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Tunisia
IDB throws its weight behind Tunis's African exports drive

Tunisia is being shunned by most major international lenders, but it can still rely on the Islamic Development Bank, which continues to back projects in the country. The institution, whose largest single contributor is Saudi Arabia, intends to push trade development with the rest of the continent. [...]

Published on 31.01.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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Groupe chimique tunisien
Hani Salem Sonbol
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
International Monetary Fund
Islamic Development Bank
Kais Saied
Samir Saied
Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du gaz
Tunisia-Africa Business Council
World Bank

Tunisia
Lenders seek guarantees from Kais Saied

Despite some positive signals in 2023, Tunisia is still in a race against time to balance its budget amid increasing reluctance from its international partners

Subscribers only Finance 25.10.2023

Tunisian President Kais Saied during the U.S.-Africa Leaders Summit on 14 December 2022 in Washington, DC.

Gabon
Libreville hopes to lure foreign investors with new financial vehicle for major infrastructure projects

On 10 May, Libreville registered in Mauritius the company Inpax Africa, a financial vehicle for foreign investors interested in two major infrastructure works around Gabon's capital.

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Finance, Business 16.05.2022

Tunisia
Saied looks to liquidate BFT to sidestep ICSID arbitration

The Tunisian president has set in motion the compulsory liquidation of the Banque franco-tunisienne (BFT), a bank that lies at the heart of drawn-out litigation with its former owner, ABCI Investments. After a mediation bid failed, the saga has gone back to arbitration.

Free access Finance, Business 24.02.2022

Tunisia
Paris sends its Treasury chief Emmanuel Moulin on special mission to Tunis

The French Treasury head has reiterated France's support for the reforms Tunis must undertake in order to secure IMF loans. Moulin also chairs the Paris Club of international creditors, and while he did not travel in that capacity, the restructuring of Tunisia's debt seems to be on the cards.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 02.02.2022

Emmanuel Moulin, head of the French Treasury and president of the Club de Paris.

Inner circles | Algeria
Tebboune with a mountain to climb on economic reform

An end to subsidies, the use of foreign loans, an increase in non-oil revenues: with his back to the wall, Algerian president Abdelmadjid Tebboune wants to carry out far-reaching economic reforms in the space of a few months.

Subscribers only Politics 28.01.2022

In Focus | Tunisia
Youssef Chahed set to clear obstacles for Saied in the United States

In an attempt to break a seemingly intractable economic deadlock amid mounting international criticism, the Tunisian president has sent his former prime minister Youssef Chahed to Washington to try and reassure his US backers. Meanwhile, a handful of Tunisian opposition organisations are in search of US support of their own to denounce what they believe was a coup d'état.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.01.2022

Former Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed has been sent as an emissary to the US by President Kaïs Saïed.

Tunisia
Hassan Bedhief, economic adviser to Kaïs Saïed, has handed in his resignation

At the Tunisian presidency, the departures are coming thick and fast. However, the resignation of Hassan Bedhief, economic adviser to Kaïs Saïed, was not supported by head of the cabinet Nadia Akacha.

Subscribers only Business 11.01.2022

Tunisia
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.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 22.11.2021

Tunisia
Tunis goes quiet as IMF aims to resume talks

The Bretton Woods lender hopes to begin talks over a new loan next month, but the Tunisian government has held no preparatory meetings and continues to take on new debt from commercial banks.

Subscribers only Business 31.08.2021

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Tunisia, which has been given an official warning by the IMF and had its credit status downgraded by the ratings agencies, is struggling to cope with an external debt which currently stands at close to 100% of its GDP and is weighing heavily on its finances.

Subscribers only Politics 29.03.2021

Spotlight | Tunisia
Washington still up for border surveillance and exercises

Kaïs Saïed's election as Tunisian head of state on October 13 seems unlikely to dampen the United States' enthusiasm for bilateral security cooperation. Tunisian military cooperation with the US is already intense, with new joint exercises planned in early 2020 [.

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 31.10.2019

Spotlight | Tunisia
Donors declare war on state companies' debts

Relations between Tunisia and the international financial institutions, which are already frosty, have run into a new bone of contention, namely the recurrent losses of state-owned companies and the threat they pose to the state budget.

Subscribers only Business 27.06.2019

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Groupe chimique tunisien
Hani Salem Sonbol
International Islamic Trade Finance Corporation
International Monetary Fund
Islamic Development Bank
Kais Saied
Samir Saied
Societe Tunisienne de l'Electricite et du gaz
Tunisia-Africa Business Council
World Bank

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Tunisia Lenders seek guarantees from Kais Saied

Gabon Libreville hopes to lure foreign investors with new financial vehicle for major infrastructure projects

Tunisia Saied looks to liquidate BFT to sidestep ICSID arbitration

Tunisia Paris sends its Treasury chief Emmanuel Moulin on special mission to Tunis

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In Focus | Tunisia Youssef Chahed set to clear obstacles for Saied in the United States

Tunisia Hassan Bedhief, economic adviser to Kaïs Saïed, has handed in his resignation

Tunisia Ministers squabble over negotiations with the IMF and donors

Tunisia Tunis goes quiet as IMF aims to resume talks

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Guinea
Behind the scenes of Mamadi Doumbouya's offensive on Russian miner Nordgold

DRC
Dan Gertler's billions of dollars in royalties at heart of huge legal battle

Tunisia
IDB throws its weight behind Tunis's African exports drive

Tunisia
Lenders seek guarantees from Kais Saied

Gabon
Libreville hopes to lure foreign investors with new financial vehicle for major infrastructure projects

Tunisia
Saied looks to liquidate BFT to sidestep ICSID arbitration

Tunisia
Paris sends its Treasury chief Emmanuel Moulin on special mission to Tunis

Inner circles | Algeria
Tebboune with a mountain to climb on economic reform

In Focus | Tunisia
Youssef Chahed set to clear obstacles for Saied in the United States

Tunisia
Hassan Bedhief, economic adviser to Kaïs Saïed, has handed in his resignation

Tunisia
Ministers squabble over negotiations with the IMF and donors

Tunisia
Tunis goes quiet as IMF aims to resume talks

In Focus | Tunisia
Tunis tries to defuse its debt bomb to avoid going into default

Spotlight | Tunisia
Washington still up for border surveillance and exercises

Spotlight | Tunisia
Donors declare war on state companies' debts