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    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Tunisians back new constitution increasing president’s powers

      Exit polls show strong support for Kais Saied as democratic experiment finally unravels

    • Tuesday, 12 July, 2022
      Tunisia’s scarred economy dealt further blow by war in Ukraine

      Rise in global food and energy prices hits country already struggling with falling living standards

    • Friday, 8 July, 2022
      Tennis
      Tunisia’s ‘minister of happiness’ on brink of Wimbledon history

      Jabeur vies to become first Arab woman to win grand slam as Djokovic seeks seventh title

    • Tuesday, 5 July, 2022
      ‘Afraid for the freedoms’: Opposition warns over Tunisia’s new constitution

      Charter drawn up by populist leader Kais Saied would greatly increase presidential powers

    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      Tunisia’s political crisis worsens as president dissolves parliament

      Kais Saied accuses politicians of ‘attempted coup’ after more than half of assembly defies him

    • Wednesday, 26 January, 2022
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Tunisia’s president is leading it down a dangerous path

      Kais Saied must respect democracy and focus on country’s economic woes

    • Tuesday, 14 December, 2021
      Tunisia’s populist president promises elections next year

      Kais Saied tightens control of the north African country but has yet to reveal economic plan

    • Sunday, 28 November, 2021
      ‘What did democracy do for us?’ Tunisians keep faith with populist Saied

      Long-suffering people pin hopes on authoritarian president who has yet to deliver a single economic policy

    • Monday, 15 November, 2021
      Kais Saied
      Life after Tunisia’s coup: ‘This is a moment of counter revolution’

      Once hailed as democratic success story, Kais Saied cracks down as critics warn of return of dictatorship

    • Wednesday, 29 September, 2021
      Tunisia’s president faces backlash after power grab

      Critics of Kais Saied become more vocal as concerns over growing autocracy and economic drift intensify

    • Tuesday, 24 August, 2021
      Tunisia’s populist president extends suspension of parliament

      Kais Saied tightens grip a month after seizing sweeping powers and dismissing government

    • Monday, 9 August, 2021
      Gideon Rachman
      The discontents of Middle East democracy

      Struggles for political freedom in the Arab world bode ill for the global fight against autocracy

    • Monday, 2 August, 2021
      News in-depth
      Weary Tunisians welcome president’s power grab

      A decade on from a democratic revolution, many see the return of one-man rule as an antidote to corruption

    • Friday, 30 July, 2021
      Person in the News
      Kais Saied, the Tunisian president accused of undermining democracy

      The former professor has sacked the government and seized powers in what he claims is a battle against corruption

    • Thursday, 29 July, 2021
      Tunisian president vows to crack down on corruption

      Kais Saied says businessmen and officials have stolen $4.8bn through unpaid taxes and fraud

    • Wednesday, 28 July, 2021
      The FT ViewThe editorial board
      Reverting to autocracy is not the answer for Tunisia

      Successive governments failed to tackle economic problems and corruption

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      David Gardner
      It’s not too late to save Tunisia’s shaky democracy

      The US and EU should deploy their leverage to oppose Kais Saied’s coup

    • Tuesday, 27 July, 2021
      Tunisia’s president intensifies crackdown as opposition calls for talks

      Kais Saied limits public gatherings and lengthens curfew after suspending parliament and sacking prime minister

    • Monday, 26 July, 2021
      Tunisia thrown into turmoil as president sacks prime minister

      Kais Saied’s removal of Hichem Mechichi described as coup by opponents

    • Thursday, 22 July, 2021
      News in-depth
      Delta variant deepens crisis for Tunisia’s fragile democracy

      Military takes command of pandemic response as medical chaos adds to country’s political and economic woes

    • Wednesday, 27 January, 2021
      Tunisian parliament backs cabinet reshuffle as protesters take to streets

      Government seeks to turn corner on economic crisis that has sparked youth protests

    • Tuesday, 19 January, 2021
      Tunisia’s anger boils over as Covid batters economy

      Nightly riots underscore frustration with poverty and high unemployment

    • Sunday, 17 January, 2021
      Tunisian police use tear gas to break up street protests

      Second day of clashes take place in several cities a decade on from Arab spring

    • Thursday, 14 January, 2021
      FT Magazine
      The lost decade: voices of the Arab spring on what happened next

      Activists and revolutionaries reflect on their struggles for reform in the countries they fought to free

    • Thursday, 17 December, 2020
      ReviewPolitical books
      How autocracies endure

      The Arab uprising fuelled hopes of sweeping change. Three books explore why that did not happen as expected.

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