Tunisia president officially registers election candidacy amid challengers' restraints

Tunisian President Kais Saied on Monday submitted his official candidacy for the country's upcoming presidential election while key candidates said they were being barred from challenging the incumbent president, this according to reporting by AFP.

Upon registering, Saied, 66, told reporters in the capital Tunis that his candidacy was part of "a war of liberation and self-determination" aiming to establish a new republic".