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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 [...] (583 words)

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TUNISIA
Abdallah Kallel
Abderrahim Zouari
Abderrazak Kilani
Al Moubadara
Beji Caid Essebsi
Ben Ali
CPR
Ennahda
Hamouda Ben Slama
Instance Verite et Dignite
Kamel Morjane
Mehdi Jomaa
Mohamed Ghariani
Moncef Marzouki
Mondher Zenaidi
Mouvement destourien
Mustapha Kamel Nabli
Nidaa Tounes
Rached Ghannouchi
Sihem Ben Sedrine
Slim Riahi
Union patriotique libre

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Hamouda Ben Slama, who was minister of youth and sport [...]

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TUNISIA 05/10/2017

"BCE" takes back control of Ben Ali's assets

The departure of Al Karama chairman Mohamed Said Jaouadi, as revealed by Maghreb Confidential (MC 1263), is part of an epic battle for control of the assets confiscated from businessmen in the Ben Ali clan, which are now managed by [. [...]

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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 09/03/2017

Marzouk returns to the "BCE" fold

Mohsen Marzouk, former secretary general of the president’s Nidaa Tounes party, could soon return be back in cahoots with Beji [...]

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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 26/01/2017

Azzabi to be next foreign minister?

According to our sources, Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") is thinking about appointing the head of his private office, Selim Azzabi, [...]

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 19/11/2015

Ghannouchi tries to save Nidaa Tounes

Ennahda president Rached Ghannouchi has intervened directly in the crisis which is agitating the rival Nidaa Tounes party. According to [...]

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TUNISIA 12/11/2015

Essebsi tempted to go for dynasty scenario

Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") is increasingly tempted to take sides with his son in the battle for control of Nidaa Tounes between Hafedh Caid Essebsi and presidential party secretary general Mohsen Marzouk. This is partly out of family feeling but [. [...]

TUNISIA 24/09/2015

Rafik Abdessalem defends BCE’s interest within Ennahda

Within Ennahda, Rafik Abdessalem is leading supporters of the economic [...]

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Bettaieb pays for diplomatic crisis

Appointed Tunisian ambassador in Abu Dhabi in May 2011, Tarek Bettaieb will not be in his job much longer, according [...]

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TUNISIA 03/09/2015

How Essebsi can save his economic amnesty law

A priority objective for Beji Caid Essebsi (BCE) and his advisers (MC 1162), the economic and financial crime reconciliation bill provoked a wave of protest during the summer. Despite appearances, however, the president has all the cards he needs to [. [...]

TUNISIA 18/06/2015

Essebsi weighs in to lift asset seizures

Will the government of Habib Essid dare to appeal against the administrative court’s decision annulling the confiscation of assets belonging [...]

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TUNISIA 11/12/2014

Ennahda the beat pit for pro and anti Essebsi battle

The run-off in the presidential election on Dec. 21 is reviving tension within the Ennahda party whose Shura council is to decide on Dec. 13 whether the party should back Beji Caid Essebsi, Moncef Marzouku or neither of the two. [...]

TUNISIA 04/12/2014

Who could be named prime minister?

A few figures stand out in the race to become prime minister in Tunisia’s next government but everything hinges on [...]

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 [...]

TUNISIA 20/11/2014

Ben Ali in-laws observe fate of Slim Chiboub

Other businessmen in-laws of the "first mariage clan" - men who married the daughters of Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and [...]

TUNISIA 13/11/2014

Paris & Tunis on same wavelength again

The French government clearly appreciated the results of Tunisia’s legislative ballot on Oct. 26. Ever since the Nidaa Tounes party [...]

TUNISIA 13/11/2014

The lakeside reverie of politico Slim Riahi

Even though his Union Patriotique Libre (UPL) party came third in the general election on Oct. 26, Slim Riahi isn’t [...]

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Essebsi celebrates, Eltaief doesn’t

While the Tunisian legislative election on Oct. 26 didn’t turn out well for the Ennahda party it was a disaster [...]

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TUNISIA 09/10/2014

Last-minute rally in Essebsi’s favour

Engaged in highly dispersed fashion in the October-November elections, members of the "Destourian" camp have thrown their lot in with Beji Caid Essebsi at the last moment in order to block the Islamic Ennahda movement. [...]

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Question mark over Marzouk’s aims

Tension is rife in high places in Tunisia’s Nidaa Tounes party. According to Maghreb Confidential's sources, the party's chairman, Beji [...]

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TUNISIA 10/07/2014

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. [...]

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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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Why Ghannouchi & Essebsi are bedfellows

The many one-on-one meetings between Beji Caid Essebsi and Rached Ghannouchi since they met up in Paris on Aug. 15 aimed only to finding a modus vivendi between their respective Nidaa Tounes and Ennahda parties. [...]

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TUNISIA
Abdallah Kallel
Abderrahim Zouari
Abderrazak Kilani
Al Moubadara
Beji Caid Essebsi
Ben Ali
CPR
Ennahda
Hamouda Ben Slama
Instance Verite et Dignite
Kamel Morjane
Mehdi Jomaa
Mohamed Ghariani
Moncef Marzouki
Mondher Zenaidi
Mouvement destourien
Mustapha Kamel Nabli
Nidaa Tounes
Rached Ghannouchi
Sihem Ben Sedrine
Slim Riahi
Union patriotique libre

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New tango in the offing for Ghannouchi & Essebsi

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Abir Moussi unites Selma Elloumi Rekik and Kamel Morjane

Pro-Chahed alliance starts to show cracks

"BCE" considers replacing Chahed with Mondher Zenaidi

Frej Fenniche takes charge of No Peace Without Justice

Hamouda Ben Slama plays recruiting sergeant for Ennahda

"BCE" takes back control of Ben Ali's assets

"BCE" struggles to get a grip on Tataouine revolt

Marzouk returns to the "BCE" fold

Municipal elections speed up BCE-Ghannouchi split

USAID prepares for municipal elections

Azzabi to be next foreign minister?

Krichen tries public affairs consulting

Ghannouchi tries to save Nidaa Tounes

Essebsi tempted to go for dynasty scenario

Rafik Abdessalem defends BCE’s interest within Ennahda

Bettaieb pays for diplomatic crisis

How Essebsi can save his economic amnesty law

Essebsi weighs in to lift asset seizures

Ennahda the beat pit for pro and anti Essebsi battle

Who could be named prime minister?

Essebsi-Ghannouchi talks still on

Ben Ali in-laws observe fate of Slim Chiboub

Paris & Tunis on same wavelength again

The lakeside reverie of politico Slim Riahi

Essebsi celebrates, Eltaief doesn’t

Last-minute rally in Essebsi’s favour

Question mark over Marzouk’s aims

Ghannouchi frets over presidential vote

Ghannouchi takes on Ennahda’s hawks

Why Ghannouchi & Essebsi are bedfellows

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