7 November 2018

Tunisia extends state of emergency

The presidency of the Tunisian Republic announced on 6 November that President Beji Caid Essebsi has decided to extend the countrywide state of emergency for an additional month starting 7 November. “Following consultations on the country’s security situation with the Prime Minister Youssef Chahed and the President of the People’s Representatives Assembly Mohamed Ennaceur, the president decided to extend the state of emergency throughout the country for one more month,” the presidency statement read. The extension is probably due to the latest attack in Tunis, targeting policemen and wounding 15 people. The state of emergency was first imposed in Tunisia on 24 November 2015, following a bomb attack which targeted a bus of the presidential guard, leaving 12 dead. Since then, the state of emergency in Tunisia has been extended many times, the last one was in October 2018.

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