Tunisian president hospitalised 'in severe health crisis' - presidency

FILE PHOTO: Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi holds a news conference at the Carthage Palace in Tunis, Tunisia, October 25, 2018. REUTERS.

Tunisia’s 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, a major player in the country’s transition to democracy since 2011, was taken to a military hospital on Thursday after suffering a “severe health crisis”, the presidency said.

One of Essebsi’s advisers told Reuters he was in a “very critical” condition but was alive.