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Tunisia
President Saied gives interior minister Charfeddine the cold shoulder

Why is Taoufik Charfeddine not involved in the current wave of arrests of the Tunisian president's opponents? The interior minister has been kept to one side since an alleged plot affair in November, and his influence in the government has begun to wane. [...]

Published on 01/03/2023 at 06:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Atika Chebil
Balti
Fadhel Guezguez
Kais
Khaled Yahyaoui
Malek Zahi
Mourad Saidane
Nadia Akacha
Saied
Taoufik Charfeddine
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Tunisian interior minister Kamel Feki in Tunis, on 26 July 2023.

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The Tunisian president Kais Saied with his brother Naoufel, in Tunis, on 17 September 2019.

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Kamel Feki tries to get his bearings at interior ministry

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EU Commissioner for Home Affairs Ylva Johansson with Tunisian Interior Minister Kamel Feki, Tunis, Tunisia, 27 April 2023.

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The former Tunisian Minister of the Interior Taoufik Charfeddine.

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Kais Saied fills his regime's top posts with military men

The Tunisian leader is increasingly seen flanked by military commanders and has placed loyalist generals and colonels in government ministries and in his own private office. The growing role of the military, which in Tunisia has traditionally been kept well away from politics, is causing growing concern.

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President Kais Saied with members of the special unit of the Tunisian National Guard, in Bir Bou Rekba (Nabeul state), in August 2021.

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Tunisia
Rival Saied allies settle scores amid anti-Ennahda purge at interior ministry

Interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine, who has been told to track down senior security officials close to the Islamist Ennahda party, has put several people close to Khaled Yahyaoui, President Kais Saied's security chief, into early retirement.

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Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine (left) and presidential security chief Khaled Yahyaoui (right).

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Atika Chebil
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Fadhel Guezguez
Kais
Khaled Yahyaoui
Malek Zahi
Mourad Saidane
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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
President Saied gives interior minister Charfeddine the cold shoulder

Tunisia
Interior ministry still without an intelligence director

Tunisia
Kais Saied's brother behind new prime minister nomination

North Africa
Moncef Sassi to keep an eye on foreign affairs for Kais Saied

Tunisia
Kamel Feki tries to get his bearings at interior ministry

Tunisia
Saied blindsided by Taoufik Charfeddine resignation

Inner circles | Tunisia
Kais Saied fills his regime's top posts with military men

Tunisia
Khayam Turki's myriad networks at heart of Tunis investigations

Tunisia
How a Frenchman came to be suspected of plotting against the Tunisian state

Tunisia
Rival Saied allies settle scores amid anti-Ennahda purge at interior ministry