Carnegie Endowment for International Peace
Tunisia is in the process of negotiating a much needed loan from the IMF.
The country of Tunisia is in the midst of a slow motion political crisis. The country's populist president has crafted a new constitution that gives him broad, unchecked powers and secured its approval by referendum, albeit a referendum in which most Tunisians did not participate.
It really takes Tunisia away from the 2014 constitution. It concentrates all the power in the hands of the presidency, removes checks and balances, and there's no way to remove the president which is really troubling.
Tunisia had done very well in building its political institutions and building the backbone of a democracy over the past decade but they failed to address the economic challenges the country was facing.
Tunisia marks ten years since its dictator’s fall from power.
Ten years ago, a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire, sparking a revolutionary wave that became known as the Arab Spring. While the protests led to the toppling of longtime dictators in the Middle East, they also foreshadowed a number of civil wars still raging today. So what went wrong?
Presidential run-off elections are scheduled in Tunisia between Nabil Karoui and Kais Saied.
Tunisians go to the polls to elect a new parliament on Sunday and independent candidates could prove key to forming the next government.
A conversation about the Western Sahara, one of Africa’s oldest conflicts.
