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Press banned from opening session of new Tunisian parliament

Independent media barred from building to avoid ‘disorder’, as president tightens autocratic grip

The Guardian - UK

New Tunisian Parliament Begins its First Session

Tunisia's new parliament, elected in December and January in a vote with a turnout of 11%, sat for the first time on Monday in a session closed to all but state media and with the opposition coalition saying it would not recognize its legitimacy. Journalists were not allowed to attend…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian President Says he Wants Ambassador in Syria

Tunisian President Kais Saied said on Friday he wants to see Tunisia and Syria appoint ambassadors to their countries. "A decision must be taken on this issue," Saied told foreign minister Nabil Ammar during a meeting, according to a video posted on Facebook by the president's office. Tunisia cut off…

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Facing uproar, Tunisian president denies he's stoking racism

Tunisia’s president has rejected accusations that he is stoking anti-Black racism

The Independent UK

Middle East round-up: Turkey’s opposition makes presidential pick

Here’s a round-up of Al Jazeera’s Middle East coverage this week.

Al Jazeera

Tunisia's Saied to dissolve municipal councils ahead of local elections

Tunisian President Kais Saied said late on Wednesday he will dissolve municipal councils months before they were due to be elected, further dismantling the systems of government developed after the 2011 revolution that brought democracy.

France 24

Tunisian President to Dissolve Municipal Councils Months before Local Elections

Asharq Al-Awsat

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Tunisia's president is targeting migrants to divert attention from serious domestic problems – a classic tactic

Tunisia’s president Kais Saied recently called for urgent measures against illegal immigration of sub-Saharan African nationals. He said they were a source of “violence, crime and unacceptable acts”. His comments were condemned by the international community and the World Bank paused talks over its future engagement with Tunisia. They also…

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World Bank Halts Talks with Tunisia over President's Anti-migrant Remarks

The World Bank is pausing talks over its future engagement with Tunisia following anti-immigrant comments made by the country's president, Kais Saied, according to an internal message to staff seen by AFP.

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World Bank halts Tunisia program amid migrant crackdown

The World Bank suspends work with Tunisia over a spike in racist attacks fuelled by an inflammatory speech by President Kais Saied. In Nigeria, the opposition party leads peaceful protests in condemnation of the electoral commission's handling of last month's flawed presidential election. And a few hours after the Michelin…

France 24

World Bank halts Tunisia program over president's migrant remarks

WASHINGTON - The World Bank is pausing talks over its future engagement with Tunisia following anti-immigrant comments made by the country's president, Kais Saied, according to an internal message to staff seen by AFP.

Bangkok Post

African Union postpones Tunisia meeting after racist attacks

The conference on fighting illicit financial transactions in Africa scheduled for mid-March has been delayed.

Al Jazeera

The Guardian view on Tunisia’s one-man show: bad for the country and its people

Editorial: A democracy would get the bailout the country needs. A dictatorship will find getting the money much harder

The Guardian - UK

Tunisia: Saied Rejects Racism Accusation

Tunisia's president denounced racism on Sunday and pointed to possible legal consequences for perpetrators 10 days after announcing a crackdown on illegal migration using language the African Union condemned as "racialized hate speech". During a statement on Feb.

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The Guardian - UK

Tunisia’s authoritarian descent takes new turn with migrant crackdown

Immigrants living in terror after president’s racist speech – but many in country welcome strongman’s power grab

The Guardian - UK

UK urged to seek release of Tunisian opposition figure jailed in crackdown

Daughter of Said Ferjani, who lived in UK for more than 20 years, says he has been falsely imprisoned and asks MPs to intervene

Al Jazeera

Tunisian opposition defies protest ban, rallies against president

Hundreds of opposition supporters march through the streets to demand that President Kais Saied step down.

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Tunisian Opposition Defies Protest Ban with Rally

Hundreds of opposition supporters in Tunisia defied an official ban on their protest against the president on Sunday after some of their leaders were arrested, breaking through a police barrier in central Tunis to rally in the city's main street. Before the protesters broke through the barrier, police warned them…

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‘Down with the police state,’ chant thousands of protesters in Tunisia

Thousands of people marched through Tunisia's capital on Saturday, decrying an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and rising inflation as the country's largest trade union called on President Kais Saied to accept "dialogue".

The Independent UK

Tunisians protest inflation, president's squeeze on dissent

Thousands of people have marched through Tunisia’s capital to decry an expanding crackdown on opposition voices and a proposed lifting of food subsidies

Asharq Al-Awsat

Tunisian Union Holds Biggest Protest Yet Against Saied

Tunisia's powerful UGTT labor union rallied in the capital on Saturday in what appeared to be the biggest protest yet against President Kais Saied, staging a show of strength after his recent crackdown on opponents, Reuters reported. Many thousands of protesters filled Habib Bourguiba Avenue, the main street in central…

France 24

Sub-Saharan migrants in Tunisia living in 'climate of fear' after surge in racist attacks

Hundreds of sub-Saharan migrants fled Tunisia on repatriation flights Saturday after a surge in racist attacks in the North African country following a controversial speech from President President Kais Saied. As tensions reach boiling point, FRANCE 24 talked to Patrick*, a Congolese student who decided to stay despite fearing for…

Al Jazeera

Trade union protests against Tunisia president after crackdown

UGTT Secretary-General Noureddine Taboubi expressed support for jailed politicians and activists.

Al Jazeera

Sub-Saharan Africans desperate to leave Tunisia after attacks

Advocacy groups have documented an increase in attacks against sub-Saharan Africans in Tunisia.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Hundreds of Fearful Sub-Saharan Migrants Flee Tunisia

Around 300 nationals of Ivory Coast and Mali were to be flown home from Tunisia on Saturday, fearful of a wave of violence against sub-Saharan migrants since President Kais Saied delivered a controversial tirade against them last month. In his February 21 speech, Saied ordered officials to take "urgent measures"…

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