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Tunisia’s Islamist party and largest group in the parliament Sunday indicated it has reservations on nominated Prime Minister’s unity government line-up. Ennahda counts 69 members in the 217-seat Parliament. The party’s supreme institution, the Shura Council, met Sunday and stopped Read more
Tunisian parliament Saturday withdrew its confidence in Prime Minister Habib Essid as expected after lawmakers of the ruling coalition backed the President’s proposal to form a unity government. 118 out of the 191 lawmakers present during the session rejected embattled Read more
Ahead of his expected departure as Prime Minister, Habib Essid clarified that his decision not to resign but rather hand his fate to the House of the People’s Representatives is not an act of defiance to President Essebsi with whom Read more
President Beji Caid Essebsi has decided to extend the nationwide state of emergency expiring on Wednesday by two months. The decision was made after prior consultations with Prime Minister Essid and the Speaker of the national assembly. The state of Read more
Political parties, civil and trade organizations engaged in talks for a national unity government have signed on Wednesday the “Carthage Document” setting out the priorities of the upcoming government but a political impasse has emerged as Prime Minister Habib Essid Read more
As the ruing Nidaa Tounes party continues to struggle with internal differences and the country facing threats and attacks from extremist militants linked to the Islamic State group, Prime Minister Habib Essid embarked on a major cabinet reshuffle which saw Read more
Tunisia and Qatar signed nine cooperation agreements, executive programs and Memorandums of Understanding at the end of their 6th high joint committee meeting in Doha presidedover by Prime Minister Habib Essid and Qatari Prime Minister Sheikh Abdallah Bin Nasser Bin Read more
Tunisia’s reaction to the third major ISIS-claimed attack in the country has been criticized by some politicians demanding the government to double efforts in fighting terrorism. An attack on the bus of the presidential guards by a Tunisian suicide bomber Read more
Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid announced that Tunisia has decided to join the U.S-led military coalition against the Islamic State, part of the government’s efforts to fight terrorism and extremism. Tunisia is willing “to participate actively, wherever resources were available, Read more
Tunisian President has declared a state of emergency after the nascent Tunisian democracy following the 2011 Arab Spring has been rocked this year by two deadly attacks perpetrated by young Tunisian jihadists. The attacks that targeted the Bardo Museum in Read more