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Gannouchi looks for a pro-Karoui prime minister

After having been disoriented by Kaïs Saïed's overwhelming victory in the presidential elections, Rached Ghannouchi has already set about negotiating the formation of the next government. And to keep the new president at arm's length, he is looking for support [...] (671 words)

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TUNISIA
Al Karama
Al Tayar
Ari Ben-Menashe
Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Benaissa Demni
Elyès Fakhfakh
Ennahda
Fadhel Abdelkefi
Hakim Ben Hammouda
Hmida Ennaïfer
Integra Partners
International Monetary Fund
Ioussour
Kaïs Saïed
Khayam Turki
Ligue de Tunisie pour la culture et la pluralité
Mouvement de la tendance islamique
Nabil Karoui
Naoufel Saïed
National Security Council
Qalb Tounes
Rached Ghannouchi
Ridha Saïdi
Tahya Tounes
Youssef Chahed

Saied's supporters get organised

Tunisians openly in favour of the president's July power grab are starting to form associations. They got together this week to discuss the country's political future. [...]

The Tunisian president Kaïs Saïed. © Muhammad Hamed/Reuters

TUNISIA 27/08/2021

A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

The head of the Islamist Ennahda party has instructed MP Mohamed Goumani, who is close to the president's brother Naoufel Saied, to reopen negotiation channels with the head of state. [...]

Rached Ghannouchi. © REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

TUNISIA 16/03/2021

Military equipment dealer Moussa Ben Ahmed appointed new chair of Tunisian-German friendship group

For his first meeting as chairman of the Tunisian-German friendship group, Ennahda MP Moussa Ben Ahmed appeared with party leader and Assembly speaker Rached Ghannouchi. Ben Ahmed represents German and Turkish military equipment suppliers to the Tunisian army and police. [...]

Ennahda MP Moussa Ben Ahmed at the founding meeting of the Tunisia-Germany parliamentary friendship group on March 8, 2021. © Moussa Ben Ahmed/Facebook

TUNISIA 29/07/2020

With Valoria, Veolia takes larger slice of Tunis waste disposal market

Valoria has won a contract for the collection of household and other waste in Soukra, a municipality run by Ennahda member Fairouz Ben Jemaa. [...]

TUNISIA 06/07/2020

Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

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. [...]

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

TUNISIA 09/06/2020

Mongi Marzouk under pressure to cut transmission costs of electricity from renewables

The energy minister has been wrangling with his opposite numbers at industry and investments over transmission levies on energy generated by private sector solar and wind power plants. [...]

Tunisian Minister of Energy Mongi Marzouk. © Dyolf77/CC

TUNISIA 22/05/2020

Boosted by turnover in Libya, Ghannouchi seeks to regain upper hand

Rached Ghannouchi has been encouraged by the reversal of power in Libya to the Islamists' advantage to try and further politically isolate President Kaïs Saïed and exert his power in Tunis. [...]

Rached Ghannouchi, head of the Ennahda party and speaker of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP). © Reuters/Fauque Nicolas/Images de Tunisie/ABACA

TUNISIA 02/04/2020

Fakhfakh has Ghannouchi groggy

Rached Ghannouchi could become the first political victim of the Covid-19 epidemic in Tunisia. The Ennahda party leader, who is [...]

TUNISIA 26/03/2020

Martial Saïed faces Covid-19 alone

Kaïs Saïed has gone into martial mode in the face of the new coronavirus pandemic (Covid-19). He introduced a curfew [...]

TUNISIA 19/03/2020

Hakim Ben Hammouda to run Strategia rather than the government

Hakim Ben Hammouda, who was finance minister in 2014 and [...]

TUNISIA 27/02/2020

Chahed wants Fakhfakh to take on his legal affairs adviser

Outgoing prime minister Youssef Chahed is trying to persuade his [...]

TUNISIA 27/02/2020

Nabil Karoui does a deal with Fakhfakh

Officially, Nabil Karoui's Qalb Tounes party was not supposed to support Elyès Fakhfakh's new government in the confidence vote which [...]

TUNISIA 20/02/2020

Kaïs Saïed attacks Baccouche's TV project

Kaïs Saïed has instructed foreign minister Sabri Bachtobji to cut short Taïeb Baccouche's mandate as head of the Arab Maghreb [...]

TUNISIA 13/02/2020

Adel Fekih wants to be foreign minister

Former Tunisian ambassador in Paris Adel Fekih, who is now [...]

TUNISIA 06/02/2020

Fakhfakh struggles to find a path

Having been chosen by Kaïs Saïed to form a new government, Elyès Fakhfakh is trying hard to comply with the [...]

TUNISIA 30/01/2020

Elyès Fakhfakh: Rached Ghannouchi's last stand

Ennahda's threat not to vote its confidence in the government of Elyès Fakhfakh is the result of a battle of [...]

TUNISIA 23/01/2020

Kaïs Saïed's unlikely choice of PM

Elyes Fakhfakh, who was charged by Kaïs Saïed on January 20 with forming a new government, will have to fight [...]

TUNISIA 16/01/2020

Zied Laâdhari sees himself as prime minister with Chahed's help

Former investment and international cooperation minister Zied Laâdhari hopes to [...]

TUNISIA 09/01/2020

Father-and-son Abdelkefis put Integra Partners up for sale

Marking the end of an era, the founder of Integra Partners, Ahmed Abdelkefi, and his son Fadhel Abdelkefi, are set [...]

TUNISIA 19/12/2019

Chahed and Ennahda in intelligence service power grab

The appointment of Kamel Guizani as head of the DGSN [...]

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TUNISIA 19/12/2019

Turkey's TAI is sole contender for armed drones contract

The Tunisian military, which is in the front line against Jihadist groups and cross-border raids from Libya, may soon be able to add Turkish-built armed drones to its arsenal.According to Mahgreb Confidential's information, Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) has begun exclusive [. [...]

TUNISIA 12/12/2019

Ridha Saïdi and Mongi Safra whisper in Habib Jemli's ear

Head of government designate Habib Jemli will not decide alone on the composition of his future government. According to our [...]

TUNISIA 05/12/2019

Kaïs Saïed recalls consul Ali Châalali

Tunisian consul general in Paris Ali Châalali is packing his [...]

TUNISIA 28/11/2019

Youssef Chahed finds jobs for his aides in public bodies

As he prepared to quit his post, prime minister Youssef [...]

TUNISIA 28/11/2019

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 28/11/2019

Kaïs Saïed without ambassador in Paris

Tunisian ambassador in France Abdelaziz Rassâa was told officially by [...]

TUNISIA 21/11/2019

Why Rached Ghannouchi plumped for Habib Jemli

Habib Jemli was, who was appointed prime minister on November 15, was, to put it mildly, not one of the [...]

TUNISIA 21/11/2019

Youssef Chahed seals military deal with Ankara

Youssef Chahed was keen to set in stone the military alliance between Tunis and Ankara before handing over as prime [...]

TUNISIA 21/11/2019

Youssef Chahed parachutes deputy Leïla Ouled Ali into top STEG ER job

Prime minister Youssef Chahed made an effort to find jobs for some of his followers before handing over to Habib [...]

TUNISIA 14/11/2019

Abderraouf Betbaïeb gets "family" presidential post

How did career diplomat Abderraouf Betbaïeb get into the private [...]

TUNISIA 14/11/2019

Youssef Chahed to be Kaïs Saïed's foreign minister?

The entente cordiale between prime minister Youssef Chahed and President Kaïs Saïed could be extended… onto the diplomatic stage. According [...]

TUNISIA 07/11/2019

Soulef Ksontini assembles former Ennahda women politicians

Former Ennahda deputy for Sfax Soulef Ksontini, who left the [...]

TUNISIA 07/11/2019

Youssef Chahed asked to double for Kaïs Saïed in Berlin, Paris and Algiers

Kaïs Saïed, who has been invited to take part in [...]

TUNISIA 31/10/2019

Ridha Ben Mosbah set to switch Brussels for the Kasbah?

Ridha Ben Mosbah, Tunisian ambassador to Belgium and the European [...]

TUNISIA 31/10/2019

Ghannouchi prepped al Mishri's visit to Kaïs Saïed

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

TUNISIA 24/10/2019

Khayam Turki turns down offer to go to the Kasbah

Khayam Turki, chairman of the political think-tank Joussour who has [...]

TUNISIA 24/10/2019

Betbaïeb and Akrout to join Kaïs Saïed?

Kaïs Saïed did not waiting for his October 23 swearing-in as president to set about constituting his presidential cabinet. His [...]

TUNISIA 17/10/2019

US fighter plane order hits air pocket

The American State Department's approval on October 10 of a possible sale of 12 Textron T-6C Texan training aircraft to [...]

TUNISIA 10/10/2019

Hunt is on for mystery Nabil Karoui lobbyist

He is the key to the contract understood to have been passed between the team of presidential candidate Nabil Karoui [...]

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TUNISIA 10/10/2019

Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

The results of the October 6 parliamentary elections give prime minister Youssef Chahed a good chance of being able to extend his term at the Kasbah for several months… as well as to prolong his alliance with Ennahda. [...]

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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). [...]

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TUNISIA 30/11/2017

Essebsi sets up a shadow government to bypass Chahed

President Beji Caid Essebsi ("BCE") has unleashed a secret weapon aimed at further isolating his prime minister, Youssef Chahed. With tension between the two increasing as the 2019 presidential elections approach (MC 1269), "BCE" has set about turning the National [. [...]

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TUNISIA
Al Karama
Al Tayar
Ari Ben-Menashe
Assembly of the Representatives of the People
Benaissa Demni
Elyès Fakhfakh
Ennahda
Fadhel Abdelkefi
Hakim Ben Hammouda
Hmida Ennaïfer
Integra Partners
International Monetary Fund
Ioussour
Kaïs Saïed
Khayam Turki
Ligue de Tunisie pour la culture et la pluralité
Mouvement de la tendance islamique
Nabil Karoui
Naoufel Saïed
National Security Council
Qalb Tounes
Rached Ghannouchi
Ridha Saïdi
Tahya Tounes
Youssef Chahed

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Saied's supporters get organised

A rattled Ghannouchi seeks way forward with Kais Saied

Military equipment dealer Moussa Ben Ahmed appointed new chair of Tunisian-German friendship group

With Valoria, Veolia takes larger slice of Tunis waste disposal market

Waste disposal becomes political battlefield

Mongi Marzouk under pressure to cut transmission costs of electricity from renewables

Boosted by turnover in Libya, Ghannouchi seeks to regain upper hand

Fakhfakh has Ghannouchi groggy

Martial Saïed faces Covid-19 alone

Hakim Ben Hammouda to run Strategia rather than the government

Chahed wants Fakhfakh to take on his legal affairs adviser

Nabil Karoui does a deal with Fakhfakh

Kaïs Saïed attacks Baccouche's TV project

Adel Fekih wants to be foreign minister

Fakhfakh struggles to find a path

Elyès Fakhfakh: Rached Ghannouchi's last stand

Kaïs Saïed's unlikely choice of PM

Zied Laâdhari sees himself as prime minister with Chahed's help

Father-and-son Abdelkefis put Integra Partners up for sale

Chahed and Ennahda in intelligence service power grab

Turkey's TAI is sole contender for armed drones contract

Ridha Saïdi and Mongi Safra whisper in Habib Jemli's ear

Kaïs Saïed recalls consul Ali Châalali

Youssef Chahed finds jobs for his aides in public bodies

Fayçal Gouiaa pitches for the foreign ministry

Kaïs Saïed without ambassador in Paris

Why Rached Ghannouchi plumped for Habib Jemli

Youssef Chahed seals military deal with Ankara

Youssef Chahed parachutes deputy Leïla Ouled Ali into top STEG ER job

Abderraouf Betbaïeb gets "family" presidential post

Youssef Chahed to be Kaïs Saïed's foreign minister?

Soulef Ksontini assembles former Ennahda women politicians

Youssef Chahed asked to double for Kaïs Saïed in Berlin, Paris and Algiers

Ridha Ben Mosbah set to switch Brussels for the Kasbah?

Ghannouchi prepped al Mishri's visit to Kaïs Saïed

Khayam Turki turns down offer to go to the Kasbah

Betbaïeb and Akrout to join Kaïs Saïed?

US fighter plane order hits air pocket

Hunt is on for mystery Nabil Karoui lobbyist

Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

Kais Saied bedded in LTCP's Islamo-revolutionary matrix

Essebsi sets up a shadow government to bypass Chahed

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