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Tunisia
Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

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

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. [...]

Published on 06.07.2020 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 3 minutes

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