Tunisia replaces interior, social affairs ministers in surprise reshuffle
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00:00 Carthage Palace was host to an unexpected changing of the guard on Saturday.
00:06 President Kays Saeed replaced two ministers believed to be close allies.
00:12 City Governor Khaled Nouri now steps up as interior minister and civil servant Kamal
00:17 Madouri becomes social affairs minister.
00:21 A day before, hundreds of Tunisians marched against the president, calling him a dictator.
00:51 The past two weeks around 10 activists, lawyers and journalists have been arrested.
00:56 That brings it to more than 60 detentions since 2022, including opposition figures as
01:01 well.
01:02 That year, President Saeed signed a decree which ostensibly aims to tackle fake news
01:08 online.
01:09 It's been used to mete out prosecutions, with one-year prison sentences handed to two journalists
01:15 on Wednesday for having criticised the government.
01:18 Saeed was elected democratically five years ago, but has ruled by decree since seizing
01:23 executive powers in 2021.