Tunisian PM Habib Essid is now required to launch consultations to choose the suitable person. Tunis, Tunisia: Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid lost a confidence vote in parliament Saturday, in a ...

A former Tunisian interior minister has been nominated as prime minister to form a new government after an agreement among political parties in the newly elected parliament. The nominee, Habib Essid, ...

Tunisia's President Beji Caid Essebsi (right) shakes hands with newly nominated Prime Minister Habib Essid in Tunis, Jan. 5, 2015. Reuters/Zoubeir Souissi A high-ranking security official in the ...

Essid’s exclusive interview with FRANCE 24 came as his government announced a nationwide curfew starting at 8pm on Friday following protests in several cities over high unemployment rates that left at ...

Parliament passed no confidence vote by 108-3 on Saturday, effectively dissolving Essid’s government Tunisia’s parliament passed a vote of no confidence in prime minister Habib Essid on Saturday, ...

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid on Saturday lost a confidence vote in parliament, after just a year and a half in office. Out of 217 MPs overall, 191 were present for the vote. A total of 118 MPs ...

Tunisian Prime Minister Habib Essid has been ousted after overwhelmingly losing a vote of confidence in parliament. In power for a year and a half, Essid failed to tackle the country’s economic and ...