Ennahda Movement

Over 100 members from Tunisia's Ennahda step down amid political crisis

"The wrong political choices of the leadership of the Ennahda movement led to its isolation and failure," 113 senior officials from the party said in a joint statement.

The pandemic is a major test for the new Tunisian government

How the government will handle this crisis will shape the trajectory of the rest of its tenure.

Is there a sinister strategy behind rising attacks on mosques in Tunisia?

Amid a sharp spike in attacks and desecrations of mosques in Tunisia, some see a larger strategy at work trying to incite religious conflict and undermine the current government.

Political outsider Kais Saied sworn in as Tunisia's president

Saied, a conservative, won the presidential election earlier this month. He succeeds the late Beji Caid Essebsi, who died in office in July.

Tunisia projections say Kais Saied wins election

Independent outsider and law professor wins landslide victory in presidential runoff, sweeping aside his rival, media magnate Nabil Karoui, exit poll shows.

Tunisia chooses a president: media magnate or law professor

Tunisians are going to choose the president among a populist tycoon who just got out of jail against a conservative professor in a runoff vote on Sunday.

Tunisia's Ennahda to lead fractured new parliament

Ennahda came first in Sunday's parliamentary election, winning 52 seats, while media mogul Nabil Karoui's Heart of Tunisia party won 38 seats in the 217-seat chamber, the electoral commission said.

Exit polls show Ennahda party leading Tunisia election

While preliminary official results are not expected until Wednesday, Ennahdha and Qalb Tounes (Heart of Tunisia) — who have ruled out forming an alliance— were both swift to claim victory.

Voting ends in Tunisian parliamentary election

The vote comes two weeks after the first round of a presidential election that swept aside traditional political parties in favour of independent candidates, a trend likely to be repeated in the ballot for MPs.

Tunisia's ousted autocrat Ben Ali dies in exile

During his era, Ben Ali's photograph was displayed in every shop, school and government office from the beach resorts of the Mediterranean coast to the impoverished villages and mining towns of Tunisia's hilly interior.

Jailed tycoon, professor in Tunisian presidential runoff

Neither candidate has ever held political office but they beat out two prime ministers and the candidate for the moderate religious party Ennahdha.

Tunisian election offers a wide and unpredictable platter of candidates

Nothing is certain in Tunisia's presidential election, only the second since the 'Arab Spring'.