Tag: Tunisia

Tunisia: Thousands rally in support of President Saied (Al Jazeera)

Thousands of supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied have rallied in the capital to show their backing for his suspension of parliament and promises...

Tunisia power grab: Former minister says Saied has turned clock back on revolution (Ghufrane Mounir, Middle East Eye)

Anwar Marouf, then Tunisia's communications minister, pictured in 2016 (J Marchand/ITU Pictures) A former Tunisian minister says he has been under house arrest for more than 60...

Tunisia’s Ghannouchi says parliament in session, defying Saied (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian security forces guard the entrance of the country's parliament, on October 10, 2021 Tunisia’s parliament Speaker Rached Ghannouchi has declared the assembly in...

Industries without smokestacks in Tunisia: Creating jobs in tourism and ICT (Sami Mouley and Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi, Brookings)

Tunisia, like many African countries, is facing an influx of young people into its workforce, but the country doesn’t have enough jobs to absorb...

Romdhane named Tunisia’s first female PM by President Saied (Al Jazeera)

Tunisian President Kais Saied has named Najla Bouden Romdhane, a little-known university engineer who worked with the World Bank, as the country’s first female...

Addressing youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks: A Tunisia case study (Sami Mouley and Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi, Brookings)

Although the manufacturing sector is known to have a unique role in structural transformation, the industries without smokestacks (IWOSS) that include tradable services, and...

Tunisians stage protest over President Saied’s seizure of powers (Al Jazeera)

Protesters have taken to the streets of Tunisia’s capital, in a rare show of public dissent towards President Kais Saied’s move to seize extra...

Tunisia. In Tunisia, President’s Power Grab and an Absent Constitutional Court (HRW)

Eric Goldestein President Qaies Saied of Tunisia claimed he was acting constitutionally when he arrogated broad powers for himself on July 25, after months of stalemate among...

Tunisia. Tunisia’s President Extends Suspension of Parliament (VoA)

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday extended the suspension of parliament until further notice, the presidency said, after last month dismissing his prime minister and assuming executive...

Libya – Libya’s peace process: What’s at stake for the Maghreb, 10 years after Gadhafi’s overthrow (Brookings)

Yasmina Abouzzohour Adecade after the overthrow of longtime dictator Moammar Gadhafi, Libya is set to hold elections this December to produce a unified government. As...

USA/Tunisia – US calls on Tunisia’s Saied to appoint PM, restore democracy (Al Jazeera)

In a series of moves, President Saied last month announced the sacking of the prime minister and suspension of parliament The United States deputy...

Tunisia – Senior Ennahdha official placed under house arrest (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: A senior official from Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party Ennahdha has been placed under house arrest over an alleged abuse of authority. Anouar...

Tunisia – Tunisia, democracy, and the return of American hypocrisy (Brookings)

Shadi Hamid writes: Governments, even democratic ones, are often ineffective or simply bad. Elections sometimes produce uninspiring results, particularly when a patchwork of parties...

Tunisia – Experts react: What’s next after Tunisian president’s parliamentary freeze? (Atlantic Council)

Karim Mezran, Haykel Ben Mahfoudh, Alia Brahimi, Andrew G. Farrand, Alessia Melcangi, Emadeddin Badi, Alissa Pavia write: On July 25, Tunisian President Kais Saied took drastic measures to bring “peace” to...

Tunisia – A Coup in Tunisia? (CSIS)

Will Todman writes: On Sunday July 25, Tunisian president Kais Saied invoked emergency powers, fired the prime minister, and suspended parliament for 30 days....

Tunisia – Tunisia tries to reassure as Ennahdha presses for early elections (Al Jazeera)

Al Jazeera writes: Tunisia’s foreign minister phoned his counterparts in the European Union, as well as Turkey and the High Commissioner for Human Rights to...