Tunisian president replaces prime minister in latest shake-up ahead of election

Tunisia’s President Kais Saied (Slim Abid/AP)

Tunisia’s president has sacked the country’s prime minister and replaced him with another cabinet member, the latest shake-up in the North African country ahead of the October presidential election.

President Kais Saied announced in a brief press release that he was dismissing prime minister Ahmed Hachani after only one year in office.