President Kais Saied of Tunisia fired the country’s prime minister and suspended its parliament. Tunisia’s main opposition party, Ennahda, called the move a “coup.” The World’s Marco Werman spoke with Tunisian journalist, Lilia Blaise, to understand exactly how and why this happened.
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