Country’s most powerful party will not run a presidential candidate, focusing instead on upcoming parliamentary vote.
![Ennahda opposes the prospect of Nidaa Tounes founder Beji Caid Essebsi winning the presidency [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141011104024106734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Country’s most powerful party will not run a presidential candidate, focusing instead on upcoming parliamentary vote.
![Ennahda opposes the prospect of Nidaa Tounes founder Beji Caid Essebsi winning the presidency [Reuters]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/20141011104024106734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Amid fears of instability in the country, attendance at the landmark Ghriba pilgrimage site has dipped in recent years.
![A heavy security presence is typically in place during the pilgrimage [Abdelaziz Zguem/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/20145112303613580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Vague government statements on face-covering garment highlight growing secular-religious tensions in Tunisia.
![Some Tunisian women say restrictions on wearing the niqab would violate their religious rights [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/2014319113444647734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The 300kg Gorgon Mask was allegedly stolen from Algeria 20 years ago during the country’s civil war.

Nine-tonne mammal died after becoming entangled in a fishing net near the tourist town of Sidi Bou Said.
![Beaching of marine mammals is becoming more common on Tunisia's coast [Aymen Ben Mansour/Al Jazeera]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/2014310114718456734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The country is preparing to adopt a new constitution, but its economy remains weak and its political situation unstable.
