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Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali Announces Resignation

Bernard Yaros | 19 February 2013 | 1 Comment

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced Tuesday evening that he had submitted his resignation to President Moncef Marzouki. “My resignation does not mean I quit my duties towards this country,” Jebali said to the press gathered at the Presidential palace in Carthage. Besides his declaration that he will not run in the next elections, the [...]

Live Updates: Tunisia Struggles to Form New Government

Bernard Yaros | 11 February 2013 | 4 Comments

Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced last Wednesday, February 6, that he intends to create a government composed of apolitical technocrats, arguing that such a move is in the best interest of the country. Jebali’s own party, Ennahdha, rejected his proposal the following day and said that the prime minister had not consulted with them on [...]

Tunisia Mourns Slain Opposition Leader Today

Amira Masrour | 08 February 2013 | 16 Comments

Tunisia is preparing for the noon funeral procession today of assassinated opposition leader Chokri Belaid. President Moncef Marzouki issued instructions yesterday for a national funeral and day of morning for Belaid, who was gunned down by unknown assailants outside his Tunis home on Wednesday morning. Flags throughout the country will fly at half-mast. The funeral [...]

Live Updates: Fallout from Leftist Politician Chokri Belaid’s Assassination

Bernard Yaros | 06 February 2013 | 32 Comments

Leftist politician and leader of the Popular Front coalition Chokri Belaid was shot to death Wednesday morning outside of his home. Shortly after news of his assassination consumed the airwaves and social media, protesters took to the streets to express their indignation over Belaid’s assassination. Over the course of Wednesday, demonstrators made their way to [...]

Leftist Politician Chokri Belaid Assassinated

Amira Masrour | 06 February 2013 | 11 Comments

Chokri Belaid, a leftist politician and one of the leaders of the Popular Front coalition, was shot dead this morning. One of the bullets struck his neck and the other his head, and he was subsequently transported to Ennasr clinic in Tunis. The motives behind his assassination as well as his attackers are still unknown. Belaid [...]

State of Emergency Extended, Despite Previous Reports

Elena Lesley | 31 January 2013 | 1 Comment

Tunisia’s state of emergency will remain in place until March 2, 2o13, according to an announcement issued by the presidential cabinet Thursday. After consulting with Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali and Speaker of the National Constituent Assembly Mustapha Ben Jaafer, President Moncef Marzouki decided not to let the state of emergency expire, the presidential cabinet wrote. [...]

Tunisian Opposition Parties Forge Alliance to “Balance” Political Scene

Bernard Yaros | 29 January 2013 | 0 Comments

Opposition parties Nidaa Tounes, Al Massar, and Al Joumhouri have officially cemented their political alliance today following longstanding discussions among the three parties. According to Ridha Belhaj, official spokesperson of Nidaa Tounes, the three opposition parties signed a joint statement in which they agreed on forming a united political and electoral front under the banner [...]

President Marzouki Says State of Emergency to Be Lifted This Month

Zied Mhirsi | 28 January 2013 | 1 Comment

ADDIS ABABA – While talking to the press today at Addis Ababa, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki announced that the state of emergency prevailing in Tunisia will be lifted at the end of January 2013. The president noted that the decision comes as a result of the stabilization of the security situation. “I would like to thank [...]

Mokhtar Chaouachi Appointed Tunisia’s New Ambassador to U.S.

Zied Mhirsi | 26 January 2013 | 8 Comments

ADDIS ABABA – The sitting Tunisian ambassador to the African Union, Mokhtar Chaouachi, has been nominated as the next ambassador of Tunisia to the U.S. This will not be his first U.S. experience as he was counselor of the Permanent Mission of Tunisia at the United Nations in New York city from 1993 to 2002. The nomination of [...]

Trial of Tunisian Activist Graffiti Artists Postponed to March 27

Amira Masrour | 23 January 2013 | 0 Comments

The trial of Tunisian graffiti artists Oussama Bouagila and Chahine Berriche was postponed to March 27 as requested by some of the case’s defense lawyers, confirmed Bochra Belhaj Hmida, a member of the artists’ legal team, to Tunisia Live. Bouagila and Berriche, members of the activist street-art group Zwelwa, were arrested on November 3, 2012 [...]

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