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Tunisia
Deputy Lotfi Ali makes big money on Tatouine motorway link

Plans to link Tataouine to the A1 motorway are going to be profitable for Gafsa deputy Lotfi Ali! According to [...]

Published on 10/01/2019 at 04:30 GMT

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Assembly of the Representatives of the People
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Noureddine Hachicha
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Youssef Chahed

Tunisia
SNCFT's phosphate transport plans hit the buffers

Issued by the Société nationale des chemins de fer tunisiens, the call for expressions of interest in conducting surveys and devising a call for tenders to renovate 165 km of railway line in the phosphate triangle was declared unsuccessful on 7 January.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business 21.01.2021

Tunisia
Tunisia banks on trade with Libya as it pushes ahead with Gabès-Ras Jedir highway

Despite the fall in its trade with Libya, in part because of the ongoing political and security crisis there, Tunisia is trying to speed up work on the highway which will give it a new link with its turbulent neighbour.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.01.2021

Tunisia
Heavy competition for the construction of the Bizerte Bridge

French minister of state Jean-Baptiste Lemoyne rallies around French construction companies vying for Bizerte.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 04.12.2020

Tunisia
Youssef Chahed wants to give priority to the Ben Guerdane free zone

The sudden revival of plans to create a free zone in Ben Guerdane, construction of which is set to start [...]

Subscribers only Business 31.01.2019

Spotlight | Tunisia
Youssef Chahed runs out of credit with the IMF

Relations between the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and Tunisia are visibly deteriorating. According to our sources in Tunis, the IMF, which is headed by Christine Lagarde, has postponed until further notice a visit to Tunisia planned for June 30 by [.

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IMF Managing Director Lagarde meets with Tunisia’s President Essebsi in Tunis.

Spotlight | Tunisia
"BCE" takes back control of Ben Ali's assets

The departure of Al Karama chairman Mohamed Said Jaouadi, as revealed by Maghreb Confidential (MC 1263), is part of an epic battle for control of the assets confiscated from businessmen in the Ben Ali clan, which are now managed by [.

Subscribers only Politics 05.10.2017

President of the Republic of Tunisia Beji Caid Essebsi.

Spotlight | Tunisia
"BCE" struggles to get a grip on Tataouine revolt

The protests sweeping across the Tataouine region are not only the result of the widespread unemployment afflicting southern Tunisia. President Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") is also paying for his erratic management of the most serious social crisis in the country [.

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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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