Tunisians vote in presidential runoff

Tunisians voted yesterday in a presidential runoff pitting a conservative academic against a media magnate fresh out of jail, reflecting a shift in the country’s post-revolution political landscape. The political newcomers swept aside the old guard in the first round, highlighting voter anger over a stagnant economy, high unemployment and poor public services in the cradle of the Arab Spring. The vote, Tunisia’s second free presidential election since the 2011 revolt, follows the death of president Beji Caid Essebsi in July.