Tunisia: president appoints new government 11 weeks after power grab

Kais Saied will technically head administration after paring back powers of PM's office

Tunisia's president, Kais Saied, has appointed a new government by decree, 11 weeks after firing the last one in a power grab, as the country faces acute economic and political crises.

State television broadcast a swearing-in ceremony of the cabinet headed by Najla Bouden, the north African country's first female prime minister.