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Nov
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian opposition figure Moussi begins hunger strike in prison

Tunisian opposition figure Moussi begins hunger strike in prison

NEWS
ABIR Moussi, a prominent opponent of Tunisian President Kais Saied, went on a hunger strike in prison to protest what her lawyers said was a violation of her rights to freedom and political activity. A judge last month ordered Moussi's imprisonment after police arrested her at the presidential palace entrance on suspicion of assault intended to cause chaos, part of a crackdown on opposition politicians. Moussi is the leader of the Free Constitutional Party (PDL), which warned in a statement against "attempts to fabricate legal obstacles to remove her from participating in the presidential elections" expected next year. Her lawyers said in…
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Oct
27
2023
By GABRIELA BACZYNSKA and TAREK AMARA
Analysis: Tunisia brush-off augurs badly for EU push for African migration deals

Analysis: Tunisia brush-off augurs badly for EU push for African migration deals

NEWS
WHEN Tunisian President Kais Saied this month rejected 60 million euros ($63 million) in EU aid, the bloc got a taste of the risks and challenges it will face as it seeks new pacts with African states to reduce irregular Mediterranean immigration. Spurred by Italy and Spain, the European Union has embraced the idea of sealing what it terms strategic cooperation deals in North Africa as the best tool to curb unauthorised arrivals. But security risks, high costs, a lack of trust, and African countries' incapacity or unwillingness to tighten their borders or asylum systems highlight the shortcomings of a policy that rights groups…
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Mar
20
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian president names one of his staunchest supporters as interior minister

Tunisian president names one of his staunchest supporters as interior minister

NEWS
TUNISIAN President Kais Saied named Kamal Feki, the former governor of Tunis, as his new interior minister on Friday, just hours after Taoufik Charfeddine resigned from the post, amid a crackdown on prominent opposition figures that has prompted international ire. Feki, one of Saied's staunchest supporters, refused to grant a protest permit to the opposition Salvation Front coalition, saying that its leaders were involved in plotting against state security. But the Interior Ministry allowed them to protest. He criticized the opposition several times, describing them as "immoral and weightless". Charfeddine said earlier he resigned due to family reasons. Charfeddine at…
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Mar
07
2023
By The African Mirror
Tunisian president rejects racism accusation after migrant crackdown

Tunisian president rejects racism accusation after migrant crackdown

NEWS
TUNISIA'S president denounced racism and pointed to possible legal consequences for perpetrators 10 days after announcing a crackdown on illegal migration using language the African Union condemned as "racialised hate speech". During a statement on February 21 telling security forces to expel all illegal immigrants, President Kais Saied called migration a conspiracy to change Tunisia's demographics by making it more African and less Arab. Police detained hundreds of migrants, landlords summarily evicted hundreds from their homes and hundreds of others were fired from work, rights groups say. Many migrants said they had been attacked, including being pelted with stones by gangs of youths…
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Jan
05
2023
By The African Mirror
Three opponents of Tunisian president probed

Three opponents of Tunisian president probed

NEWS
TAREK AMARA THREE prominent opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied said that they had received notices from prosecutors that they were under investigation, including one related to assaulting public security and insulting the president. Days ago Saied had warned that judicial actions must be taken against those who defame the "symbols of the state", considering that as an attack on state security. The activists are Nejib Chebbi, Reda Belhaj and Ayachi Hammami. Chebbi is the leader of the opposition Salvation Front and has organized regular protests against Saied for months. The justice ministry was not immediately available for comment. Saied…
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Jul
02
2022
By TAREK AMARA and ANGUS MCDOWALL
Tunisian president takes most powers in proposed constitution

Tunisian president takes most powers in proposed constitution

NEWS
TUNISIA'S president published a planned new constitution that he will put to a referendum next month, expanding his own powers and limiting the role of parliament in a vote most political parties have already rejected. Kais Saied has ruled by decree since last summer, when he brushed aside the parliament and the democratic 2014 constitution in a step his foes called a coup, moving towards one-man rule and vowing to remake the political system. His intervention last summer has thrust Tunisia into its biggest political crisis since the 2011 revolution that ousted former autocrat Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and introduced…
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Sep
22
2021
By The African Mirror
Tunisia’s new transitional rules

Tunisia’s new transitional rules

NEWS
MOHAMED ARGOUBI TUNISIAN President Kais Saied has instituted transitional governing rules and would introduce a new electoral law, in a speech that came eight weeks after he seized executive power in a move his foes called a coup. Addressing supporters in Sidi Bouzid, the crucible of Tunisia's 2011 revolution that brought democracy and triggered the "Arab spring", Saied also spoke against what he called strife and sedition days after the first protest against him. Saied dismissed the prime minister, suspended parliament and assumed all governing powers on July 25 but he has yet to name a new premier or declare…
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Sep
11
2021
By The African Mirror
‘Tunisian president plans to change political system, suspend constitution’

‘Tunisian president plans to change political system, suspend constitution’

NEWS
TAREK AMARA and ANGUS McDOWALL TUNISIAN President Kais Saied plans to suspend the constitution and may amend the political system via a referendum, one of his advisers has told Reuters in the first clear indication of his plans after moves his critics have called a coup. More than six weeks after Saied seized governing powers, dismissed the prime minister and suspended parliament on July 25, he has still not appointed a new government or made any broader declaration of his long-term intentions. "This system cannot continue ... changing the system means changing the constitution through a referendum, perhaps ... the…
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