Inner circles | Tunisia
Kais Saied fills his regime's top posts with military men

Tunisia
Ex-trade minister, Mondher Zenaidi seeks to shut down fresh legal troubles

Mondher Zenaidi, who is likely to run for the presidency this year, is once again facing legal wrangles over the controversial 2007 privatisation of Tunisia's state-owned car retailer Ennakl. His lawyers have contested the reopening of the investigation.

Tunisia
The four influential officers that have Kais Saied's ear

Since his 2021 power grab, President Saied has relied on a handful of high-ranking officers who have been steadily exerting their influence over Tunisia's public affairs and setting the country's political agenda.

Tunisia
Judicial police target Tunisia's presidential candidates

The political and economic scene in Tunis is abuzz with talk of a leaked list of the people judicial authorities are investigating. Several of Kaïs Saïed's potential rivals in this year's presidential elections are being targeted.

Tunisia
The fall of Najoua Khraief, queen bee of the economy

Economic affairs director Najoua Khraief was indispensable on many fronts. She had remained in office through the ups and downs of Tunisian politics... until now.

North Africa
Moncef Sassi to keep an eye on foreign affairs for Kais Saied

By appointing Moncef Sassi to the private office of foreign minister Nabil Ammar, the Tunisian leader intends to keep closer tabs on a ministry from which he has for a long time kept his distance.

Tunisia
Hayet Guettat brings culture ministry into line for Kais Saied

Tunisian cultural affairs minister Hayet Guettat is making great efforts to strengthen her control over her ministry and to make sure she is noticed by the Tunisian president. She hopes to get a ministerial post with a bigger budget allocation in future.

Tunisia
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.

Tunisia
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.

Palace Intrigues
Félix Tshisekedi, Faustin Archange Touadéra, Kais Saied, Adama Sangaré

Intrigues big and small... every Tuesday, Africa Intelligence takes a peek into the corridors of power in Africa and beyond.

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