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Tunisia
Ben Ali’s “securocrats” make a comeback

The sacking of secretary of state for security Rafik Chelly on December 1 opened the way for the "securocrats" of [...]

Published on 03/12/2015 at 04:30 GMT

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Abderrahmen Belhaj Ali
Ali Seriati
ANSI
Ben Ali
Imed Achour
Néji Dhaoui
Omar Massaoud
Rafik Chelly
Sami Abdessamad

Tunisia
Hafedh Caid Essebsi still wants chief of police’s head

Hafedh Caid Essebsi has not given up on sooner or [...]

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Former special services chief Rachid Ben Abid goes private

Rachid Ben Abid, who was head of the Ministry of [...]

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Essid at a loss to quell the revolt in Kasserine

The Tunisian government is looking for ideas to stop the protests by jobless people which have been rocking Kasserine since [...]

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Essebsi master at last at the interior ministry

In approving the major reshuffle carried out at the Ministry of the Interior on December 1, President Beji Caid Essebsi is trying to free himself definitively of his cumbersome "allies" from the Islamist party, Ennahda.The November 24 attack, which cost [.

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Tunisia
Gharsalli goes on a spending spree

Now that he is rid of his cumbersome secretary of state for security (read here), Minister of the Interior Najem [...]

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Tunisia
How Paris backs Tunisian police

Travelling to Tunisia on June 29 with his British and German counterparts to pay tribute to victims of the gun [...]

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Rahmouni takes charge of anti-terrorist battle

Hardly had it been set up than the defence’s ministry’s Agence des Renseignement de la Securite pour la Defense (ARSD), became the force to be reckoned with in Tunisia’s security system under ever-growing threat from Islamic terrorism.

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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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Essebsi to depend more on the military

The gun attack against the Bardo Museum on March 18 has led president Beji Caid Essebsi to depend openly on Tunisia’s armed forces to fight the Jihadist threat. And his choice is certain to change the country’s security landscape.

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Tunisia
FBI in push for intel sharing

Washington is continuing to beef up its security cooperation with Tunisia. Maghreb Confidential understands the FBI (FBI) is building an [...]

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Abderrahmen Belhaj Ali
Ali Seriati
ANSI
Ben Ali
Imed Achour
Néji Dhaoui
Omar Massaoud
Rafik Chelly
Sami Abdessamad

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Senegal
Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

Botswana, South Africa
From Gaborone to Antwerp, is De Beers's empire on the rocks?

Tunisia
Ben Ali’s “securocrats” make a comeback

Tunisia
Hafedh Caid Essebsi still wants chief of police’s head

Tunisia
Former special services chief Rachid Ben Abid goes private

Tunisia
Essid at a loss to quell the revolt in Kasserine

Spotlight | Tunisia
Essebsi master at last at the interior ministry

Tunisia
Gharsalli goes on a spending spree

Tunisia
How Paris backs Tunisian police

Spotlight | Tunisia
Rahmouni takes charge of anti-terrorist battle

Spotlight | Tunisia
Prime minister Essid exhausted and fed up

Spotlight | Tunisia
Essebsi to depend more on the military

Tunisia
FBI in push for intel sharing