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Tunisia
Negotiations with IMF for $4bn loan still at an impasse

Neither President Kaïs Saïed nor the government of Hichem Mechichi have so far managed to come up with a reform plan which meets the conditions imposed by the IMF for granting a $4bn loan. In any case, the loan would barely enable Tunisia to cover its upcoming payment deadlines. [...]

Published on 22/06/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Ali Kooli
Caisse de compensation
Dominique Strauss-Kahn
Emmanuel Macron
European Union
Hichem Mechichi
International Monetary Fund
Jean Castex
Kais Saied
Noureddine Taboubi
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Chad
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Tunis chooses Aida Hamdi to steer bailout with IMF and World Bank

A graduate of ENA specialising in administrative reform and finance, junior aid minister Aida Hamdi will be responsible for dealing with the country's international financial backers.

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Secretary of State for International Cooperation Aida Hamdi.

Tunisia
OIF seeks PR agency on tight budget and deadline

The Tunisian firm Impact and two French companies are bidding for the contract to take care of communications for the next summit of the organisation of French-speaking nations. However, the budget is tight, as are the deadlines.

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Tunisia
Tunis goes quiet as IMF aims to resume talks

The Bretton Woods lender hopes to begin talks over a new loan next month, but the Tunisian government has held no preparatory meetings and continues to take on new debt from commercial banks.

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Tunisia
Even in the absence of a government, GIZ launches a public service reform programme

In early August, German development agency GIZ issued a tender call for a 20-month reform of the Tunisian public services.

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Tunisia
Saied plays army spies and 'ill-gotten gains' as trump cards

First he suspended parliament and sacked the prime minister. Now the president plans to turn up the heat on his political enemies by co-opting military intelligence agents in a renewed bid to recover embezzled billions.

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Tunisian President Kais Saied addresses the nation, 25 July 2021.

Tunisia
Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

The French president has put pressure on his Tunisian counterpart by inviting him to Paris on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the summit on African economies. This trip was decided at the last moment because of concerns about Tunisia's financial situation.

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Kaïs Saïed and Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Elysée in June 2020.

Tunisia
No solution for budget crisis as Mechichi is cold-shouldered by IMF and Ghannouchi by Doha

Having failed to present a structural reform plan to the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi is unlikely to get any new budgetary aid in the short term. Parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi, meanwhile, has been unable to obtain support from his allies in Qatar.

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

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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International Monetary Fund
Jean Castex
Kais Saied
Noureddine Taboubi
Rothschild
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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
Negotiations with IMF for $4bn loan still at an impasse

Chad
Paris to give €15m to Chad

Tunisia
Tunis chooses Aida Hamdi to steer bailout with IMF and World Bank

Tunisia
OIF seeks PR agency on tight budget and deadline

Tunisia
Tunis goes quiet as IMF aims to resume talks

Tunisia
Even in the absence of a government, GIZ launches a public service reform programme

Tunisia
Saied plays army spies and 'ill-gotten gains' as trump cards

Tunisia
Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

Tunisia
No solution for budget crisis as Mechichi is cold-shouldered by IMF and Ghannouchi by Doha

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