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Spotlight | Tunisia
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 [...]

Published on 02/06/2016 at 04:30 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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Afek Tounes
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Beji Caid Essebsi
Chafik Jarraya
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Habib Essid
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Mohamed Fadhel Ben Omrane
Moncef Marzouki
Mustapha Ben Jaafar
Nabil Karoui
Rached Ghannouchi
Ridha Belhaj
Slim Riahi
UPL
Yassine Brahim

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Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

The results of the October 6 parliamentary elections give prime minister Youssef Chahed a good chance of being able to extend his term at the Kasbah for several months… as well as to prolong his alliance with Ennahda.

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Tunisia's prime minister Youssef Chahed.

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Slim Riahi prepares his homecoming from Paris

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Spotlight | Tunisia
The Essebsi clan reunites behind Abdelkrim Zbidi

Defence minister Abdelkrim Zbidi, who already has the backing of part of the Sahelian elite ( MC 1350), can now count on fresh backing to take him to the presidency, namely the entourage of Beji Caid Essebsi (BCE).

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Tunisian Minister of Defense Abdelkarim Zbidi.

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Rached Ghannouchi-Nabil Karoui deal on the way?

The timely postponement to July 23 of Nabil Karoui's interrogation by the economic and financial judicial investigation unit is intended [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Weakened Beji Caid Essebsi tries to regain control of electoral process

Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE"), who is convalescing after a malaise put him in hospital from June 27 to July 1, is going to have to quickly retake the initiative if he does not want organisation of the end-of-year parliamentary and [.

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Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi is pictured surrounded by medical staff members in Tunis.

Tunisia
Go Malta affair to be examined by parliament

Tunisie Telecom's highly controversial acquisition of Go Malta in 2016 will come before the Assembly of the Representatives of the [...]

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Tunisia
IHG's hospitals plan slides off the government's radar

Fourteen months after winning its first contract in Tunisia, Britain's International Hospitals Group (IHG) is in a quandary. On November [...]

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Tunisia
Sellami musters pro-Chahed deputies

Businessman Moncef Sellami could soon cause the walls of the Assembly of the Representatives of the People (ARP) to tremble. [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Youssef Chahed wants to be free of Essebsi before 2019

The hand-to-hand fighting between President Beji Caid Essebsi (BCE) and his prime minister, Youssef Chahed, has been restrained until now but is going to become more intense as the government reshuffle, expected after the September 1 Eid al-Adha celebration, approaches.

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Youssef Chahed and Beji Caid Essebsi (BCE).

Tunisia
Ghannouchi helps Boukhris make contact with carmaker Proton

Rached Ghannouchi, who was in Kuala Lumpur from July 11 to 13 to receive an honorary doctorate from the International [...]

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Tunisia
Essebsi Junior brushes up his Chinese

Nidaa Tounes executive director Hafedh Caid Essebsi ("HCE") has been [...]

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Tunisia
Youssef Chahed pushed towards the exit

There was nothing haphazard about Youssef Chahed’s appeal on the Wataniya TV channel on March 16 for his government to [...]

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Tunisia
Aziz Krichen sets up Transition.tn

Aziz Krichen, former minister-adviser on political affairs to President Moncef [...]

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Tunisia
Lotfi Zitoun set to open Ennahda's door

According to our information, Ennahda Islamist party leader Rached Ghannouchi has asked his faithful adviser Lotfi Zitoun to look at [...]

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Tunisia
Moncef Marzouki prepares his comeback…in the US

The University of South Carolina gave Moncef Marzouki a good [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Municipal elections speed up BCE-Ghannouchi split

The approach of the municipal elections, which are due to be held before the end of 2017, will speed up the process of divorce between President Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") and Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi, the warring brothers who have [.

Subscribers only Politics 23.02.2017

Spotlight | Tunisia
Counter-terrorism boss Rajhi takes charge of the police

The appointment of Ramzi Rajhi to replace the exhausted Abderrahmen Belhaj Ali (read below) as head of the DGSN national security directorate on December 16 is only the latest stage in Rajhi’s lightning rise through the ranks at the Ministry [.

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Spotlight | Tunisia
The reshuffle, an economic power grab!

The formation of the new government of Youssef Chahed, which has been in office since August 29, has not only enabled President Beji Caid Essebsi (BCE) to strengthen his grip over the executive. It has also provided an opportunity to [.

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Tunisia
Gaymard hosts Ghannouchi for Juppe

Rached Ghannouchi's visit to Paris from June 21 to 24 at the invitation of foreign affairs minister Jean-Marc Ayrault (MC [...]

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Tunisia
Rached Ghannouchi comes to Paris as “civil” party chief

Ennahda party chief Rached Ghannouchi is making his first official visit to Paris from June 21 to 24 in the [...]

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Tunisia
Brahim sees himself as prime minister

Development, investment and international cooperation minister Yassine Brahim has been engaged for several days in top secret talks with businessman [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Ennahda and the Essebsis seal an "eternal" alliance

In reshuffling the government on January 6 and then propelling his son Hafedh Caid Essebsi to the leadership of his Nidaa Tounes party on January 10, Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") has completed a process he begun as soon as he [.

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Tunisia
Ghannouchi tries to save Nidaa Tounes

Ennahda president Rached Ghannouchi has intervened directly in the crisis which is agitating the rival Nidaa Tounes party. According to [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
How Essebsi can save his economic amnesty law

A priority objective for Beji Caid Essebsi (BCE) and his advisers (MC 1162), the economic and financial crime reconciliation bill provoked a wave of protest during the summer. Despite appearances, however, the president has all the cards he needs to [.

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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 [...]

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Spotlight | Tunisia
Why Ghannouchi & Essebsi are bedfellows

The many one-on-one meetings between Beji Caid Essebsi and Rached Ghannouchi since they met up in Paris on Aug. 15 aimed only to finding a modus vivendi between their respective Nidaa Tounes and Ennahda parties.

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Guns and oil drive Russia's Dakar courtship

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

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

Tunisia
Yassine Brahim moonlights for Blackfin Capital Partners in Paris

Spotlight | Tunisia
Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

Tunisia
Slim Riahi prepares his homecoming from Paris

Spotlight | Tunisia
The Essebsi clan reunites behind Abdelkrim Zbidi

Tunisia
Rached Ghannouchi-Nabil Karoui deal on the way?

Spotlight | Tunisia
Weakened Beji Caid Essebsi tries to regain control of electoral process

Tunisia
Go Malta affair to be examined by parliament

Tunisia
IHG's hospitals plan slides off the government's radar

Tunisia
Sellami musters pro-Chahed deputies

Spotlight | Tunisia
Youssef Chahed wants to be free of Essebsi before 2019

Tunisia
Ghannouchi helps Boukhris make contact with carmaker Proton

Tunisia
Essebsi Junior brushes up his Chinese

Tunisia
Youssef Chahed pushed towards the exit

Tunisia
Aziz Krichen sets up Transition.tn

Tunisia
Lotfi Zitoun set to open Ennahda's door

Tunisia
Moncef Marzouki prepares his comeback…in the US

Spotlight | Tunisia
Municipal elections speed up BCE-Ghannouchi split

Spotlight | Tunisia
Counter-terrorism boss Rajhi takes charge of the police

Spotlight | Tunisia
The reshuffle, an economic power grab!

Tunisia
Gaymard hosts Ghannouchi for Juppe

Tunisia
Rached Ghannouchi comes to Paris as “civil” party chief

Tunisia
Brahim sees himself as prime minister

Spotlight | Tunisia
Ennahda and the Essebsis seal an "eternal" alliance

Tunisia
Ghannouchi tries to save Nidaa Tounes

Spotlight | Tunisia
How Essebsi can save his economic amnesty law

Tunisia
Essid hobbled by Essebsi’s advisers

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Why Ghannouchi & Essebsi are bedfellows