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 ...

His closest challenger, businessman Ayachi Zammel, won 7.4% of the vote after sitting in prison for the majority of campaign season facing multiple prison sentences for election-related crimes.

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 ...

Tunisian President Kais Saied has officially begun his second term after a decisive victory in the country’s October 6 ...

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 ...

"The court in Tunis sentenced Ayachi Zammel to 12 years in prison in four cases" related to voter endorsements, lawyer Abdessater Messoudi told AFP. Messoudi said Zammel "remains a candidate in ...

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 ...

“As for the candidate, Ayachi Zammel, he won 7.35 percent of the vote, while the third candidate, Zouhair Maghzaoui, received 1.97 percent of the vote,” Bouasker said. The final results of the ...