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Politics 24/03/2023

Saied blindsided by Taoufik Charfeddine resignation

The former Tunisian Minister of the Interior Taoufik Charfeddine. © Mohamed Messara/EPA/MaxPPP

Politics 22/03/2023

Kaïs Saïed tightens control over new parliament

Tunisian president Kais Saied. © Yassine Mahjoub/Sipa USA/Reuters

Energy 20/03/2023

PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania

Together with its local partner PHI Group, the Tunisian firm Pétrole Services Industriel has won a $5.5m contract to construct pipelines for Société mauritanienne des hydrocarbures.

Diplomacy 13/03/2023

EU Maghreb delegation looks to turn page on Qatargate by choosing a new chairperson

The European Parliament's Delegation for Relations with Maghreb Countries, several members of which are concerned by the alleged corruption scandal involving Qatar and Morocco, hopes to restore its image by electing a new chairperson.

Diplomacy 10/03/2023

EU divided over approach to take with Saied

Tunisian President Kais Saied at the headquarters of the European Commission in 2021. © Hans Lucas via Reuters Connect

Politics Diplomacy 09/03/2023

Iraq and Tunisia neck and neck for top job at Institut du Monde Arabe

Iraqi poet Chawki Abdelamir and Tunisian philosopher Rachida Triki are vying to run the Arab cultural institution in Paris. The imminent appointment of a new president should help speed up the decision process that has been unfolding behind closed doors.

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Politics Diplomacy 02/03/2023

PM rues closure of French atomic energy office in Tunis

La représentation régionale du Commissariat à l'énergie atomique (CEA) en Tunisie plie bagage. Sa dissolution a été actée par le CEA le 1er février.

Politics 01/03/2023

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.

Diplomacy 01/03/2023

African Union scolds Tunis after Saied attack on sub-Saharan migrants

Several African Union member countries have expressed discontent with Tunisia after President Kais Saied's controversial statement on sub-Saharan African migrants.

Infrastructure 23/02/2023

SEGOR bags another water pumping concession

SEGOR on 2 February bagged a €7.6m concession to operate pumping stations in the Tunisian towns of Sfax, Gabès and Médenine. That came just months after it signed up for the management of part of the infrastructure of the ONAS national sanitation office in a deal last June worth €26m.

Politics Diplomacy 20/02/2023

New Foreign Affairs Minister Nabil Ammar's ties to Saied and Sahel

Appointed Minister of Foreign Affairs in February, Nabil Ammar had the help of Chief of Protocol Naoufel Hdia and President Saied's in-laws.

The new minister of foreign affairs, Nabil Ammar, sworn in on 7 February 2023.

Inner circles Defence Politics 17/02/2023

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.

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

Diplomacy 17/02/2023

North Africa demands better representation at African Union

The 42nd Ordinary Session of the African Union's Executive Council opened on 15 February with behind-the-scenes negotiations on the distribution of Peace and Security Council seats.

Politics 16/02/2023

Khayam Turki's myriad networks at heart of Tunis investigations

Tunisian investigators are particularly keen to question Khayam Turki, the first person to be arrested in a flurry of arrests of politicians and lawyers that began on 10 February.

Diplomacy 08/02/2023

Cloudy skies ahead for Moscow-Tunis relations

The Russian foreign minister's trip to Tunis scheduled for the beginning of February has been put off indefinitely. This is the second time Sergei Lavrov's has had to cancel a visit to Tunisia.

Business 02/02/2023

Libya Desk consultancy to open Tunisian branch

The consulting firm Libya Desk, founded in 2019, is going to open an office in Tunisia, Tunisia Desk. Libya Desk is specialized in economics and politics and was created by Oliver Crowley and Mohamed Omar Dorda, son of Abu Zaid Dorda, former prime minister and head of intelligence under Muammar Gaddafi.

Energy 01/02/2023

Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

The recent North African tour of Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, which concentrated on securing Italy's gas supplies from Algeria and Libya, left Italy's traditional partner, Tunisia, on the sidelines. The authorities in Tunis now fear that they could find themselves isolated on the regional energy map.

The Tunisian segment of the Trans-Mediterranean (Transmed) pipeline, through which natural gas flows from Algeria to Italy.

Politics 13/01/2023

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

Jean-Pierre M., a former local elected official in the south of France, was surprised to see his name appear on a leaked Tunisian court document that outlined alleged plotting against the state. He denies any attempt to intervene in the country's politics.

Politics 04/01/2023

Opposition struggles to muster a united front against Kais Saied

Following the first round of the parliamentary elections, the Attayar party suffered a wave of resignations. Several opposition figures are now trying to come up with a jointly agreed alternative to the policies of President Kais Saied but many disagreements remain.

Tunisian President Kais Saied speaks to the media after voting during the 2022 Tunisian parliamentary election.

Politics 03/01/2023

Charfeddine strengthens hold on interior

The Tunisian minister of internal affairs Taoufik Charfeddine is locked in a tug-of-war with one of the main unions representing his staff. This battle over his vision of how it should be run has him pitted against the movement's figurehead, Lassâad Kchaou.

Taoufik Charfeddine, Tunisian Interior Minister.

Infrastructure 22/12/2022

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North Africa demands better representation at African Union

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Cloudy skies ahead for Moscow-Tunis relations

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Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

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Saied blindsided by Taoufik Charfeddine resignation

Kaïs Saïed tightens control over new parliament

PSI boss Motaleb Boubakri extends business interests to Mauritania

EU Maghreb delegation looks to turn page on Qatargate by choosing a new chairperson

EU divided over approach to take with Saied

Iraq and Tunisia neck and neck for top job at Institut du Monde Arabe

PM rues closure of French atomic energy office in Tunis

President Saied gives interior minister Charfeddine the cold shoulder

African Union scolds Tunis after Saied attack on sub-Saharan migrants

SEGOR bags another water pumping concession

New Foreign Affairs Minister Nabil Ammar's ties to Saied and Sahel

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

North Africa demands better representation at African Union

Khayam Turki's myriad networks at heart of Tunis investigations

Cloudy skies ahead for Moscow-Tunis relations

Libya Desk consultancy to open Tunisian branch

Tunisia fears losing pipeline revenues as its neighbours strike gas deals with Italy

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

Opposition struggles to muster a united front against Kais Saied

Charfeddine strengthens hold on interior

Radès port upgrade to finally go ahead?

The growing rift between Kaïs Saïed and the Tunisian Central Bank

Kaïs Saïed returns from Washington empty-handed

Bazoum does solar business with Mohamed Ayachi Ajroudi

EU frets about Tunisia legislative elections

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