{"id":43357,"date":"2026-08-21T08:12:37","date_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:12:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=43357"},"modified":"2026-08-21T08:12:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T06:12:37","slug":"tunisia-opposition-protests-against-president-amid-economic-discontent","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tunisia-opposition-protests-against-president-amid-economic-discontent\/","title":{"rendered":"Tunisia opposition protests against President\u00a0amid economic discontent"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Activists and opponents of Tunisian President Kais Saied took to the streets of Tunis on Thursday, calling for his departure and the restoration of \u200bdemocracy in the latest protest against his governance amid growing political \u200cand economic discontent.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Hundreds of protesters said they reject &#8220;one-man rule&#8221; and &#8220;a slide towards dictatorship,&#8221; and urged the release of jailed opposition figures, activists and journalists.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>A similar demonstration took place last month, coinciding \u200bwith the anniversary of measures by Saied on July 25, 2021, when \u200bhe dismissed the government and later dissolved the elected parliament and \u2060began governing by decree.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Saied later dissolved the Supreme Judicial Council and sacked dozens \u200bof judges, saying he was fighting corruption within the judiciary.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The move drew \u200bwidespread condemnation, and international rights groups described it as undermining judicial independence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The protests do not, in themselves, signal an imminent political shift, but they reflect growing pressure on the president and underscore \u200bthe ability of Saied\u2019s opponents to mobilise in the streets despite their divisions.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":16130,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"news-type":[78,26],"class_list":["post-43357","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-featured","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Tunisia opposition protests against President","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43357","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43357\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43358,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/43357\/revisions\/43358"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43357"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=43357"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}