Tunisia’s electoral commission announced on Monday that front-runner Beji Caid Essebsi won the country’s presidential runoff election with 55.68 percent of the vote, reported France 24. The official announcement of the results of the historic election follows a standoff between Essebsi and opponent Moncef Marzouki, who had refused to admit defeat after exit polls indicated an…

Veteran politician Beji Caid Essebsi declared victory in Sunday’s presidential run-off vote, seen as the last step in Tunisia’s shift to full democracy four years after an uprising ousted autocrat Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali. Official results are not due until Monday and his rival, the incumbent president, Moncef Marzouki, refused to concede defeat. But soon after…