Kais Saied

In this photo provided by the Tunisian Presidency, Tunisia's President Kais Saied takes oath Monday, Oct.21, 2024 in Tunis following his re-election. (Tunisian Presidency via AP)

Tunisia’s president is inaugurated for a second term following a crackdown on his opponents

Tunisian President Kais Saied has been inaugurated for a second term, following a monthslong crackdown and string of arrests against his political opponents.

Election officials announce Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied as the winner of the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Monday, Oct. 7, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia’s Kais Saied wins landslide reelection, entrenching his power in Arab Spring’s birthplace

Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied joins his supporters after the announcement of the provisional results for the presidential elections, in the capital Tunis, Tunisia, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia’s President Saied wins second term after cracking down on the opposition

An election banner for Tunisian president and candidate for re-election Kais Saied pictured in Tunis ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, in Tunis, Tunisia, Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia votes Sunday in its third presidential election since the Arab Spring

A Tunisian woman shouts slogans during a demonstration against Tunisia president Kais Saied, ahead of the upcoming presidential elections, in Tunis, Friday, Sept. 27, 2024. (AP Photo/Anis Mili)

Tunisia passes law to strip courts of power over election authority appointed by president

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Chaima Issa, a leading figure in the coalition of parties opposed to President Kais Saied, speaks outside of a military court in Tunis, Tunisia on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Issa faces a lengthy prison term as one of the country's many activists now charged with undermining state security. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi)

Tunisia opposition figure Issa denounces military prosecution as creating fear about civil freedoms

FILE - Leader of the Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, speaks to the media after he was freed by the Tunisia's anti-terrorism unit in Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. The leader of Tunisia's moderate Islamist party has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism and inciting hatred in the North African country. The Court of Appeal in the capital, Tunis, pronounced the sentence against the Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi late Monday. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

Tunisia’s Islamist party leader is sentenced to 15 months in prison for supporting terrorism

FILE - Islamist party leader and parliament speaker Rached Ghannouchi speaks during a meeting in Tunis, Tunisia, on Oct. 3, 2019. Family members of jailed lawyers and politicians, including Ghannouchi, in Tunisia want the International Criminal Court to investigate claims of political persecution and human rights violations as an increasing number of President Kais Saied's opponents are arrested and several in prison stage hunger strikes. Jailed dissidents' sons and daughters in The Hague, Netherlands, on Thursday, Oct. 5, 2023, will announce plans to pursue action at the court. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

Families of imprisoned Tunisian dissidents turn to the International Criminal Court seeking justice

FILE - Tunisia's President Kais Saied speaks during a media conference at an EU Africa summit in Brussels, Feb. 18, 2022. Saied on Monday Oct. 2, 2023 accused the European Union of not following through on agreements made earlier this year to help Tunisia patrol its border, curb smuggling and balance its federal budget. (Johanna Geron, Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tunisia rejects European funds and says they fall short of a deal for migration and financial aid

FILE - Tunisian President Kais Saied gives a speech at the new government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, on Feb. 27, 2020. Tunisian officials detained a former prime minister for questioning before freeing him hours later, but jailed two top officials of the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party who’s leader Rached Ghannouchi has been in prison since mid-April, the official TAP news agency said Wednesday. (Fethi Belaid/Pool via AP, File)

Tunisian president’s remarks on Storm Daniel have been denounced as antisemitic and prompt an uproar

Migrants wait to be transferred from Lampedusa Island, Italy, Friday, Sept. 15, 2023. Thousands of migrants and refugees have landed on the Italian island of Lampedusa this week after crossing the Mediterranean Sea on small unseaworthy boats from Tunisia, overwhelming local authorities and aid organizations. (AP Photo/Valeria Ferraro)

What’s behind the surge in migrant arrivals to Italy?

FILE - Leader of the Ennahdha party, Rached Ghannouchi, speaks to the media after he was freed by the Tunisia's anti-terrorism unit in Tunis, Tunisia, Tuesday, July 19, 2022. Tunisian officials detained a former prime minister for questioning before freeing him hours later, but jailed two top officials of the moderate Islamist Ennahdha party who’s leader Rached Ghannouchi has been in prison since mid-April, the official TAP news agency said Wednesday. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

2 top officials of Tunisia’s moderate Islamist party arrested while its leader languishes in jail

A senior Ennahdha opposition official has been placed under house arrest in Tunisia

FILE - Tunisian Prime Minister Najla Bouden speaks during a joint press conference with Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly in Tunis, Friday, May 13, 2022. Tunisia's president has sacked the country's prime minister, who was the first woman to hold that job in an Arab League nation. A brief statement from the presidential office late Tuesday night did not give reasons for the dismissal of Najla Bouden Ramadhane. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File)

Tunisia’s president sacks prime minister, the first woman to hold that job in an Arab League nation

In this handout photo distributed by Mbengue Nyimbilo Crepin, he is pictured with his daughter and wife, who he believes died of dehydration in a desert area near the border between Libyan and Tunisia. Nyimbilo had collapsed on the treacherous desert journey and encouraged his wife and daughter to keep going. He survived but says Matyla Dosso and six-year-old Marie likely did not. (Mbengue Nyimbilo Crepin via AP)

‘God willing, we will meet again in Libya.’ A migrant family’s tale shows chaos at Tunisian border

In this photo provided by the Tunisian Presidency, Tunisian President Kais Saied, left, shakes hand with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the presidential palace in Carthage, Tunisia, Sunday, July 16, 2023. European leaders and Tunisia’s president have announced progress in the building of hoped-for closer economic and trade relations and on measures to combat the often lethal smuggling of migrants across the Mediterranean Sea. (Tunisian Presidency via AP)

European Union and Tunisia announce progress in building economic and trade ties, and on migration

CORRECTS BYLINE Tunisian President Kais Saied, right, welcomes French Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin, left, and German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser to the presidential palace in Carthage, Tunisia, Monday June 19, 2023. (Slim Abid/Tunisian Presidential Palace via AP)

Tunisia doesn’t want to be Europe’s border guard to slow migration