By TAREK AMARA AND ANGUS MCDOWALL, Reuters
Published July 27, 2021 5:10am
A military vehicle is pictured in front of the parliament building in Tunis, Tunisia July 26, 2021. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi TUNIS - Tunisia is facing its worst crisis in a decade of democracy on Monday after President Kais Saied ousted the government and suspended parliament with help from the army, a move denounced as a coup by the country s main parties, including Islamists. Saied s action followed months of deadlock and disputes pitting him against Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi and a fragmented parliament as Tunisia descended into an economic crisis exacerbated by one of Africa s worst COVID-19 outbreaks.
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