Over the past week, Tunisia has experienced a surge in violent protests, the likes of which have not been since the 2011 revolution, leading the government to declare a countrywide curfew from 8pm to 5am.
The events have stirred confusion over the (...)
After Tunisia's successful completion of the political transition process in 2014, 2015 was expected to usher in economic and social reforms that w ould promote the aspirations for human dignity and social justice that had originally fired the 2011 (...)
Habib Essid, Tunisia's prime minister-designate, spent most of last week retracing his steps as his proposals for the country's new government were shot down even before they went for a vote of confidence in parliament.
When he finally hit upon a (...)
The race for the Tunisian presidential elections has begun, with 70 candidates filing their applications with the Tunisian Electoral Commission and up to 10 more declaring their intention to follow suit. The elections are slated for 23 November.
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There are fewer than 50 days left before Tunisians head to the polls in the country's second elections since the 2011 Revolution, and its first combined legislative and presidential elections.
In quick succession, voters will be asked to elect a (...)
Tunisian politicians taking part in the country's national dialogue have at last made up their minds to hold parliamentary elections before presidential ones, with 12 parties voting to hold the parliamentary elections first and six parties voting (...)
Tunisians will go to the polls before the end of this year to elect a new president and parliament, say officials of the National Constituent Assembly (NCA).
On 1 May, the NCA passed an elections law, dissipating fears that the process of selecting (...)
Monday, 27 January 2014, was a historic day for Tunisia since it was the day on which the country's new constitution was ratified after it had been approved by 200 votes in the constituent assembly. Of the 216 members present for the vote, four (...)
All of a sudden, Tunisia seems abuzz with activity on all fronts. In one week or so, Ali Larayedh has resigned as prime minister to be replaced by Mehdi Gomaa who is expected to form a new government within the next two weeks.
The ratification of (...)
Tunisians are preparing to commemorate the third anniversary of the overthrow of the corrupt dictatorship of former president Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali, in spite of the hardships and dangerous turns of events since then.
This year's celebrations, (...)
'I am a violent man who has learned not to be violent and regrets his violence'
– John Lennon
Hardly a week now goes by in Tunisia without some form of violence. A protest gone awry, an assassination, an exchange of gunfire, a confiscation of a (...)
Though floundering for three months in political discord, Tunisians have failed to agree on a leader to rescue the so-called national dialogue launched last month after two missed deadlines. “We have decided to suspend the national dialogue until (...)
Politics in Tunisia have come to a standstill with the suspension of the country's constituent assembly, and the parties making up Tunisia's troika coalition government have been unable to find common ground with the opposition. Meanwhile, life (...)
The Tunisian armed forces are pressing ahead with their campaign against the militant Islamists in the Chaambi Mountains, the work of the country's Constituent Assembly has been suspended until further notice, and the sit-ins calling for the (...)
In Tunisia, 25 July marks the anniversary of the abolition of the monarchy and the declaration of the first republic in 1957. Normally, it is a day for patriotic celebration and pride. However, this year the commemoration was overshadowed by (...)
The interest with which Tunisians followed the events that led to the ouster of former Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi could not have been greater had the Muslim Brotherhood leader been in power in Tunisia.
However, reactions were mixed. While some (...)
Last Friday, Tunisia's coordination and drafting committee (CDC) handed the draft of the country's new constitution to Tunisia's National Constitutive Assembly (NCA). The assembly is due to start debating the draft in public sessions on 1 July, and (...)
Two dead, 14 wounded, over 230 arrested — this was the initial toll of the confrontations that erupted on Sunday in the Tadamun district in west Tunis between security forces and members of the Ansar Al-Sharia, a jihadist Salafist group. The (...)
After the Tunisian Minister for Women Seham Badi dodged a no-confidence vote last week, it is now the turn of interim President Moncef Marzouki to be questioned by MPs after a petition signed by 77 of them was submitted to the chairman of the (...)
After eight months of intense effort Tunisia's coalition troika government has now given birth to another, a phenomenon that has disappointed many observers while also giving new hope to others.
However, despite the new developments the country's (...)
Following the resignation of Tunisian prime minister Hamadi Al-Jibali on 19 February in the wake of his failure to form a government of technocrats, the country's majority party, the Islamist Al-Nahda Movement, nominated Ali Laarayedh, the former (...)
Since 6 February, Tunisia has been experiencing events that could take the country back to square one after the ousting of former president Zein Al-Abidine bin Ali in the country's Spring 2011 Revolution.
As well as the assassination of political (...)
As Tunisia's ruling troika government falters, unable to agree on a cabinet reshuffle, the country's opposition has been continuing to close ranks in a way that could change the political map in the next elections.
Three of Tunisia's major (...)
If Tunisians agree about one thing, it is that arms have been inundating their country since the January 2011 Revolution and that civil war could break out if the process of democratic transformation that is currently underway fails.
The discovery (...)
Despite a relative revival of tourism last summer, and a boom crop of grains, the Tunisian economy is still wobbly. The industrial sector has been surprisingly stable, but Tunisian experts say that a flare-up of political disturbances, on a scale (...)