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Tunisia

French ambassador Parant in a cold sweat over Francophonie summit

French ambassador André Parant and his Canadian and Belgian peers are struggling to get a clear picture of the preparations for the international Francophonie summit to be held in Djerba in late November. And for good reason: the organisers are months behind schedule.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 05.03.2021

Mabrouk brothers, financial backers to the state with BIAT

Without Banque Internationale Arabe de Tunisie (BIAT), co-owned by Mohamed Ali, Ismaïl and Marouane Mabrouk, finance minister Ali Kooli would not have been able to balance his budget. At the same time, Marouane Mabrouk wants to close the chapter on the seizure of his 51% share in Orange Tunisie.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 04.03.2021

Jamel Ksibi's Bonna and MTT bag SONEDE contracts

Bonna Tunisie, a subsidiary of Bonna Sabla France, has confirmed its position as a favoured service provider for Société Nationale d'Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (SONEDE) for coastal hydraulic projects.

Subscribers only Business 03.03.2021

Tunisia set to question Tahar Latrous and Maersk execs in exchange controls probe

The Tunisian judiciary is preparing to question a number of current and former Maersk executives suspected of having helped a client, businessman Tahar Latrous, take foreign currency out of the country in contravention of exchange controls.

Subscribers only Business 26.02.2021

Delays on e-government project mount up

The ministry of technologies has not be able to find a contractor to build the inter-operability platform key to the government digitisation progamme dubbed "Tunisie digitale 2020", now well behind schedule.

Subscribers only Business 24.02.2021

Retel gets even with Bouchamaoui by winning second stretch of Tunis-Dahmani pipeline contract

Tawasol subsidiary Retel has been awarded the €14m contract to build the second part of the Tunis-Dahmani gas pipeline. This contest was less fraught than the first.

Subscribers only Energy 22.02.2021

Government to close biggest Mediterranean landfill site following Italian waste dumping scandal

The National Waste Management Agency has begun the process of closing the dangerous Borj Chakir landfill site, which has come to symbolise the country's ongoing waste management problems.

Subscribers only Politics 16.02.2021

Aerial view of the Borj Chakir landfill, whose basins cause leachate runoff.

Aurès Auto sues after PSA withdraws its Citroën licence and awards it to Stafim

French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën has decided to award the distribution of all its brands in Tunisia to a single dealer, the Stafim group belonging to the Khechine family.

Subscribers only Business 15.02.2021

Washington consolidates Tunisia-Libya electronic border surveillance wall

The electronic surveillance system on the Tunisian border, 285 km long and built by Aecom subsidiary URS, is supposed to detect jihadists trying to enter from Libya.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 12.02.2021

Six years of consolidating the Libyan border.

Hichem Anan overhauls STEG management in anticipation of Sofiane Ben Tounes appointment

With Sofiane Ben Tounes seemingly set to become the new energy minister, STEG's managing director Hichem Anan has reshuffled his top team to ensure tighter control over future public contracts.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 11.02.2021

Aecom switches from Libyan border surveillance to irrigation surveys

The American engineering firm Aecom is swapping its military fatigues for the apparel of Tunisian farmers.

Subscribers only Business 05.02.2021

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

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.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 29.01.2021

Kais Saied's lonely battle to recover Ben Ali clan's ill-gotten gains

With the legal deadlines to recover the hundreds of millions of euros misappropriated by the clan of the ex-president about to expire, President Kais Saied is being hindered by government departments and the speaker of parliament, the Islamist Rached Ghannouchi.

Subscribers only Politics 28.01.2021

Soldier, sailor, coastguard: drone specialist Schiebel keen to cater to all

With the help of its local agent Jalel Bouabcha, the Austrian manufacturer Schiebel wants become a go-to supplier to the Tunisian military after signing a first contract in 2016.

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2021

Jalel Bouabcha (r) in front of a Schiebel Camcopter-100.

Kaïs Saïed raises the star-spangled banner over the Tunisian Air Force

The Tunisian army wants to use American funds to acquire F16 combat aircraft but President Kaïs Saïed will need to agree terms with the new Biden administration.

Subscribers only Defence, Diplomacy 26.01.2021

US Air Force commander for Europe and Africa Gen. Jeff Harrigian, Air Force secretary Barbara Barrett, and US ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome attend a ceremony at a US cemetery in Tunisia on 6 January.

Furuno supplies EU-funded radar kit to coast guard

The French subsidiary of the Japanese marine electronics giant has clinched a contract to kit out Tunisian coast guard vessels with surveillance systems that will strengthen the fight against irregular migration.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 25.01.2021

OMV and Perenco sabotage charm offensive of new ETAP boss

As he tries to attract new firms into the upstream sector, the head of the state-owned oil company is weathering heavy criticism from companies already active in Tunisia.

Subscribers only Energy 22.01.2021

Bonna Tunisie cements its grip on water infrastructure

Bonna Tunisia, a leader in the construction of water infrastructure, won a 115m dinar (€35m) contract on 29 December from Sonede.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 22.01.2021

Tunisia banks on trade with Libya as it pushes ahead with Gabès-Ras Jedir highway

Despite the fall in its trade with Libya, in part because of the ongoing political and security crisis there, Tunisia is trying to speed up work on the highway which will give it a new link with its turbulent neighbour.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 21.01.2021

SNCFT's phosphate transport plans hit the buffers

Issued by the Société nationale des chemins de fer tunisiens, the call for expressions of interest in conducting surveys and devising a call for tenders to renovate 165 km of railway line in the phosphate triangle was declared unsuccessful on 7 January.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Mining, Business 21.01.2021

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French ambassador Parant in a cold sweat over Francophonie summit

Mabrouk brothers, financial backers to the state with BIAT

Jamel Ksibi's Bonna and MTT bag SONEDE contracts

Tunisia set to question Tahar Latrous and Maersk execs in exchange controls probe

Delays on e-government project mount up

Retel gets even with Bouchamaoui by winning second stretch of Tunis-Dahmani pipeline contract

Government to close biggest Mediterranean landfill site following Italian waste dumping scandal

Aurès Auto sues after PSA withdraws its Citroën licence and awards it to Stafim

Washington consolidates Tunisia-Libya electronic border surveillance wall

Hichem Anan overhauls STEG management in anticipation of Sofiane Ben Tounes appointment

Aecom switches from Libyan border surveillance to irrigation surveys

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

Kais Saied's lonely battle to recover Ben Ali clan's ill-gotten gains

Soldier, sailor, coastguard: drone specialist Schiebel keen to cater to all

Kaïs Saïed raises the star-spangled banner over the Tunisian Air Force

Furuno supplies EU-funded radar kit to coast guard

OMV and Perenco sabotage charm offensive of new ETAP boss

Bonna Tunisie cements its grip on water infrastructure

Tunisia banks on trade with Libya as it pushes ahead with Gabès-Ras Jedir highway

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