The main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi’s terrorism trial was put off until November. Police thought he had helped Tunisians go to Syria to do jihad during the Islamic State crisis. The 81-year-old leader of the Islamist Ennahda party has denied all the charges. The main opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi’s terrorism trial was put off until … Read more
Tunisia is set to approve a new constitution. Saied has steadily tightened his grip on power. The new constitution is giving vastly more powers to the president. Tunisia is set to approve a new constitution concentrating nearly all powers in the office of Kais Saied following a controversial referendum, nearly three years into his presidency. … Read more
A Tunisia court has barred the speaker of the country’s now-disbanded parliament from leaving the country, according to a court spokesman. According to a court official, the interdiction against Rached Ghannouchi is part of an investigation into possible obstruction of justice in connection with the killing of two left-wing politicians in 2013. According to Fatima … Read more
