Tunisia's parliament speaker, Rached Ghannouchi, was admitted to hospital on Sunday, but left it several hours later, two advisers said, according to Reuters.

Ghannouchi is head of the moderate Islamist Ennahda party that has had an influential national role for a decade, and has led the opposition to last week's move by President Kais Saied to seize governing powers, dismiss the prime minister and freeze parliament.


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