Kais Saied

Tunisian union holds biggest protest yet against president

Many thousands of protesters filled Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the main street in central Tunis, holding banners that read "No to one-man rule" and chanting "Freedom! End the police state".

Tunisians to vote in second round of poll for defanged parliament

A total of 262 candidates are competing for 131 seats from Tunisia's 161-member legislature, which was largely stripped of its powers following a series of extraordinary measures launched by President Kais Saied on 25 July, 2021

Tunisian president Kais Saied suspends parliament, dismisses PM Hichem Mechichi

Saied said he would take over executive power "with the help" of a government, whose new chief will be appointed by the president himself

Voting begins for Tunisian presidential runoff; law professor Kais Saied takes on media magnate Nabil Karoui

Tunisians voted Sunday in a presidential runoff pitting a conservative academic against a media magnate fresh out of jail.