Tunisia’s ruling Islamists and opposition parties held talks yesterday to agree on a new prime minister who will lead a caretaker government, under an agreement to end months of unrest in the north African country.
Former central bank members and economists are the leading candidates for the post.
The ruling Islamist party Ennahda and secular opponents earlier this month reached a deal for the government to resign in three weeks to make way for a non-partisan administration and elections at a date to be agreed.
The deal is aimed at ending unrest after the assassination of two opposition leaders by Islamist militants earlier this year in the country which inspired the 2011 Arab Spring revolts.