Tag: President Kais Saied
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How migrants made homeless in Tunisia purge plead for help
Natasha has nothing to return to in her native Sierra Leone, and nowhere to go but a grim camp in Tunisia’s capital since President Kais Saied announced a crackdown on migrants. “Please help us,” she said, tears in her eyes, standing outside an International Organization for Migration (IOM) office in a Tunis business district. Natasha,…
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President suspends Parliament, sacks Prime Minister
Tunisia’s president has sacked the prime minister and suspended parliament, after violent protests broke out across the country. Thousands of protesters, angry at the government’s mishandling of Covid-19, had flooded onto the streets and clashed with police on Sunday. President Kais Saied announced he would take charge with help from a new prime minister, saying…