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Military equipment dealer Moussa Ben Ahmed appointed new chair of Tunisian-German friendship group

For his first meeting as chairman of the Tunisian-German friendship group, Ennahda MP Moussa Ben Ahmed appeared with party leader and Assembly speaker Rached Ghannouchi. Ben Ahmed represents German and Turkish military equipment suppliers to the Tunisian army and police. [...] (450 words)

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TUNISIA
Ameni Gammoudi
Carl Hoernecke
Chemische Fabrik
Elyes Fakhfakh
Ennahda
General Security Equipment Consulting
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation
Mounia Gasmi
Moussa Ben Ahmed
Peter Prügel
Rached Ghannouchi
Société générale d'équipement et dérivés
Turk Eximbank

Iveco and BNP Paribas keep army trucking along

After six years of consultations, the Tunisian army has put in an order for 500 Magirus 4x4 and 6x6 trucks from Iveco for a total of €62m. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Diplomacy 06/05/2021

Cash-strapped air force opts for second-hand Kuwaiti F-18 Hornets Free

The Tunisian Air Force urgently needs new fighter jets and is in talks to purchase several F-18 Hornets that Kuwait will withdraw from service. The US is keen to back the deal as it would prevent it from having to further extend its military aid to Tunisia. [...]

TUNISIA Diplomacy 18/03/2021

Ennahda's Abdallah Khalfaoui threatens to upstage Ghannouchi on Turkish relations

The former member of Ennahda's political bureau, Abdallah Khalfaoui, is emerging still further from the shadow of the party leader, Rached Ghannouchi, and is now competing with him on the terrain of relations with Turkey, a longstanding ally of the Islamist party. [...]

TUNISIA Finance Business 04/03/2021

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. [...]

TUNISIA Defence Business 22/09/2020

Armed Anka-S drone order cancelled due to lack of funds, despite Turkish backing

The Tunisian army is unable to foot its share of the $240m bill, despite Turk Eximbank pitching in 85% of the total order. [...]

TUNISIA Business 06/07/2020

Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Allegations that Elyès Fakhfakh was guilty of concealing a conflict of interest in the award of major waste tip management contracts have come at just the right time for the Ennahda party...as well as for the Ben Ayed brothers, who have close links with the Islamist party and whose Al Badr group is also in waste management. [...]

Prime Minister of Tunisia Elyes Fakhfakh. © Adele Ezzine / Xinhua / Latin America News Agency

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TUNISIA Defence Business 27/02/2020

Erdogan's arms merchants increasingly well ensconced

Tunisia's military will soon be operating Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) armed drones. According to our information, the Turkish state-owned conglomerate finalised a first export contract for its Anka model in January. Despite tensions between Tunis and Ankara (read below), the [. [...]

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TUNISIA Defence Business 19/12/2019

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 [. [...]

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TUNISIA Politics 17/10/2019

Gannouchi looks for a pro-Karoui prime minister

After having been disoriented by Kaïs Saïed's overwhelming victory in the presidential elections, Rached Ghannouchi has already set about negotiating the formation of the next government. And to keep the new president at arm's length, he is looking for support [. [...]

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TUNISIA
Ameni Gammoudi
Carl Hoernecke
Chemische Fabrik
Elyes Fakhfakh
Ennahda
General Security Equipment Consulting
Mechanical and Chemical Industry Corporation
Mounia Gasmi
Moussa Ben Ahmed
Peter Prügel
Rached Ghannouchi
Société générale d'équipement et dérivés
Turk Eximbank

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