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  • Uprising in Tunisia against President Kais Saied?
    Tunisia in turmoil

    Will Tunisians rise up against Kais Saied?

    Voter turnout for parliamentary elections in Tunisia at the end of January 2023 was so low it broke world records. Tunisians are dispirited and a wannabe authoritarian leads the country. What now for the endangered democracy? By Cathrin Schaer and Tarak Guizani

  • Parliamentary election in Tunisia

    Tunisia's undemocratic drift

    Tunisians go to the polls to elect a new parliament on Saturday, 17 December. The election is likely to result in a dummy parliament, sealing its undemocratic credentials. This is the latest episode in a turbulent chapter for the north African country where the Arab Spring began. Can the autocratic drift be reversed? By Amine Ghali

  • Constitutional referendum in Tunisia

    What next for the birthplace of the Arab Spring?

    According to Tunisia's electoral board, 94.6 percent of valid votes cast in Monday's constitutional referendum were in favour of President Kais Saied's constitution. Turnout was, however, low at only 30.5 per cent. What will the future hold for the North African nation where the Arab Spring began over a decade ago?

  • A new constitution for Tunisia

    From president's power grab to referendum

    Based on exit polls and preliminary results for Tunisia's constitutional referendum, it looks as if the new constitution proposed by President Kais Saied will be passed. Nearly three years into his presidency, Saied has steadily tightened his grip on power. The timeline below outlines the key events of the past two years that led to Monday's referendum

  • Women protesting against President Kaïs Saïed's proposed constitution in the run-up to the referendum on 25 July (photo: Zeubair Soussiy/REUTERS)
    Referendum on a new constitution for Tunisia

    Rolling back the achievements of the revolution

    Tunisians are set to vote on a new constitution on 25 July. The prominent lawyer and women's rights activist Yosra Frawes fears the referendum could facilitate a return to dictatorship. This would also endanger progress on women's rights achieved since 2011. Interview by Claudia Mende for qantara.de

  • President Kais Saied has been dismantling the checks and balances of Tunisia's nascent democracy.
    Kais Saied's creeping coup

    Who will save Tunisia's democracy now?

    Tunisia's president has been carrying out a coup by degrees, demolishing the country's hard-fought democratic gains bit by bit. With an economy in turmoil and a splintered opposition, is there anybody that can stop him?

  • The Tunisian Ramadan TV series "Baraa" has been criticised by rights activists and secular politicians over the issue of polygamy.
    Ramadan

    Tunisia TV series sparks polygamy row

    A Ramadan TV series dealing with polygamy has sparked a heated debate in Tunisia, an Arab pioneer in women's rights that banned the practice decades ago

  • Tunisia's political future

    Kais Saied's divisive online poll

    Tunisia's first-ever digital survey on a new constitution is key to Tunisian President Kais Saied's path out of a political crisis. But as with Saied himself, reactions to the online innovation have been mixed. By Cathrin Schaer and Tarak Guizani

  • Former president of Tunisia, Moncef Marzouki.
    Tunisia's ex-president Moncef Marzouki

    The conscience of the Arab Spring

    Moncef Marzouki was Tunisia's first democratically elected president after the fall of dictator Ben Ali. Today he is the most prominent critic of increasingly counter-revolutionary developments under President Kais Saied. Commentary by Ali Anouzla

  • The crisis in Tunisia

    Tunisia’s turmoil is being watched warily around the globe

    "Coups are not only started by the military; they can be started by a civilian and completed by officers”, said Shady Lewis Boutros, an Egyptian novelist and writer who lives in the U.K.

  • Presidential take-over in Tunisia

    Political earthquake in Tunis

    Tunisia's President Kaïs Saïed has assumed executive powers in his country in a highly controversial and possibly unconstitutional manner, fuelling fears of an impending authoritarian rollback. Despite strong criticism of his intervention, many still hope for an end to the country's endemic crisis. By Sofian Philip Naceur

  • Demonstration on the tenth anniversary of the Jasmine Revolution in Tunisia, December 2020.
    Tunisia ten years after the Arab Spring

    Where are the democratic dividends for Tunisians?

    Tunisia has launched a successful transition to democracy, but difficult economic and social times lie ahead. According to political scientist Said AlDailami, Europe should focus more on joint interests in its co-operation with the North African state. Interview conducted by Claudia Mende

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