Tunisia's president Essebsi 'stable', media report suggests amid rumours of his death

Tunisia's 92-year-old president, Beji Caid Essebsi, is reportedly stable and is undergoing tests, news platform Al Jazeera reported quoting Tunisia's official spokesperson. Essebsi was rushed to a military hospital after suffering a "severe health crisis".

Soon after that, some media reports even suggested that the Tunisian president had died.

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One of his advisers had said that he was in a "very critical" condition but was alive, denying media reports he had died.

Essebsi has been a prominent figure in Tunisia since the overthrow of Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011, which was followed by uprisings against autocratic leaders across the Middle East, including in nearby Libya and Egypt.