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How Charfeddine managed to get rid of Nadia Akacha

Tunisian interior minister Taoufik Charfeddine. © Mohamed Messara/EFE/Newscom/MaxPPP

With the departure of Nadia Akacha, the quarrel between two factions has ended in victory for Minister of the Interior Taoufik Charfeddine. For months, he has been trying to remove his rivals. [...]

Published on 28.01.2022 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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