Tunisian military court sentences suspended lawmaker to 10 months to prison

Tunisia’s military court has condemned Issam Barkouk; a lawmaker in the country’s suspended parliament, to 10 months in prison with immediate effect, for “attacking the dignity of the army and President Kais Saied’’. The ruling, in absentia, comes almost two Read more

Algiers denies endorsement of Ghannouchi’s efforts in Libya

Diplomatic sources at the Algerian Foreign Ministry have denied Algiers’s support for the Leader of the Tunisian Islamist movement in his efforts to unite Gaddafi’s loyalists and Muslim Brotherhood movement in Libya, reports say. Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Tunisian Read more

Libya: Tunisia’s Ennahdha Leader Called to Mediate between Gaddafists and Islamists

Rached Ghannouchi and his Ennahda party have been urged to reconcile Muammar Gaddafi’s loyalists and Islamists, London-based The New Arab reports. According to Qatari media, Ghannouchi has been in contact with the two Libyan sides. A source in the Tunisian Read more