security threats Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/security-threats/ The low down on African affairs Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://i0.wp.com/jjcornish.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-Fountain_Pen_favicon-812.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 security threats Archives - Jean-Jacques Cornish https://jjcornish.com/tag/security-threats/ 32 32 More than seven million Tunisians go to the polls tomorrow https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/more-than-seven-million-tunisians-go-to-the-polls-tomorrow/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 22:00:00 +0000 https://jjcornish.com/2019/09/more-than-seven-million-tunisians-go-to-the-polls-tomorrow/ More than seven million registered voters head for the polls in Tunisia’s second democratic Presidential election tomorrow. With  26 candidates in the field it is unlikely anyone will emerge with more than fifty percent support. So a run off is likely by early November. Candidates in tomorrow’s race include a prime minister,  a defense minister […]

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]]> More than seven million registered voters head for the polls in Tunisia’s second democratic Presidential election tomorrow.

With  26 candidates in the field it is unlikely anyone will emerge with more than fifty percent support.

So a run off is likely by early November.

Candidates in tomorrow’s race include a prime minister,  a defense minister and a former president.

The pollsters favorite is a television mogul in jail awaiting trial on tax evasion and money laundering charges,

The winner, now or in November, will have  to deal with economic stagnation, ever-present security threats and political instability.

The election is an acid test for the country where the Arab spring began more than eight years ago.

 

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