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Tunisia Police Arrest Presidential Candidate as Pre-Election Tension Rises

Tunisia Police Arrest Presidential Candidate as Pre-Election Tension Rises
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Tunisia Police Arrest Presidential Candidate as Pre-Election Tension Rises

Tunisia Police Arrest Presidential Candidate as Pre-Election Tension Rises

Tunisian police arrested presidential candidate Ayachi Zammel on Monday, a member of his campaign told Reuters.
The electoral commission is preparing to announce on Monday the final list of accepted candidates for the presidential elections scheduled for Oct. 6.
Mahdi Abdel Jawad said police had arrested Zammel at his home at about 3:00 a.m. on suspicion of falsifying popular endorsements.
Last week, the Administrative Court, the highest judicial body that adjudicates electoral disputes, reinstated three prominent candidates, Mondher Znaidi, AbdelLatif Mekki and Imed Daimi, to the election race after the electoral commission had rejected their candidacy filing.
They joined accepted candidates Ayachi Zammel, Zouhair Maghzaoui and Kais Saied, the current president.
However, electoral commission head Farouk Bouasker said the commission would study the Administrative Court’s decision and other judicial decisions against candidates before issuing the final list.

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Egypt Appeals to UNSC: Ethiopia’s Actions Threaten Regional Stability

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) (X)
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) (X)
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Egypt Appeals to UNSC: Ethiopia’s Actions Threaten Regional Stability

Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) (X)
Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) (X)

Egypt has heightened its conflict with Ethiopia regarding the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), asking the UN Security Council to address what it calls Addis Ababa’s “unilateral actions” that it believes endanger regional stability.
The two countries have been at odds for years over the dam, which Ethiopia has been building since 2011 on the Blue Nile River, near the Sudanese border. Egypt argues the project affects its water supply.
On Sunday, Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty sent a letter to the UN Security Council President, criticizing Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed’s recent comments about the dam’s fifth filling phase, which started in July.
Egypt’s letter rejected Ethiopia’s actions as violations of international law and a breach of a 2015 agreement between Egypt, Sudan, and Ethiopia, as well as a 2021 Security Council statement.
The letter condemned Abiy Ahmed’s remarks about storing more Blue Nile water this year and finishing the dam’s construction, calling them unacceptable and disruptive to regional stability. Egypt is concerned that Ethiopia’s approach undermines efforts to promote cooperation in the region.
Last Monday, Abiy Ahmed announced that the dam’s construction would be finished by December. He stated that the dam’s reservoir currently holds “62.5 billion cubic meters” of water, expecting this to increase to between 70 and 71 billion cubic meters by December, out of a total capacity of 74 billion cubic meters.
Egypt and Sudan are seeking a legally binding agreement to manage the dam’s filling and operation without harming their water shares.
This is not Egypt's first appeal to the Security Council over the dam. The country previously raised concerns in October after Ethiopia completed the fourth filling of the dam, and the Security Council had called for renewed negotiations under the African Union’s guidance in September 2021.