Sunday evening, after a day of demonstrations in many cities of Tunisia, in particular against the management of the coronavirus epidemic by the government of Hichem Mechichi, Mr. Saied dismissed the latter and announced "the freezing" of the activities of Parliament for 30 days.
The president, also head of the army, also granted himself executive power, announcing his intention to appoint a new prime minister.
Also on the program, the man accused of having tried on July 20 to assassinate the transitional president in Mali, Colonel Assimi Goïta, with a knife, and who had since been in the hands of the Malian security services, "died ", the Malian government said on Sunday evening.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa announced on Sunday evening the lifting of most anti-Covid restrictions, including the ban on alcohol sales, assuring that the country had "largely" passed the peak of the third wave of the epidemic.
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