
New Tunisian president talks up relations with Egypt, need for joint counterterrorism
Essebsi won Sunday’s run-off poll in Tunisia’s first democratic presidential elections
Essebsi won Sunday’s run-off poll in Tunisia’s first democratic presidential elections
Candidates traded accusations, personal attacks in heated run-up to poll
The Islamist Ennahda Movement did not field any candidate
While the official results have yet to be announced, the preliminary results show the secular party is set to obtain 85 seats against the 69 of Islamist rival.
Political parties cite high turnout, election monitors claim irregularities
Islamist Ennahda party will not run in next month’s presidential vote