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Troubled in Tunis, Ennahda revives its London base

The Islamic democratic party has been trying to distance itself from a lobbying contract signed in London with US giant BCW that has led to a judicial inquiry in Tunisia. Yet all signs seem to indicate the party was directly involved. [...]

Published on 08/09/2021 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Awakening
Bara Kheriji
BCW
Burson-Marsteller
Center for Strategic and Diplomatic Studies
Chatham House
Ennahda
Ennahdha Party Diaspora Group
Hassan al-Banna
Hichem Mechichi
Ihfat Shaheen-Smith
Intissar Kheriji
Jasmine center for Research
Jasmine Foundation
Kais Saied
Moadh Kheriji
Mohamed Ben Salem
Mohamed Goumani
Muslim Brotherhood
Rached Ghannouchi
Rafik Abdessalem
Rafik Bouchlaka
Sciences-po
Sharif Hassan al-Banna
Sharon Balkam
Soumaya Kheriji

Tunisia
MPs critical of Kais Saied take flight

While parliamentary activities are suspended, some Tunisian MPs have been able to travel abroad in recent days. Others seem to have left the country before the president's 25 July power grab.

Subscribers only Politics 29.09.2021

Tunisia
Washington maintains aid programs and security cooperation with Kais Saied

Although the Biden administration called on the Tunisian president to rapidly restore the country's democratic institutions in mid-August, it has continued to cooperate with Tunis on several fronts, not least via its MCC and USAID development agencies.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 17.09.2021

Libya, Tunisia
Kais Saied puts pressure on Tripoli over borders

The reopening of the border between Tunisia and Libya is to be negotiated next week. Tunis has security and health concerns and fears infiltration by jihadists. But it also sees the border issue as a card to play to settle old scores.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 16.09.2021

Kais Saied (right) and Abdelhamid Dabaiba in Tunis on 9 September 2021.

Tunisia
A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

The head of the Islamist Ennahda party has instructed MP Mohamed Goumani, who is close to the president's brother Naoufel Saied, to reopen negotiation channels with the head of state.

Subscribers only Politics 27.08.2021

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.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2021

Qatar, Tunisia
No helping hand from Emir Al-Thani ahead of Tunisia's fraught IMF meet

Finance minister Ali Kooli's attempt to negotiate a new loan from the Qatar National Bank, with the backing of the Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi, floundered when Doha set the interest rate at 5.5%.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 22.04.2021

Spotlight | Tunisia
Ghannouchi makes triumphant return to London

Having been destabilized by the election of Donald Trump (see below), Rached Ghannouchi set about reactivating his connections in London during a visit there from April 19 to 22. The Ennahda party leader, who spent 20 years in exile in [.

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Intissar Kheriji
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Kais Saied
Moadh Kheriji
Mohamed Ben Salem
Mohamed Goumani
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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
Troubled in Tunis, Ennahda revives its London base

Tunisia
MPs critical of Kais Saied take flight

Tunisia
Washington maintains aid programs and security cooperation with Kais Saied

Libya, Tunisia
Kais Saied puts pressure on Tripoli over borders

Tunisia
A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

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

Qatar, Tunisia
No helping hand from Emir Al-Thani ahead of Tunisia's fraught IMF meet

Spotlight | Tunisia
Ghannouchi makes triumphant return to London