Tunisia’s President Kais Saied, seen as a saviour by supporters and an autocrat by critics, is running for re-election on Sunday in a vote that he is all but certain to win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
More than a dozen politicians had hoped to challenge him, but the electoral commission approved only two additional names for the ballot paper.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
And one of those, Ayachi Zammel, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for falsifying documents just five days before the poll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Tunisia was where the Arab Spring, a series of uprisings against autocratic rulers in North Africa and the Middle East, began in late 2010.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country was seen as a beacon of democracy for the Arab world. (BBC News)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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