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World in brief: October 22, 2024
Tunisia's President Kais Saied takes oath in Tunis following his re-election, October 21, 2024

TUNISIA: President Kais Saied was inaugurated for a second term today and called for a “cultural revolution” to combat unemployment, fight terrorism and root out corruption.

The 66-year-old former law professor suspended the country’s parliament, rewrote its post-Arab Spring constitution and jailed dozens of his critics in politics, media, business and civil society during his first term.

 

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