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Tunisia
Prime Minister Fakhfakh's sacking halts $1 billion in IMF and EU aid

The Prime Minister Elyès Fakhfakh was removed from office on July 15. © MaxPPP

President Kais Saied has brought down the government just as it was negotiating crucial financial aid with international donors. [...]

Published on 20/07/2020 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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The former director of cabinet of the Tunisian President, Nadia Akacha.

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With Tunisia on the verge of default, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has begun talks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the hope that the former IMF chief will help him persuade the institution to resume its financial support.

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With the setting up of a parliamentary friendship group, the former journalist Sofiane Makhloufi will be trying to reactivate links with France, which have become somewhat more distant since Kais Saied came to power.

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Kaïs Saïed transfers Covid medical purchases to military

Defense Minister Brahim Bertégi, one of the few members of the government who is close to the president, has been put in charge of emergency drug and medical equipment procurement.

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World Bank consults oracles to prepare 2021-2026 and save "social contract"

The World Bank has convened former ministers, consultants and economists to take stock of its engagement with Tunisia and lay the foundations for its next five-year country partnership with the north African state. But their alarming diagnosis focuses above all on political stalemate.

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Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

The Tunisian army is unable to foot its share of the $240m bill, despite Turk Eximbank pitching in 85% of the total order.

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Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

As Tunisia continues to drag its feet over the organisation of the next summit of the Organisation Internationale de la Francophonie, France is starting to run out of patience, while event-planning companies, which have been destabilised by the Covid-19 pandemic, still hope to take advantage of the gathering to restore their fortunes.

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French President Emmanuel Macron and his Tunisian counterpart Kaïs Saïed on June 22 in Paris.

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Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Allegations that Elyès Fakhfakh was guilty of concealing a conflict of interest in the award of major waste tip management contracts have come at just the right time for the Ennahda party...as well as for the Ben Ayed brothers, who have close links with the Islamist party and whose Al Badr group is also in waste management.

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Prime Minister of Tunisia Elyes Fakhfakh.

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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?

Tunisia
Prime Minister Fakhfakh's sacking halts $1 billion in IMF and EU aid

Tunisia
Saied's ex-chief of staff Nadia Akacha poised to discover outcome of cases against her

Tunisia
European Parliament may harden stance towards Kais Saied

Tunisia
Saied's supporters get organised

Tunisia
Mechichi talks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn ahead of crunch IMF meet

Tunisia
Bloc Démocratique MP Sofiane Makhloufi takes on job of repairing Franco-Tunisian relations

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed transfers Covid medical purchases to military

Tunisia
World Bank consults oracles to prepare 2021-2026 and save "social contract"

Tunisia
Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

In Focus | France, Tunisia
Saïed and Macron call each other's bluff over OIF anniversary summit

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Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

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Nabil Ammar and Nadia Akacha prepare ground for Kais Saied's Paris visit

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