Some 2.46 million registered voters, or 27.54 percent of the total, voted on Monday for the new constitution proposed by Tunisian President Kais Sagand, according to the first official results released by the national electoral commission. “The voters were consistent in their appointment with history,” commented Electoral Commission Chairman Farooq Buasker, judging the turnout to […]
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Tunisia: Citizens at the polls in constitutional referendum – Called to approve almost unlimited presidential powers
Tunisians began heading to the polls today to decide, in a referendum imposed by head of state Cais Sageant, on the new, highly controversial constitution that dramatically strengthens the president’s powers and could, according to his critics, drag the country into a dictatorship. , as before 2011. From 08:00 to 24:00 (Greece time), more than […]
Tunisia: President Sagent made minor amendments to the controversial draft Constitution
Tunisian President Kais Sagenet published on Friday night an amended version of his draft of the country’s constitution, which will be put to a referendum on July 25, but the text still provides for expanded powers for the head of state. In the new version of the draft published in the Government Gazette around midnight, […]
Tunisia-Coronavirus: Leapfrog increase in positivity
Tunisia is facing a new wave of new coronavirus pandemics, as the test-positive index rose to 21.75% last week from about 7% at the beginning of the month, the public news agency reported on Wednesday. TAP news. According to Riyadh Dougfus, a member of the scientific committee advising the government on tackling the pandemic, reduction […]
Shipwrecked with migrants off Tunisia – 75 people are missing
Seventy-five people are reported missing after the wreck of an overloaded boat carrying migrants off the coast of Tunisia today, according to the International Organization for Migration and an official, as the number of people attempting the perilous journey to Europe increases. The IOM said 24 people had been rescued from the boat, which left […]
Tunisia: 4 dead and 10 missing in shipwreck with migrants
At least four migrants have been killed and ten others are missing after a boat sank off the coast of Tunisia today, an official in Tunis said. The Tunisian Coast Guard rescued 44 migrants from the boat bound for Italy and capsized under unclear circumstances off Sfax. According to the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, […]
Bloomberg: Food crisis, debt and politics create a volatile mix
Across North Africa, bakeries provide subsidized daily food and public barometers, according to Bloomberg. So when Tunisian President Kais Saied tried to deal with reports that basic food items, such as flour, had dwindled as Russia’s war in Ukraine deepened his country’s economic crisis, a seemingly well-stocked Tunisian baker used to to shop, was a […]
Tunisia: Tanker sinks off Gabes – Risk of environmental disaster
Tunisian authorities today stepped up efforts to prevent an environmental disaster following the sinking of a merchant tanker carrying 1,000 tonnes of fuel off the coast of Gabes on Friday, two security sources told Reuters. The Tunisian navy rescued all seven crew members from the ship, which was flying the flag of Equatorial Guinea and […]
Erdogan: ‘Dissolution of Tunisian parliament is a slander of democracy’
Tayyip Erdogan described the Tunisian leader’s move to dissolve the country’s parliament last week as a “slander of democracy” and a blow to the will of the Tunisian people. Tunisian President Kais Saeed suspended parliament in July in a move his opponents have called a coup. He announced last week that he would not run […]
Tunisia: The death toll from a shipwreck has risen to 20 dead
The death toll from the latest naval accident involving a boat carrying refugees and migrants off Tunisia on Friday has risen to 20, several of them Syrians trying to reach Italy, a senior official said. yesterday Saturday. He explained that the Tunisian Coast Guard had retrieved eight bodies washed ashore after locating 12 days. The […]