Tunisia's Essebsi, world's oldest president, dies at 92.
Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi, the country's first leader elected in nationwide polls, died Thursday, triggering political uncertainty ahead of planned elections. He was 92.
"Things are not going well," the leader's son Hafedh Caid Essebsi told AFP earlier on Thursday after he was readmitted. Ennaceur confirmed he would take up the post in an address on state television Thursday afternoon before being sworn in, calling on Tunisians to"unite in solidarity". In November 2015, a suicide bombing against a bus in the capital carrying presidential guards killed 12. All three attacks were claimed by the Islamic State group that prompted a state of emergency that remains until today.
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