Tunisia's president has
extended for a month the state of emergency that has been in place since
an Islamic State-linked suicide bombing in the country's capital in
November left 12 people dead.
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| New Tunisia President, Beji Caid Essebsi, adresses the members of the
parliament after a swearing in ceremony held at the National Assembly in
Tunis, Tunisia. |
The decision to prolong the state of
emergency was made on Sunday by President Beji Caid Essebsi, a
government spokesperson told the state news agency TAP. The move gives
the government emergency powers to forbid strikes and gathering that
could cause disturbances, as well as powers over the media.
The
decision comes two days after a US strike on an Islamic State training
camp in neighbouring Libya that killed a senior extremist leader who is
believe to be a Tunisian.
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