Spotlight | Tunisia
Gannouchi looks for a pro-Karoui prime minister

Tunisia
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.

The New Guard
South Africa, Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Tunisia

Every Wednesday, Africa Intelligence reveals the next generation of movers and shakers in business and politics.

South Africa Geordin Hill-Lewis, mayor and rising opposition social-media star

Nigeria Dozy Mmobuosi, leading tech titan

Zimbabwe Simbarashe Gwenzi, youth ambassador from Harare to Addis

Tunisia Sayida Ounissi, former Ennahda MP and thorn in Saied's side

Tunisia
With Valoria, Veolia takes larger slice of Tunis waste disposal market

Valoria has won a contract for the collection of household and other waste in Soukra, a municipality run by Ennahda member Fairouz Ben Jemaa.

Tunisia
Fakhfakh has Ghannouchi groggy

Rached Ghannouchi could become the first political victim of the Covid-19 epidemic in Tunisia. The Ennahda party leader, who is [...]

Tunisia
Martial Saïed faces Covid-19 alone

Kaïs Saïed has gone into martial mode in the face of the new coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). He introduced a curfew [...]

Tunisia
Hakim Ben Hammouda to run Strategia rather than the government

Hakim Ben Hammouda, who was finance minister in 2014 and [...]

Tunisia
Chahed wants Fakhfakh to take on his legal affairs adviser

Outgoing prime minister Youssef Chahed is trying to persuade his [...]

Tunisia
Nabil Karoui does a deal with Fakhfakh

Officially, Nabil Karoui's Qalb Tounes party was not supposed to support Elyès Fakhfakh's new government in the confidence vote which [...]

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed attacks Baccouche's TV project

Kaïs Saïed has instructed foreign minister Sabri Bachtobji to cut short Taïeb Baccouche's mandate as head of the Arab Maghreb [...]

Tunisia
Adel Fekih wants to be foreign minister

Former Tunisian ambassador in Paris Adel Fekih, who is now [...]

Tunisia
Fakhfakh struggles to find a path

Having been chosen by Kaïs Saïed to form a new government, Elyès Fakhfakh is trying hard to comply with the [...]

Tunisia
Elyès Fakhfakh: Rached Ghannouchi's last stand

Ennahda's threat not to vote its confidence in the government of Elyès Fakhfakh is the result of a battle of [...]

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed's unlikely choice of PM

Elyes Fakhfakh, who was charged by Kaïs Saïed on January 20 with forming a new government, will have to fight [...]

Tunisia
Zied Laâdhari sees himself as prime minister with Chahed's help

Former investment and international cooperation minister Zied Laâdhari hopes to [...]

Tunisia
Father-and-son Abdelkefis put Integra Partners up for sale

Marking the end of an era, the founder of Integra Partners, Ahmed Abdelkefi, and his son Fadhel Abdelkefi, are set [...]

Tunisia
Chahed and Ennahda in intelligence service power grab

The appointment of Kamel Guizani as head of the DGSN [...]

Spotlight | Tunisia
Turkey's TAI is sole contender for armed drones contract

The Tunisian military, which is in the front line against Jihadist groups and cross-border raids from Libya, may soon be able to add Turkish-built armed drones to its arsenal.According to Mahgreb Confidential's information, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has begun exclusive [.

Tunisia
Ridha Saïdi and Mongi Safra whisper in Habib Jemli's ear

Head of government designate Habib Jemli will not decide alone on the composition of his future government. According to our [...]

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed recalls consul Ali Châalali

Tunisian consul general in Paris Ali Châalali is packing his [...]

Tunisia
Youssef Chahed finds jobs for his aides in public bodies

As he prepared to quit his post, prime minister Youssef [...]

Tunisia
Fayçal Gouiaa pitches for the foreign ministry

Tunisian ambassador in Washington Fayçal Gouiaa is hoping to climb through the ranks in the diplomatic reshuffle which will inevitably [...]

Tunisia
Kaïs Saïed without ambassador in Paris

Tunisian ambassador in France Abdelaziz Rassâa was told officially by [...]

Tunisia
Why Rached Ghannouchi plumped for Habib Jemli

Habib Jemli was, who was appointed prime minister on November 15, was, to put it mildly, not one of the [...]

Tunisia
Youssef Chahed seals military deal with Ankara

Youssef Chahed was keen to set in stone the military alliance between Tunis and Ankara before handing over as prime [...]

Document | Tunisia
Youssef Chahed parachutes deputy Leïla Ouled Ali into top STEG ER job

Prime minister Youssef Chahed made an effort to find jobs for some of his followers before handing over to Habib [...]

Tunisia
Abderraouf Betbaïeb gets "family" presidential post

How did career diplomat Abderraouf Betbaïeb get into the private [...]

Tunisia
Youssef Chahed to be Kaïs Saïed's foreign minister?

The entente cordiale between prime minister Youssef Chahed and President Kaïs Saïed could be extended… onto the diplomatic stage. According [...]

Tunisia
Soulef Ksontini assembles former Ennahda women politicians

Former Ennahda deputy for Sfax Soulef Ksontini, who left the [...]

Tunisia
Youssef Chahed asked to double for Kaïs Saïed in Berlin, Paris and Algiers

Kaïs Saïed, who has been invited to take part in [...]

Tunisia
Ridha Ben Mosbah set to switch Brussels for the Kasbah?

Ridha Ben Mosbah, Tunisian ambassador to Belgium and the European [...]

Tunisia
Ghannouchi prepped al Mishri's visit to Kaïs Saïed

The meeting between Kaïs Saïed and Libyan Council of State [...]

Tunisia
Khayam Turki turns down offer to go to the Kasbah

Khayam Turki, chairman of the political think-tank Joussour who has [...]

Tunisia
Betbaïeb and Akrout to join Kaïs Saïed?

Kaïs Saïed did not waiting for his October 23 swearing-in as president to set about constituting his presidential cabinet. His [...]

Tunisia
US fighter plane order hits air pocket

The American State Department's approval on October 10 of a possible sale of 12 Textron T-6C Texan training aircraft to [...]

Tunisia
Hunt is on for mystery Nabil Karoui lobbyist

He is the key to the contract understood to have been passed between the team of presidential candidate Nabil Karoui [...]