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The head of a Tunisian opposition party, Lotfi Mraihi, who has announced his intention to run in a presidential election set for October, has been arrested by police on suspicion of money laundering. Mraihi, the leader of Republican Union Party, and one of the most prominent critics of President Kais Saied, was arrested late on Wednesday, politicians and local media said. Tunis court spokesman said earlier this week that Mraihi faces charges of money laundering and opening bank accounts abroad without a licence from the central bank. Mraihi’s arrest comes as opposition parties, many of whose l…

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