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Tunisia

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  • President Kais Saied (right) meeting with the Greek foreign minister. Credit: Υπουργείο Εξωτερικών.
    OPINIONPoliticsTop storyTunisia

    A Trojan Horse in Carthage

    By Ahmed Ghiloufi
    February 20, 2023
    How did Kais Saied, a retired law professor, become a tyrant? Answer: with the support of the pro-democracy movement he now oppresses. Everyone knows ...
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  • Tunisia fake news decree threatens free speech
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia

    Tunisia’s decree won’t stop fake news. It will stop free speech

    By Ines El Jaibi
    October 27, 2022
    President Saied is now threatening another of Tunisia’s hardest won freedoms. Following Tunisia’s revolution in 2011, which heralded uprisings across the Arab world, the ...
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  • Protesters in Tunisia demonstrate before the country's first elections after the fall of Ben Ali in 2011. Credit: Ezequiel Scagnetti.
    PoliticsTop storyTunisia

    Why Tunisians must boycott the vote on Saied’s self-written constitution

    By Mohamed Khallouli
    July 21, 2022
    Even the head of the constitutional committee warns the document could lead to a “disgraceful dictatorial regime” if passed in the 25 July referendum. ...
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  • Tunisia's President Kais Saied meeting with then US Defense Secretary Mark Esper at Carthage Palace, Tunisia, in September 2020. Credit: DoD/Lisa Ferdinando.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia

    Is Tunisia’s democracy slipping away?

    By Raed Ben Maaouia
    June 16, 2022
    President Saied has been running the country unilaterally for almost a year. The July referendum will further strengthen his rule without resistance. Those sincerely ...
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  • Tunisia's President Kais Saied (left) meeting with the US Defence Secretary in September 2020. Credit: DoD/Lisa Ferdinando.
    Editor's PicksPoliticsTunisia

    Don’t let Tunisia’s democracy slip

    By Raed Ben Maaouia
    August 30, 2021
    President Saied’s sacking of the government may be popular, but what Tunisia needs is to strengthen its democracy, not dismantle it. On 17 December ...
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  • Tunisians mark Martyrs' Day in Tunis on 9 April 2013 to demand justice for victims of the 2011 revolution. Credit: Magharebia.
    PoliticsSocietyTunisia

    The Tunisian Revolution’s young dreams are unfulfilled but unforgotten

    By Tharwa Boulifi
    January 14, 2021
    Ten years on, many hopes have been crushed. But there is a new generation of Tunisians raised on the values of the revolution.  I ...
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  • Africa InsidersTunisia

    Insiders Insight: Tunisia’s president dies. What now?

    By Africa Insiders
    July 31, 2019
    African Arguments is and always will be freely-accessible to everyone. But we also have a separate spin-off product called the Africa Insiders Newsletter. It consists of weekly emails with additional ...
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  • Nigeria are one of a few teams with a good chance of getting into the knockout stages. Credit: Nigeria Super Eagles.
    EgyptMoroccoNigeriaSenegalTunisia

    How far can Africa go at the World Cup?

    By Wycliffe W. Njororai Simiyu
    June 13, 2018
    Meet the five African teams hoping to make history at the 2018 World Cup in Russia. The 2018 FIFA World Cup tournament kicks off ...
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  • The election of France's new president Emmanuel Macron. was welcomed by many African leaders Credit: Jeso Carneiro.
    AlgeriaMoroccoPoliticsTunisiaWestern Sahara

    Macron and the Maghreb

    By Sabina Henneberg
    June 1, 2017
    Relations with North Africa may not be a priority for France’s new president, but they should be. As France’s presidential election this May captured ...
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