Crackdown in Tunisia: the death of a young democracy?

President Kais Saied’s seizing of power suggests he plans to ‘eliminate any oversight and all obstacles to his rule’

Tunisian President Kais Saied
Tunisian President Kais Saied on 26 July 2021
(Image credit: Tunisian Presidential Image/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

They may have been cheered on by millions – but there’s no doubt that the events that unfolded in Tunisia on 25 July amounted to a “coup d’état”, said Nizar Bahloul in Business News (Tunis).

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