Tunisians are voting in an election in which President Kais Saied is seeking a second term, with his main rival suddenly jailed and the other candidate heading a minor political party.
Tunisia had for years been hailed as the only relative success story of the 2011 “Arab spring” uprisings for introducing a competitive, though flawed, democracy following decades of autocratic rule.
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