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Lenders' darling Secretary of State Aida Hamdi vanishes into thin air

Secretary of State for International Cooperation, Aida Hamdi. © Linkedin/Aïda Hamdi

After having changed offices several times, the Secretary of State for International Cooperation no longer responds to her international counterparts. Sidelined, Aida Hamdi is said to have submitted her resignation - which Kais Saied did not accept - and returned to Paris. [...] (335 words)

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France holds up €50m Tunisian loan because of traceability concerns

France promised to loan Tunisia €100m at the end of 2020. It paid out the first installment in 2021 but has delayed paying out the estimated €50m second tranche. The loan, the first part of which was released in 2021, was part of a "public policy" package but aid of this kind is subject to strict traceability and management criteria which Tunisia's state-owned enterprises are unable to guarantee at present. [...]

TUNISIA Politics 17/05/2022

Business as usual for PM Bouden despite persistent rumours

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TUNISIA Diplomacy 13/04/2022

Khalil Tazarki and Mustapha Nebli clear path in Strasbourg before MEP visit

MEPs are meeting with President Kais Saied and leading political figures in Tunis this week. In anticipation of their trip, two diplomats - the director general for Europe Khalil Tazarki and Mustapha Nebli, a former member of the president's cabinet - were in Strasbourg to clear the air. [...]

TUNISIA Diplomacy 07/04/2022

Biden in no rush to fill former US ambassador Donald Blome's shoes

With tensions between Washington and Tunis rising, US president Joe Biden is taking his time to pick a successor to US ambassador to Tunisia Donald Blome, whose mission there ended on 5 April. [...]

TUNISIA Finance Diplomacy 25/11/2021

EIB sends VP Ricardo Mourinho Félix on salvage mission to Tunis

The European Investment Bank, which lends millions of euros to Tunisia each year, is planning to send its vice-president to Tunis in early December. This despite the new PM Najla Bouden still having to appoint an economic adviser. [...]

The vice-president of the European Investment Bank (EIB) Ricardo Mourinho Felix.

TUNISIA Finance Diplomacy 22/11/2021

Ministers squabble over negotiations with the IMF and donors

The resumption of negotiations between Tunisia and the IMF saw the Secretary of State in charge of international cooperation, Aida Hamdi, sidelined in favour of the Minister of Economy, Samir Saied, who has now taken over this project. [...]

TUNISIA Diplomacy 18/10/2021

Tunis chooses Aida Hamdi to steer bailout with IMF and World Bank

A graduate of ENA specialising in administrative reform and finance, junior aid minister Aida Hamdi will be responsible for dealing with the country's international financial backers. [...]

Inner circles

TUNISIA Politics 15/10/2021

Kais Saied rules supreme but is more isolated than ever

While the head of state may have effectively placed himself at the centre of power on 25 July when he rejected the parliamentary system born from the 2011 revolution, his entourage of advisers and friends at Carthage Palace has since become a hotbed of clan rivalries. [...]

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