Last month, for the first time in 14 years, Tunisia held a sham presidential election, marked by extensive manipulation and repression. The incumbent, President Kais Saied, announced that he had won ...

and Ayachi Zammel (liberal). On October 1, Zammel was sentenced to 12 years in prison for violating sponsorship rules. However, he can still maintain his candidacy. Further reading: People support ...

A Tunisian court has confirmed an imprisonment sentence earlier handed down to a presidential contender ahead of elections scheduled for Sunday in the North African country. The appeals court in ...

Tunisia's public television broadcast exit polls from Sigma Conseil, an independent firm that has historically published figures not far off official tallies, showing Saied winning more than 89% of ...

The sole opposition candidate, Ayachi Zammel, only stayed on the ballot because he was sentenced after this candidacy was approved. He received his third sentence of the campaign, 12 years in jail ...

His imprisoned rival Ayachi Zammel received just 7.3%, and third candidate Zouhair Maghzaoui only 1.9%, ISIE head Farouk Bouasker said. The low turnout confirmed the dialectic relations between the ...

However, in this election, the cracks reappeared. Some, like former minister Kamel Jendoubi and journalist Chaima Issa, opted to support Ayachi Zammel, a candidate who became a folk hero after being ...

TUNIS - Jailed Tunisian presidential challenger Ayachi Zammel received more prison time on Monday, his lawyer said, bringing the cumulative sentences against him to more than 20 years. Zammel ...

Jailed Tunisian presidential challenger Ayachi Zammel received more prison time on Monday, his lawyer said, bringing the cumulative sentences against him to more than 20 years. Zammel, one of only two ...

His victory had been widely expected. Saied’s closest challenger, Ayachi Zammel, won 7% of the vote, but had been sentenced to 12 years in prison five days before the poll for allegedly ...

Serious challengers to Saied, who took office in 2019, were excluded. Saied's only two rivals in the vote were Ayachi Zammel, a liberal politician, who is in prison in connection to electoral ...