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Ghannouchi frets over presidential vote

Ennahda's surprising offer to choose a "consensual" (and unique) candidate for the presidency testifies to the existential anxiety gripping the Islamist movement ahead of the legislative ballot on Oct. 26 and the presidential election on Nov. 23. According to our [...] (541 words)

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TUNISIA
Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
African Union
Al Jomhouri
Béji Caïd Essebsi
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
CPR
Ennahda
Ettakatol
François Hollande
Hamadi Jebali
Khalifa Haftar
Moncef Marzouki
Moslem Brotherhood
Mustapha Ben Jaafar
Néjib Chebbi
Nidaa Tounes
Rached Ghannouchi
Radwan Masmoudi
Sahbi Attig

Fayçal Gouiaa pitches for the foreign ministry

Tunisian ambassador in Washington Fayçal Gouiaa is hoping to climb through the ranks in the diplomatic reshuffle which will inevitably [...]

TUNISIA 31/10/2019

Ghannouchi prepped al Mishri's visit to Kaïs Saïed

The meeting between Kaïs Saïed and Libyan Council of State [...]

Presidential candidate Kais Saied and his brother Naoufel Saied, Tunisia. © Reuters

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TUNISIA 26/09/2019

Kais Saied bedded in LTCP's Islamo-revolutionary matrix

Kais Saied, who topped the polls in the first round of voting in the presidential elections on September 15, benefited from discreet but decisive support from the Ligue de Tunisie pour la Culture et la Pluralite (LTCP). [...]

TUNISIA 23/05/2019

Rached Ghannouchi guided by Ridha Driss and Karim Azouz

Only two Ennahda party members were given the honour of accompanying Rached Ghannouchi and his son-in-law Rafik Abdessalem in their [...]

LIBYA TUNISIA 30/11/2017

Esam Omeish sets to work for Ennahda

Esam Omeish, an American doctor of Libyan origin who has been an active defender of the Libyan Islamist movement in [...]

TUNISIA 09/11/2017

Masmoudi goes local

Radwan Masmoudi, the long-standing Washington lobbyist for the Ennahda party [...]

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LIBYA 21/09/2017

Ghassan Salame faces competition on all sides

Even before presenting his "road map" to the United Nations on September 20, UN special Libya envoy Ghassan Salame was confronted with competing initiatives from Tunisia, Egypt and even Congo-Brazzaville.In Tunis, Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi is trying to regain [. [...]

TUNISIA 31/08/2017

Selim Ben Abdessalem sets up judicial reform body

Lawyer and former deputy Selim Ben Abdessalem has set up [...]

TUNISIA 31/08/2017

General Ben Jannet to fight Monastir for Ennahda?

General Chokri Ben Jannet, who was director general of the [...]

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TUNISIA 25/05/2017

"BCE" struggles to get a grip on Tataouine revolt

The protests sweeping across the Tataouine region are not only the result of the widespread unemployment afflicting southern Tunisia. President Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") is also paying for his erratic management of the most serious social crisis in the country [. [...]

TUNISIA 04/05/2017

Masmoudi leads anti-Trump charge

While Ennahda party leader Rached Ghannouchi has been reactivating his [...]

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TUNISIA 27/04/2017

Ghannouchi makes triumphant return to London

Having been destabilized by the election of Donald Trump (see below), Rached Ghannouchi set about reactivating his connections in London during a visit there from April 19 to 22. The Ennahda party leader, who spent 20 years in exile in [. [...]

TUNISIA 20/04/2017

Haftar wants to see "BCE" and no one else

The efforts of Tunisia, Algeria and Egypt to mediate in [...]

LIBYA TUNISIA 16/03/2017

"BCE" faced with insoluble Haftar problem

The mediation in Libya which Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") is [...]

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TUNISIA 23/02/2017

Municipal elections speed up BCE-Ghannouchi split

The approach of the municipal elections, which are due to be held before the end of 2017, will speed up the process of divorce between President Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") and Ennahda leader Rached Ghannouchi, the warring brothers who have [. [...]

TUNISIA 02/02/2017

USAID prepares for municipal elections

While members of parliament argued bitterly on January 31 over the organization of the municipal elections which local affairs minister [...]

TUNISIA 02/02/2017

Meherzia Labidi goes into the lion’s den

Nabeul deputy and Ennahda executive committee member Meherzia Labidi will [...]

KENYA SOUTH SUDAN 27/01/2017

Who wants the head of Dong Samuel Luak? Free

Human rights lawyer and former secretary general of the South Sudan Law Society (SSLS), Dong Samuel Luak, is being held [...]

LIBYA 19/01/2017

BCE, Ghannouchi and Algiers snub Kobler

The Libyan negotiating round due to take place in Tunis on Sunday, probably at The Residence hotel in Gammarth, will [...]

ETHIOPIA 13/01/2017

Will Hailemariam and Sisi meet over the GERD?

Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn plans to take advantage of [...]

UGANDA 23/12/2016

Sisi and Museveni to work together against Muslim Brotherhood

According to information obtained by The Indian Ocean Newsletter, at a meeting in Entebbe on Dec. 18, the Egyptian and [...]

ALGERIA LIBYA 22/12/2016

Bouteflika unites Haftar and Sallabi

After having kept out of things for a while, Algeria is trying to assert itself as a key player in [...]

TUNISIA 22/12/2016

Radwan Masmoudi is on Trump's tail

Chief Ennahda party US lobbyist Radwan Masmoudi is working hard [...]

TUNISIA 10/11/2016

Masmoudi triumphs in Westminster

The "Political Islam" report produced by the British Parliament’s Foreign [...]

TUNISIA 06/10/2016

Krichen tries public affairs consulting

Aziz Krichen, former leading adviser of President Moncef Marzouki, is trying to make a comeback as a public affairs consultant. [...]

TUNISIA 04/12/2014

Essebsi-Ghannouchi talks still on

Although Beji Caid Essebsi publicly dismissed any idea of an electoral alliance between his Nidaa Tounes party and Ennahda on [...]

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TUNISIA 06/11/2014

New tango in the offing for Ghannouchi & Essebsi

Beaten by the Nidaa Tounes party in Tunisia’s Oct. 26 general election, the Islamist Ennahda party still has cards to play in the presidential ballot at the end of November. The movement’s secretary-general, Rached Ghannouchi, could even emerge as a [. [...]

TUNISIA UNITED STATES 25/09/2014

Why Ghannouchi retained Burson

While he hasn’t given in to American pressure to allow his rival Hamadi Jebali to run for president (MC 1124) [...]

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TUNISIA 18/09/2014

U.S. wants Jebali to run for top job

Still confronted by Ennahda’s refusal to let him run in Tunisia’s presidential election on Nov. 23, Hamadi Jebali, the movement’s former secretary-general, is enjoying the discreet but firm support in Washington. Maghreb Confidential understands that American diplomats are turning up [. [...]

TUNISIA 24/07/2014

Essebsi son takes on Elloumi

The number two man in the Nidaa Tounes party chaired by his father, Beji Caid Essebsi, Hafedh Caid Essebsi is [...]

TUNISIA 24/07/2014

The tribulations of Ben M'Barek Free

The leading adviser and special envoy of Tunisian president Moncef Marzouki between March, 2012 and October, 2013, Khaled Ben M'Barek [...]

TUNISIA FRANCE 26/06/2014

Who's speaking for Ennahda in France?

Ennahda chief Rached Ghannouchi was shepherded during his visit to Paris on June 20-21 by Ahmed Bergaoui, according to our [...]

TUNISIA 12/06/2014

Masmoudi, defender of political Islam

The long-standing go-between for Ennahda in Washington (MC 973), Tunisian [...]

TUNISIA 29/05/2014

Backing for Baccouche?

The secretary-general of the Nidaa Tounes party, Taieb Baccouche is [...]

TUNISIA 22/05/2014

Revolt simmers against Essebsi

Tension is continuing to rise in the Nidaa Tounes party. Several important members are increasingly unhappy over the way their [...]

TUNISIA 01/05/2014

Essebsi family under fire

The influence of the family of Beji Caid Essebsi in [...]

TUNISIA 01/05/2014

Ghannouchi keeps Jebali guessing Free

The president of the Ennahda party, Rached Ghannouchi, isn’t about to let the movement’s secretary-general, Hamadi Jebali, off the leash [...]

TUNISIA 27/03/2014

Ghannouchi is going to miss Jebali

Revealed by Maghreb Confidential (MC 1103) and confirmed four days later, the resignation of former prime minister Hamadi Jebali from [...]

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TUNISIA 20/03/2014

Ghannouchi takes on Ennahda’s hawks

Will Ennahda stage its 10th Congress before or after presidential elections set for the end of 2014 at the earliest? On that question, to be put to the Islamic party’s followers in a "referendum" on March 28 or 30, hinges [. [...]

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TUNISIA 10/10/2013

Ghannouchi isolated, Ennahda split in two

If they aren’t likely to resolve Tunisia’s political crisis, talks between Ennahda and the opposition that kicked off on Oct. 4 will certainly increase tension within the Islamist party and cut its president, Rached Ghannouchi, off from the movement’s hardliners. [...]

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Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi
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Al Jomhouri
Béji Caïd Essebsi
Center for the Study of Islam and Democracy
CPR
Ennahda
Ettakatol
François Hollande
Hamadi Jebali
Khalifa Haftar
Moncef Marzouki
Moslem Brotherhood
Mustapha Ben Jaafar
Néjib Chebbi
Nidaa Tounes
Rached Ghannouchi
Radwan Masmoudi
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Fayçal Gouiaa pitches for the foreign ministry

Ghannouchi prepped al Mishri's visit to Kaïs Saïed

Kais Saied bedded in LTCP's Islamo-revolutionary matrix

Rached Ghannouchi guided by Ridha Driss and Karim Azouz

Esam Omeish sets to work for Ennahda

Masmoudi goes local

Ghassan Salame faces competition on all sides

Selim Ben Abdessalem sets up judicial reform body

General Ben Jannet to fight Monastir for Ennahda?

"BCE" struggles to get a grip on Tataouine revolt

Masmoudi leads anti-Trump charge

Ghannouchi makes triumphant return to London

Haftar wants to see "BCE" and no one else

"BCE" faced with insoluble Haftar problem

Municipal elections speed up BCE-Ghannouchi split

USAID prepares for municipal elections

Meherzia Labidi goes into the lion’s den

Who wants the head of Dong Samuel Luak? Free

BCE, Ghannouchi and Algiers snub Kobler

Will Hailemariam and Sisi meet over the GERD?

Sisi and Museveni to work together against Muslim Brotherhood

Bouteflika unites Haftar and Sallabi

Radwan Masmoudi is on Trump's tail

Masmoudi triumphs in Westminster

Krichen tries public affairs consulting

Essebsi-Ghannouchi talks still on

New tango in the offing for Ghannouchi & Essebsi

Why Ghannouchi retained Burson

U.S. wants Jebali to run for top job

Essebsi son takes on Elloumi

The tribulations of Ben M'Barek Free

Who's speaking for Ennahda in France?

Masmoudi, defender of political Islam

Backing for Baccouche?

Revolt simmers against Essebsi

Essebsi family under fire

Ghannouchi keeps Jebali guessing Free

Ghannouchi is going to miss Jebali

Ghannouchi takes on Ennahda’s hawks

Ghannouchi isolated, Ennahda split in two

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