radical Islam, reject Obama’s ideas about the Islamist movement and the region’s future; IS might suffer too
By Avi Issacharoff
Tunisians check voters' ID prior to cast their ballots in a polling station in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Dec. 21, 2014. (photo credit: AP Photo/Ilyess Osmane)
December 21, 2014, 3:09 pm
Tunisians head to polls to elect president
Runoff pits candidate who symbolizes previous regimes against veteran human rights activist
By BOUAZZA BIN BOUAZZA
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