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Essebsi weighs in to lift asset seizures

Will the government of Habib Essid dare to appeal against the administrative court’s decision annulling the confiscation of assets belonging [...]

Published on 18/06/2015 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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How Essebsi will let Ben Ali’s business pals off the hook

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Bien Vu gets nod from court

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Trabelsi’s villas up for sale, but what of rest?

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Government grabs new assets of Ben Ali clan

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Mlikas stripped of their property

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A tie in Karama vs Mabrouk game

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Tunisia
Stéphane Richard and Xavier Niel left hungry for more after dinner with Kaïs Saied and Macron

Tunisia
Chahed prepares his visit to Paris

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Former ministers switch to the private sector

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Marouane Mabrouk still looking for EU's pardon

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Ridha Belhaj tells it how he sees it

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