Despite fears over extremist attacks, Tunisia’s first parliamentary election since its 2011 revolution passed without major incident.
Moncef Marzouki has been sworn in as the Tunisia’s first elected president since the north African nation’s revolution sparked the Arab Spring.
The Islamist party that won Tunisia’s first post-revolution election says it will elevate a decades-old gender equality statute to a basic law.
Tunisia’s Ennahda party says it will form a new government soon, as early results give it a strong lead in the Arab Spring’s first free election.
A secular Tunisia could be a thing of the past as moderate Islamists are believed to be ahead in Tunisia’s vote count after this year’s uprising.
Islamists are expected to do well in Tunisia’s first democratic election today, after a popular uprising that set off protests around the Arab world.
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/ 17 October 2011
As the country that launched the Arab Spring heads into an historic election next week, all eyes are on the long-repressed Islamists.