auto-update week 17

africa/ts.json

@@ -555,10 +555,10 @@
         "text": "bicameral legislature (enacted by the 2022 constitution) consists of:<br>newly added National Council of Regions and Districts (Le Conseil National des regions et des districts); (77 seats; members appointed by municipal-level councils; members of each Regional Council elect 3 members among themselves to the National Council; each District Council elects 1 member among themselves to the National Council; members serve 5-year term)<br>Assembly of Representatives of the People (161 seats; 151 members in single seat constituencies and 10 members from Tunisian diaspora directly elected by majoritarian two-round voting system; all members serve 5-year terms)"
       },
       "elections": {
-        "text": "National Council of Regions and Districts - last held on 24 December 2023 for 279 local councils, which will indirectly elect the National Council (next to be held in 2028)<br><br>Assembly of Representatives of the People - last held on 17 December 2022 with a runoff on 29 January 2023 (next to be held in late 2027)"
+        "text": "National Council of Regions and Districts - last held on 24 December 2023 for 279 local councils, which will indirectly elect the National Council (next to be held in 2028)<br>Assembly of Representatives of the People - last held on 17 December 2022 with a runoff on 29 January 2023 (next to be held in late 2027)"
       },
       "election results": {
-        "text": "<strong><br>note:</strong> in 2022 President SAIED issued a new electoral law, which required all legislative candidates to run as independents"
+        "text": "<strong>note:</strong> in 2022, President SAIED issued a new electoral law, which required all legislative candidates to run as independents"
       }
     },
     "Judicial branch": {
@@ -574,7 +574,8 @@
       "note": "<strong>note:</strong> the Tunisian constitution of January 2014 called for the establishment of a constitutional court by the end of 2015, but the court was never formed; the new constitution of July 2022 calls for the establishment of a constitutional court consisting of 9 members appointed by presidential decree; members to include former senior judges of other courts"
     },
     "Political parties and leaders": {
-      "text": "note - President SAIED in 2022 issued a decree that forbids political parties' participation in legislative elections; although parties remain a facet of Tunisian political life, they have lost significant influence<br>Afek Tounes [Rym MAHJOUB]<br>Al Badil Al-Tounisi (The Tunisian Alternative) [Mehdi JOMAA]<br>Al-Amal Party [Salma ELLOUMIJ]<br>Call for Tunisia Party (Nidaa Tounes) [Ali HAFSI]<br>Current of Love [Hachemi HAMDI] (formerly the Popular Petition party)<br>Democratic Current [Ghazi CHAOUACHI]<br>Democratic Patriots' Unified Party [Zied LAKHDHAR]<br>Dignity Coalition or Al Karama Coalition [Seifeddine MAKHLOUF]<br>Ennahda Movement (The Renaissance) [Rached GHANNOUCHI]<br>Ettakatol Party [Khalil ZAOUIA]<br>Free Destourian Party or PDL [Abir MOUSSI]<br>Green Tunisia Party [Abdelkader ZITOUNI]<br>Harakat Hak [Mohsen MARZOUK]<br>Heart of Tunisia (Qalb Tounes) [Nabil KAROUI]<br>July 25 Movement [Thameur BDIDA]<br>Labor and Achievement Party [Abdellatif MEKKI]<br>Long Live Tunisia (Tahya Tounes) [Youssef CHAHED]<br>Movement of Socialist Democrats or MDS [Ahmed KHASKHOUSSI]<br>National Coalition Party [Neji JALLOUL]<br>National Salvation Front [Ahmed Nejib CHEBBI]<br>New Carthage Party [Nizar CHAARI]<br>Party of the Democratic Arab Vanguard [Kheireddine SOUABNI]<br>People's Movement [Zouheir MAGHZAOUI]<br>Republican Party (Al Joumhouri) [Issam CHEBBI] <br>The Movement Party (Hizb Harak) [Moncef MARZOUKI]<br>Third Republic Party [Olfa HAMDI]<br>Tunisian Ba'ath Movement [Othmen Bel Haj AMOR]<br>Voice of the Republic [Ali HAFSI]<br>Workers' Party [Hamma HAMMAMI]"
+      "text": "Afek Tounes [Rym MAHJOUB]<br>Al Badil Al-Tounisi (The Tunisian Alternative) [Mehdi JOMAA]<br>Al-Amal Party [Salma ELLOUMIJ]<br>Call for Tunisia Party (Nidaa Tounes) [Ali HAFSI]<br>Current of Love [Hachemi HAMDI] (formerly the Popular Petition party)<br>Democratic Current [Ghazi CHAOUACHI]<br>Democratic Patriots' Unified Party [Zied LAKHDHAR]<br>Dignity Coalition or Al Karama Coalition [Seifeddine MAKHLOUF]<br>Ennahda Movement (The Renaissance) [Rached GHANNOUCHI]<br>Ettakatol Party [Khalil ZAOUIA]<br>Free Destourian Party or PDL [Abir MOUSSI]<br>Green Tunisia Party [Abdelkader ZITOUNI]<br>Harakat Hak [Mohsen MARZOUK]<br>Heart of Tunisia (Qalb Tounes) [Nabil KAROUI]<br>July 25 Movement [Thameur BDIDA]<br>Labor and Achievement Party [Abdellatif MEKKI]<br>Long Live Tunisia (Tahya Tounes) [Youssef CHAHED]<br>Movement of Socialist Democrats or MDS [Ahmed KHASKHOUSSI]<br>National Coalition Party [Neji JALLOUL]<br>National Salvation Front [Ahmed Nejib CHEBBI]<br>New Carthage Party [Nizar CHAARI]<br>Party of the Democratic Arab Vanguard [Kheireddine SOUABNI]<br>People's Movement [Zouheir MAGHZAOUI]<br>Republican Party (Al Joumhouri) [Issam CHEBBI] <br>The Movement Party (Hizb Harak) [Moncef MARZOUKI]<br>Third Republic Party [Olfa HAMDI]<br>Tunisian Ba'ath Movement [Othmen Bel Haj AMOR]<br>Voice of the Republic [Ali HAFSI]<br>Workers' Party [Hamma HAMMAMI]",
+      "note": "<strong>note:</strong> President SAIED in 2022 issued a decree that forbids political parties' participation in legislative elections; although parties remain a facet of Tunisian political life, they have lost significant influence"
     },
     "International organization participation": {
       "text": "ABEDA, AfDB, AFESD, AIIB, AMF, AMU, AU, BSEC (observer), CAEU, CD, EBRD, FAO, G-11, G-77, IAEA, IBRD, ICAO, ICC (national committees), ICCt, ICRM, IDA, IDB, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, IMSO, Interpol, IOC, IOM, IPU, ISO, ITSO, ITU, ITUC (NGOs), LAS, MIGA, MONUSCO, NAM, OAS (observer), OIC, OIF, OPCW, OSCE (partner), UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNHCR, UNIDO, UNOCI, UNOOSA, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU (NGOs), WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO"
@@ -1218,7 +1219,7 @@
       "note": "<strong>note 1: </strong>approximately 20-25,000 active military personnel are conscripts<br><br><strong>note 2:</strong> women have been allowed in the service since 1975 as volunteers; the Tunisian Government has discussed the possibility of conscripting women as recently as 2018; as of 2023, women constituted about 8% of the military and served in all three services"
     },
     "Military deployments": {
-      "text": "775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2023)"
+      "text": "775 Central African Republic (MINUSCA) (2024)"
     },
     "Military - note": {
       "text": "the FAT is responsible for territorial defense and internal security; its operational areas of focus are countering Islamic terrorist groups and assisting with securing the border; it is conducting counterterrorism and counterinsurgency operations against militant groups linked to al-Qa’ida in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and the Islamic State of ash-Sham (ISIS) who are fighting a low-intensity insurgency, mostly in the mountainous region along the border with Algeria, particularly the Chaambi Mountains near the city of Kasserine; the military has the lead role for security in this area and also routinely conducts joint operations with Algerian security forces against these groups, as well to counter smuggling and trafficking activities; the FAT in recent years also has increased its role in securing the southern border against militant activity, smuggling, and trafficking from war-torn Libya; in the remote southern areas of the border with Libya, buffer/exclusion zones have also been established where the military has the lead for counterterrorism efforts; outside of these border areas, the Ministry of Interior (MOI) has the responsibility for counterterrorism, particularly for urban areas; the National Police Anti-Terrorism Brigade and the National Guard Special Unit have the lead for MOI counterterrorism operations<br><br>the FAT has historically remained largely apolitical and stayed out of the country’s economy; following Tunisia’s 1956 independence, FAT officers were legally prohibited from joining political parties, and the military did not intervene to prop up BEN ALI in 2011; nevertheless, President SAIED’s use of military courts to try civilians and placement of military troops outside of the parliament building after he dissolved the Assembly in 2021 has raised concerns of military politicization<br> <br>the FAT conducts bilateral and multinational training exercises with a variety of countries, including Algeria and other North African and Middle Eastern countries, France, and the US, as well as NATO; it also participates in UN peacekeeping operations; the Army has five combat brigades, including three mechanized infantry, a desert patrol, and a special forces brigade, as well as an armored reconnaissance regiment; the Navy is a coastal defense force with a limited inventory of offshore patrol ships complemented by a mix of small, fast attack and patrol craft; the Air Force largely supports the Army’s operations; it has a handful of older US-made fighter aircraft and a few dozen combat helicopters, mostly of French and US origin <br><br>Tunisia has Major Non-NATO Ally (MNNA) status with the US, a designation under US law that provides foreign partners with certain benefits in the areas of defense trade and security cooperation (2023)"
@@ -1240,9 +1241,6 @@
     }
   },
   "Transnational Issues": {
-    "Disputes - international": {
-      "text": "<em>Tunisia-Libya: </em>instability in Libya has led to militant activity, smuggling, and trafficking in the border area, and since 2015, Tunisia has constructed a system of berms, trenches, and water-filled moats, complemented by electronic surveillance equipment such as motion detectors, ground surveillance radars, and infrared sensors along the border"
-    },
     "Illicit drugs": {
       "text": "NA"
     }