Algeria, Morocco and Tunisia have long been places of refuge for migrants from West Africa. Out and about with hairdresser Christine Bela in her new home in Tunis, where tensions between immigrants like her and locals are increasing.from Mirco Keilberth, TunisWhen Christine Bela is sitting in the tram, she prefers to look stubbornly straight ahead. The 32-year-old hairdresser from Ivory Coast travels six days a week from the La Soukra district to the center of Tunis. In the always overcrowded...
Status: 01/14/2023 3:50 p.m In 2011, the revolution brought democracy to Tunisia. Thousands demonstrated against President Saied to mark the anniversary. 17 months ago, he ousted parliament and replaced the government with ministers he had chosen. Thousands have demonstrated against President Kais Saied in Tunisia. "The people are demanding the fall of the regime," chanted the demonstrators on the crowded Habib Bourguiba Avenue in the capital, Tunis. The rally marks the anniversary of the 2011 revolution that brought democracy to...
Status: 01/01/2023 4:38 p.m In 2022, more people than ever tried to cross the Mediterranean Sea from Tunisia to Europe. Also on New Year's Eve - several boats sank. 108 people were brought back to shore. Several boats with migrants on board sank off the Tunisian coast on New Year's Eve. The Tunisian National Guard announced that 108 people had been rescued from distress at sea. It was unclear whether there were dead or injured. According to the Tunisian Forum...
As expected, the overwhelming majority of Tunisians boycotted Saturday's parliamentary elections. After the polls closed, the head of the state election commission, Faruk Buasker, announced a poor turnout of 8.8 percent. Over a thousand candidates had applied for the 161 seats in the first chamber of parliament. But due to the short preparation time and the exclusion of political parties, there was almost no campaigning. There were many unknown candidates who were politically active for the first time.Faruk Buasker cited...
STORY: In Tunisia, not even one in ten voters took part in the parliamentary elections. The turnout was 8.8 percent, the election commission said after the polling stations closed on Saturday. As a result, the restructuring of the state being pursued by President Kais Saied is finding little support among the population. As late as Saturday morning, Saied appealed to the Tunisians to vote. 40 percent of those entitled to vote took part in the penultimate parliamentary election in 2019....
Status: 12/18/2022 3:33 a.m After calls for a boycott, not even one in ten eligible voters took part in the parliamentary elections in Tunisia. The opposition spoke of a "fiasco" and called on President Saied to resign. The vast majority of those entitled to vote stayed away from the parliamentary elections in Tunisia. The turnout was only about 8.8 percent, as the electoral authority announced after the polling stations closed on Saturday. In the previous parliamentary election in 2019, 40...
Khaled Saad is sitting with his wife Mouna and their 6-year-old daughter in a street restaurant in front of the Zitouna Mosque in the medina of Tunis. In the narrow streets, there is more hustle and bustle than on normal weekends because of the unusual temperature of 25 degrees for December. Maybe it's because of today's date, December 17, that so many families like the Saads are out and about. The holiday commemorates Mohamed Bouazizi's self-immolation and the start of...
Status: 17.12.2022 5:50 p.m Gaping emptiness in the polling stations in Tunisia. After the opposition's call for a boycott, many expected the turnout to be low. What else could be behind it? By Dunja Sadaqi, ARD Studio Northwest Africa, currently in Sidi Bouzid Bright sunshine over the medina of Tunis. It was already bustling in the old town on election morning. Sellers have already unpacked their ceramic handicrafts, leather bags, souvenirs and all sorts of cheap goods from Asia and...
Choose Tunisia elects a new parliament Dissolved the old parliament at the end of March in order to weaken his political opponents and expand his own power: President Kais Saied. photo © Johanna Geron/Reuters/AP/dpa Voters in Tunisia are called upon to elect a new parliament. An improvement for the country is not in sight even with the new parliament. Elections for a new parliament have started in Tunisia. More than 9.2 million voters are called to vote on the parliament,...
Status: 17.12.2022 09:45 a.m Tunisia was once at the forefront of the Arab Spring. But the young democracy is in bad shape. The parliament that people elect today will have significantly less power than in the past. The opposition called for a boycott. Around nine million voters in Tunisia are called upon to elect a new parliament. However, the future representative body will have hardly any powers. The opposition called for the election to be boycotted. She described the election...
