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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. [...] (274 words)

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

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. [...]

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

TUNISIA 01/02/2022

Is the Ministry of Justice Saïed's next target?

Several members of the government have already announced their intention to leave and Kaïs Saïed will soon decide who to appoint to the ministries of justice and interior, which are key positions to achieve his political goals. [...]

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TUNISIA 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. [...]

TUNISIA 07/07/2021

Washington relaunches its plan to install surveillance aerostats on the border with Libya

The US justice department's counterterrorism division has revived its plan to acquire balloons to keep the border between Libya and Tunisia under surveillance. Following the failure of Lockheed Martin and TCOM, two other US firms are still in the running. [...]

Six years of consolidating the Libyan border. © Africa Intelligence/Indigo Publications-2021

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