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1 – 10 of 30Apart from President Kais Saied's core supporters, most Tunisians chose to ignore the event, deeming it irrelevant to the country’s current concerns. The elections are part of a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB284718
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President Kais Saied is seeking to press targeted members of the business class to accept an amnesty in return for significant investments. Yet this initiative has so far failed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB283886
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State governments also increasingly dominate the welfare sector, and authorities have cracked down on Islamist-leaning NGOs in recent years. Yet the war in Gaza and the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB282841
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The day before, Noureddine Taboubi, the leader of Tunisia's largest trade union, the UGTT, said the union backs the position of President Kais Saied, who rejected the IMF's…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278987
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The military court’s involvement in sentencing political figures has increased during President Kais Saied’s tenure. The latest sentence, issued on January 20, was against several…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB278396
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The deputies who have left are loyal to Mohsen Marzouk, the party's secretary-general, who has lost ground in recent months to Hafedh Caid Essebsi, the ambitious son of the party…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB206564
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The impact of rising counterterrorism.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB202847
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Tunisia will hold legislative and presidential elections on October 6 and November 10, respectively. On June 18, parliament passed an amendment to electoral law barring…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244733
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Nearly a year since Saied seized power, Tunisia is approaching the peak of his project to transform the political system -- a referendum on his new constitution is set for July…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271192
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The request comes after extremists affiliated with Islamic State group (ISG) beheaded 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya on February 15. The slayings raise new fears of ISG expansion…