Tunisia

The official spokesperson of Tunisia's Islamic Renaissance Movement, or Ennahda, Ziad Al-Athari, has said: "So far, the movement is adhering to its decision about neutrality towards the presidential candidates...

After counting nearly two-thirds of votes in Tunisia's presidential election, front-runners Beji Caid el-Sebsi and Moncef Marzouki were seen heading to a run-off. Initial results showed that Sebsi, head...

The Carter Center election observation mission said Sunday that the voting process of Tunisia's presidential elections has kicked off in a decent, peaceful and professional manner. The assertion came...

The interim president of Tunisia, Moncef Al-Marzouqi, insisted on Friday, "The one who kept silent or practiced autocracy for years cannot build democracy today." His speech at the end...

As Tunisia's first free Presidential election is nearing young Tunisians share their thoughts on political strategy and their hopes for the future. Tunisia, considered a democratic success story, is...

Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki has accused the Egyptian businessman and founder of the Free Egyptians Party, Naguib Sawiris, of supporting the anti-revolutionary current in the Arab countries, Anadolu news...

The popular uprisings that swept across the Middle East in 2011 started in Tunisia. When the long-term President, Zine El-Abedine Ben Ali, was toppled after weeks of popular protests,...

As soon as the Tunisian elections results were announced with Nidaa Tounes overtaking Ennahdha party, celebrations of the "Islamists'" defeat at the hands of the "secularists" got underway across...

The head of Nidaa Tounes (Call of Tunisia) movement, Beji Caid el Sebsi, said on Saturday that his movement would not rule Tunisia alone, even if it had won...

Tunisia's Ennahda has called for demonstrations on Friday in protest against the Israeli attacks on Palestinians. In to a statement issued yesterday and signed by the party's leader Rached...

UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has established an inquiry committee to investigate "certain incidents" that took place during Israel's latest war against Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, Farhan Haq,...

Top officials with the Tunisian Nahda have expressed their support for the interim Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki in the Presidential race set to take place on 23 November. The...

Nidaa Tounes (Call for Tunis) party leader Beji Caid El-Sebsi said he welcomed the Ennahda movement's voters if they wanted to vote for him in the next presidential elections....

As Tunisia managed to counter both predictions of low voter turnout (an estimated 60 percent of the eligible voters came to the polls) and ensure a safe and secure...

The Tunisian government is calling on Libyans residing in Tunisia not to engage in any political activity without first informing the authorities in advance, noting, at the same time,...

I may not be able to provide a contrastive reading of the Tunisian elections after having read many conflicting visions and conclusions regarding the results of the elections. Some...

Tunisian President Mohamed Moncef Marzouki yesterday warned of the dangers of the return of the autocratic regime which supresses freedom, calling for the youth of Tunisian "not to waste...

Tunisian parties, which took part in national dialogue, unanimously agreed that the "upcoming president is authorised to choose the prime minister to form the government," Secretary General of the...

Tunisia is a small country with a big audience. The process of electing a parliament and a president matters, not only because it keeps the democratic process alive, but...

Nidaa Tounes (Call for Tunisia), which attained the highest number of votes in the legislative elections, public acknowledgment that it is "an extension of the [ousted President Zine El-Abidine)...

The leader of Ennahda Islamic movement Rachid Ghannouchi has said that Ennahda will never allow the return of the "idols" of autocratic one-party rule, rigged elections or corruption. In...

Below are excerpts from head of Tunisia's Ennahda party Sheikh Rachid Ghannouchi's speech at the group's headquarters in Tunis yesterday "Our hearts are filled with love for Allah, love...

Secular Call of Tunisia is expected to be asked by the Tunisian president to form the country's new government after preliminary results showed it in the lead in a...

The spoils of the falling Arab Spring have been divided among many. If the most obvious beneficiaries have been the old guard, Arab autocrats and their foreign allies, who...

Three days before the Election Day one policeman was killed and another wounded in an exchange of fire between security forces and Islamist militants in Oued Ellil, a suburb...

Mustapha Ben Jaafar, the president of the Constituent Assembly of Tunisia, has said that foreign intervention in Libya would only deepen the crisis in that country and called upon...

The former leader of Tunisia's Ennahda party Rashid Ghannouchi will be awarded the Ibn Rushd Prize 2014 on December 5 in Berlin, event organisers announced. In a press release...

The head of Tunisia's Ennahda movement, Rashid Al-Ghannouchi, said that Ennahda is expecting to win about 41 per cent of the vote in the upcoming parliamentary elections, slated for...

The Nidaa Tounes (Call of Tunisia) is counting on winning 70 to 80 seats, of a possible 217, in the upcoming parliament, the party's leader and head of Beji...

The Tunisian Foreign Minister, Manji Hamidi, has said that the on-going crisis in Libya has huge repercussions for his country, including economic, political and security consequences, Anadolu news agency...

An observatory centre said on Friday that there were 252 violations against journalists in Tunis in the period between October 2013 and September 2014. The Tunis Centre of Press...

The chairperson of the Call of Tunisia Party and presidential candidate, Beji Caid Essebsi, said that: "The situations in Tunisia has retreated during the past three years more than...