Saied is also said to be encouraging the rival Union of Tunisian Workers (UTT), which analysts such as author Hatem Nafti say could try to take advantage of any weakening of the bond between the UGTT ...

President Kais Saied saw in, on Monday at Tunis-Carthage International Airport, Mohamed Younis al-Menfi, President of the Libyan Presidential Council, who paid a working visit to Tunisia.The two ...

President Kais Saied affirmed at a meeting with Prime Minister Sarra Zaafrani Zenzri on Friday at the Carthage Palace that ...

TUNIS (Reuters) -Hundreds of supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied staged a rally outside the headquarters of the ...

The Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT) – part of the Nobel Peace Prize-winning "national dialogue quartet" in 2015 – ...

Supporters of Tunisian President Kais Saied rallied to demand the suspension of the UGTT union after a disruptive transport ...

Four years have passed since the coup in Tunisia, in which President Kais Saied concentrated power in his hands and entrenched authoritarian rule.

Tunisian leader Kais Saied has claimed that the “Zionist movement” was behind the naming of Storm Daniel, which brought on massive floods that killed thousands of people in Libya last week ...

President Kais Saied, who has amassed nearly absolute power, launched a consultation he said would lead to a new constitution and elections. But the process has been shunned by many. By Vivian Yee ...

Africa Tunisians protest President Kais Saied for 'democratic backsliding' on anniversary of 2011 revolution Critics argue that Tunisia's democratic transition has broken down under Saied's leadership ...

In May 2024, Tunisian activist Cherifa Riahi was arrested just two months after giving birth, accused of harbouring illegal migrants. Over a year later, she is still in prison without charge.

Tunisia is gearing up for a referendum on a new constitution on July 25, the first anniversary of Kais Saied’s presidential coup. The constitution, released June 30 and slightly modified on July ...