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Tunisia
Essid hobbled by Essebsi’s advisers

Prime minister-designate Habib Essid’s failure to form a government stems in part from the sway certain advisers of president Beji [...]

Published on 29/01/2015 at 23:01 GMT

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Beji Caid Essebsi
Ennahda
Habib Essid
Kamel Morjane
Mohamed Jehgam
Nidaa Tounes
Rafaa Ben Achour
RCD
Ridha Belhaj
Taieb Baccouche

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Essebsi Jr bids to organize reshuffle

The now inevitable sacking of prime minister Habib Essid has delighted Hafedh Caid Essebsi, son of President Beji Caid Essebsi. [...]

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Rached Ghannouchi gets himself ready… for 2019!

Ennahda president Rached Ghannouchi, who has greater control over the party now than ever, is already preparing himself for the 2019 elections, when the expected departure of Beji Caid Essebsi (BCE) promises to leave him with a clear run at [.

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Essebsi tempted to go for dynasty scenario

Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") is increasingly tempted to take sides with his son in the battle for control of Nidaa Tounes between Hafedh Caid Essebsi and presidential party secretary general Mohsen Marzouk. This is partly out of family feeling but [.

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Prime minister Essid exhausted and fed up

Three months after his appointment as prime minister, Habib Essid appears to be running out of steam. Caught between activist presidential advisers on one side and a hopelessly divided government coalition on the other, he is threatening to stand down.

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Carthage palace keeps an eye on blundering Baccouche

The advisers of president Beji Caid Essebsi are on high [...]

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Tunisia
Baccouche tells EU what it wants to hear on migrants

During a trip to Brussels on March 17 Tunisian foreign [...]

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Tunisia
Essebsi charts his parallel diplomacy

Seemingly determined to restore the presidential palace as Tunisia’s true center of power (MC 1139), Beji Caid Essebsi has set [...]

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Tunisia
Essebsi still at Nidaa Tounes’ bedside

Despite its victory in the presidential and legislative elections late last year, the Nidaa Tounes party is continuing to be [...]

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Tunisia
UGTT-friendly Youmbai keeps foot in government’s door

The only survivor from the government of Mehdi Jomaa to [...]

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Tunisia
Ennahda’s doves take flight under Essid

Prime minister Habib Essid has dipped into the most moderate fringe of the Ennahda party to form his government, which [...]

Subscribers only Politics 05.02.2015

Tunisia
Lots of room for top business figures in government

Representatives of Tunisia’s business community gained ground in the government of Habib Essid between the first list presented on Jan. [...]

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Tunisia
Barely was he named than Horchani shown the door

Appointed defence minister in the first list of prime minister [...]

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Tunisia
Youssefi to switch from TAP to Kasbah?

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How Essebsi wants to rein in state and Nidaa Tounes

Ensconced for barely a week in the Carthage palace, Beji Caid Essebsi and his team of advisers are striving to restore the presidential residence to its former pre-eminence by taking a firm grip on the government as well as his [.

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Tunisia
Why Essebsi chose Habib Essid

It was precisely because he’s a political lightweight that the outsider Habib Essid was chosen by Tunisia’s newly-elected president, Beji [...]

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French investigation sends tremors through Abidjan's political class

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From Tripoli to Benghazi, Turkish trader BGN's oil odyssey

Tunisia
Essid hobbled by Essebsi’s advisers

Tunisia
Essebsi Jr bids to organize reshuffle

Spotlight | Tunisia
Rached Ghannouchi gets himself ready… for 2019!

Spotlight | Tunisia
Essebsi tempted to go for dynasty scenario

Spotlight | Tunisia
Prime minister Essid exhausted and fed up

Tunisia
Carthage palace keeps an eye on blundering Baccouche

Tunisia
Baccouche tells EU what it wants to hear on migrants

Tunisia
Essebsi charts his parallel diplomacy

Tunisia
Essebsi still at Nidaa Tounes’ bedside

Tunisia
UGTT-friendly Youmbai keeps foot in government’s door

Tunisia
Ennahda’s doves take flight under Essid

Tunisia
Lots of room for top business figures in government

Tunisia
Barely was he named than Horchani shown the door

Tunisia
Youssefi to switch from TAP to Kasbah?

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How Essebsi wants to rein in state and Nidaa Tounes

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Why Essebsi chose Habib Essid