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Tunisia's President Kais Saied takes oath, October 21, 2024 in Tunis following his re-election. (Tunisian Presidency via AP)
April 20, 2025, 11:07 am
Tunisia opposition figures get jail terms in mass trial; defense pans ‘masquerade’
Court hands out sentences of up to 66 years for 40 defendants, including prominent opponents of President Saied; French intellectual Bernard Henri-Levy said ordered jailed in absentia
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisian president and candidate for reelection Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, October 6, 2024. (Anis Mili/AP)
October 8, 2024, 4:35 pm
Tunisia’s President Saied wins second term in landslide victory
Incumbent gets 90.7% of votes, but only 28.8% of eligible voters cast ballots in election critics say was tainted by crackdown on opponents, with one rival in prison
By Kaouther Larbi and Youcef Bounab
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
Tunisia's President Kais Saied, center, leads a security meeting with members of the army and police forces in Tunis, Tunisia, July 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Slim Abid)
July 25, 2022, 5:46 am
Tunisians vote on constitution granting president near-unchecked powers
Referendum heavily promoted by Kais Saied set to reverse 2011 revolution, sending country back to dictatorial regime; expert: ‘People don’t know what they’re voting on, or why’
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisian police stand guard outside the parliament in Tunis on July 27, 2021. (Photo by FETHI BELAID / AFP)
July 28, 2021, 6:21 am
Tunisia’s largest party calls for elections, warns against ‘autocratic regime’
Moderate Islamist Ennahdha party says it’s ‘ready’ for early legislative and presidential elections after president sparked crisis by dismissing parliament and firing PM
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisia's President Kais Saied, center, leads a security meeting with members of the army and police forces in Tunis, Tunisia, July 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Slim Abid)
July 26, 2021, 11:26 pm
Tunisian president sacks defense minister after suspending parliament, firing PM
Plunging young democracy into constitutional crisis, Kais Saied warns opponents against taking up arms: ‘Our forces will respond with a rain of bullets’
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisian presidential candidate and law professor Kais Saied speaks to the reporters and supporters, October 13, 2019 in Tunis. (AP Photo/Mosa'ab Elshamy)
October 14, 2019, 2:27 am
Outsider Kais Saied, backed by Islamist party, set to win presidency in Tunisia
Conservative academic, whose campaign focused on opposition to Westernized and corrupt elites, headed for landslide victory, garnering 90% of young peoples’ votes
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisia's presidential candidates Kais Saied (L), 61, an independent conservative academic, and business tycoon Nabil Karoui (R), 56, attend a debate before the second round of the presidential elections on October 11, 2019 in Tunis. (Photo by Fethi Belaid / AFP)
October 13, 2019, 1:32 pm
Media mogul, conservative academic face off as Tunisians choose president
Nabil Karoui, who was recently freed from jail, and Kais Saied, who wants to criminalize homosexuality, are both newcomers to country’s politics
By Kaouther Larbi
Supporters of the Islamist party Ennahda react as they follow exit polls in Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. Tunisia's moderate Islamist party appeared to be heading for victory in parliamentary elections, according to polling agencies, though the rival party of a jailed populist tycoon also claimed to come out on top of Sunday's voting. (AP Photo/Riadh Dridi)
October 7, 2019, 4:28 am
Exit polls show Islamist-inspired party leading Tunisia election
With no clear winner expected, parties have two months to agree a coalition or face possibility of fresh polls
By Kaouther Larbi and Caroline Nelly Perrot
Tunisian Ennahdha party member Souad Abderrahim (C) celebrates after winning the municipal elections in front of the movement's headquarters in Tunis late on May 6, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SOFIENNE HAMDAOUI)
May 12, 2018, 3:24 pm
Tunisia Islamists top municipal polls but fail to win majority
Ennahdha party takes 2,135 seats nationwide; independent lists win 2,367 seats, while party of President Beji Caid Essebsi manages only 1,595
By Kaouther Larbi
Simon Slama, the only Jewish candidate on the Islamist Ennahda party's list for the municipal elections in the central coastal city of Monastir, speaks while campaigning on April 14, 2018. (AFP Photo/Bechir Taieb)
April 29, 2018, 5:16 pm
Tunisian Islamist party endorses Jewish candidate
Simon Slama defends his decision to run on list of Ennahda, which he says ‘is no longer a religious party’
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi (C) attends a meeting with political parties, unions and employers on January 13, 2018 in Tunis, following unrest triggered by austerity measures. (AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID)
January 14, 2018, 4:24 am
Tunisian government announces social reforms after week of unrest
President Essebsi accuses foreign press of ‘amplifying’ crisis after hundreds arrested in wave of protests over poverty and unemployment
By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisian children perform on Mount Sammama, during a gathering as part of a project by the Jabal Theater on December 25, 2017, to use traditional culture and drama to combat the appeal of jihadist ideology. (AFP/Rzouga Khlifi)
March 3, 2017, 6:47 am
Upstaging jihad in Tunisia’s impoverished mountains
A unique theater project aims to combat the appeal of radical ideology in an area that has become a favorite hideout of extremists
By Kaouther Larbi
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