Thousands gathered in the Tunisian capital on Saturday to protest against economic woes and the rule of President Kais Saied, amid a long-running political stand-off in the North African country. The rally was organized in the centre of Tunis by the National Salvation Front, an opposition coalition including the Islamist Ennahda movement. In an address at the rally, the front’s head, Ahmed Chebbi, criticized Saied’s policies and alleged that there were plans by the government to lift state subsidies and freeze wage rises to secure a loan from the International Monetary Fund, witnesses said. “T…