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Tunisia

Tunis cuts ties with IMF

As President Kais Saied believes that the International Monetary Fund is interfering in the country's economic affairs, Tunisia has decided to cut off all contact with the international institution.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 24.02.2025

France-Tunisia cooperation council set to resume work

The Haut Conseil de Coopération (HCC) between France and Tunisia is making a comeback after four years of absence, with its fourth edition due to take place in Paris on 2 June. It will bring together Tunisian Prime Minister Kamel Maddouri, who will be accompanied by a ministerial delegation, and his French counterpart.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 18.02.2025

Sale of confiscated companies halted

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed at his swearing-in ceremony at the National Assembly, Tunis, 21 October 2024. © Fethi Belaid/AFP

Subscribers only Business 04.02.2025

Members of the insurgent group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, or HTS, stand in a square on 19 January 2025 in Damascus, Syria. © Spencer Platt/Getty Images via AFP

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North African embassies reorganise in Damascus

After the few days of uncertainty accompanying the fall of Bashar al-Assad, North African diplomats are getting back to work in Syria. Some are seeking to put their previous positions on the Syrian conflict behind them.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 23.01.2025

Businessman Youssef Zarrouk, at the Nautique Club in Sidi Bou Said, on the outskirts of Tunis, Tunisia, December 2017. © Augustin Le Gall/Haytham-REA

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Businessmen Youssef Zarrouk and Mohamed Idriss Ghodbane in the court's firing line

Investigators are probing whether the sale of a luxury villa in the chic Tunisian seaside town of Sidi Bou Said was used to finance a smear campaign against Kaïs Saïed. The inquiry was sparked by allegations of money-laundering involving Youssef Zarrouk and Quantum Investment Bank boss Mohamed Idriss Ghodbane.

Subscribers only Politics 10.01.2025

CEO of Tunisian CHO Group, Abdelaziz Makhloufi, at the Africa CEO Forum in Abidjan on 14 June 2022. © Issouf Sanogo/AFP

Olive oil magnate Abdelaziz Makhloufi's arrest sparks fears of industry's nationalisation

A month after his arrest, the businessman at the head of CHO risks having his group directly administered by the courts. Market operators are concerned about the government's intentions for the industry.

Subscribers only Business 19.12.2024

Brussels and Tunis negotiate to maintain European aid

The European Commission has been criticised for maintaining aid linked to the migration issue, despite warnings about human rights violations in Tunisia.

Subscribers only Finance 03.02.2025

Container shipping company CMA CGM downsizes Tunis operations

The group headed by Rodolphe Saadé recently dissolved its Tunisian land transport subsidiary. Nearly nine years after it was set up, the business had not got off the ground.

Subscribers only Business 27.01.2025

Paris offers political asylum to Tunisian opposition leaders

Since the 2021 coup in Tunis, France has seen an influx of Tunisian political leaders seeking refuge, some of whom are facing legal action in their homeland.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.12.2024

Tunisia's cash-strapped football federation awaits new chairman

Two men are competing to take charge of the FTF next month. Whoever prevails will have to tackle the serious financial problems facing the federation, which is currently under FIFA supervision. He will also have to find a new manager despite budgetary constraints.

Subscribers only Business 18.12.2024

The president of the Tunisian football federation offers the national team jersey to the President Kais Saied, on 30 March 2022.

French-Tunisian Onsi Abichou's fate rests in Kais Saied's hands

Abichou was convicted of drug trafficking in 2009, but acquitted on several subsequent occasions. His fate could now be decided by the president.

Subscribers only Politics 16.12.2024

ABCI refuses to give up its battle against the state

The former main shareholder in Banque Franco-Tunisienne, who believes that ICSID's impartiality has been compromised, has been launching a series of attacks on the arbitration body.

Subscribers only Finance 06.12.2024

Tunisian prosecutors probe Youssef Mimouni's hotels

Investigators are looking into alleged corruption and money laundering.

Subscribers only Business 25.11.2024

ABCI points to irregularities in ICSID arbitration process with Tunis

In 2023, ABCI Investments was awarded only modest compensation for the 1989 expropriation of its Banque Franco-Tunisienne. But it is not giving up and is now questioning the conditions under which arbitrators are appointed.

Subscribers only Finance 22.11.2024

French student Victor Dupont released from Tunisian detention

French researcher Victor Dupont has been released by the Tunisian authorities and is due to return to France on 15 November. The 27-year-old PhD student was arrested with a friend on 19 October in Tunis.

Subscribers only 15.11.2024

UTICA employers' association comes to rescue of Italian businessman Isnardo Carta

Armed with its boss's connections at the presidential palace, UTICA is working to resolve the case of the Italian businessman, who has been facing administrative issues on his industrial estate.

Subscribers only Business 07.11.2024

Former minister Mohsen Hassen branches out into Tunisian hotel sector

Tunisia's former trade minister has expanded his already impressive business empire by venturing into the hospitality industry with a four-star hotel in the heart of Tunis.

Subscribers only Business 05.11.2024

Tunis buys barley in bulk

Three companies are sharing a $29.3m contract.

Subscribers only Commodity traders 01.11.2024

US banks eye Tunisian market

Jean-Michel Saliba, Middle East-North Africa director at Bank of America's investment division, BofA Securities (formerly Bank of America Merrill Lynch), led a delegation of US financiers this month to Tunis.

Subscribers only Finance, Business 28.10.2024

Adel Daâdaâ, Ennahdha's 'black box' in the Instalingo affair

The many financial transactions conducted by one of Ennahdha leader Rached Ghannouchi's most loyal followers have aroused the suspicions of Tunisian prosecutors. Yet hard evidence in the sprawling Instalingo affair remains scant.

Subscribers only Politics 24.10.2024

The head of Ennahdha Rached Ghannouchi in Tunis on 21 February 2023, a few weeks before his imprisonment.

Tunis and New Delhi strive to revive flailing cooperation

The promise of closer economic ties made in 2017 never materialised, despite the presence of several major Indian companies in the country.

Subscribers only Business 23.10.2024

Saied seeks to neutralise Ennahdha without alienating his base

For his second term, the Tunisian president, who won the 2019 election in part on the strength of Islamist party votes, wants to disassemble the movement's apparatus while appealing to its supporters.

Subscribers only Politics 18.10.2024

Broadcasters banned from covering probe into justice ministry

Tunisia's broadcasting regulator has imposed a gag order on radio and television stations over an investigation into former senior officials in Leila Jaffel's ministry.

Subscribers only Politics 11.10.2024

Fratelli d'Italia MEP to lead European parliament North Africa delegation

Ruggero Razza has been appointed its chair.

Subscribers only Politics, Diplomacy 10.10.2024

ICRC regional office bears brunt of humanitarian crisis

Due to a lack of funds, the Tunisian office of the International Committee of the Red Cross is no longer able to finance its activities. Since the beginning of the year, the delegation has significantly scaled back.

Subscribers only Infrastructure 08.10.2024

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Paris offers political asylum to Tunisian opposition leaders

Tunisia's cash-strapped football federation awaits new chairman

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ABCI refuses to give up its battle against the state

Tunisian prosecutors probe Youssef Mimouni's hotels

ABCI points to irregularities in ICSID arbitration process with Tunis

French student Victor Dupont released from Tunisian detention

UTICA employers' association comes to rescue of Italian businessman Isnardo Carta

Former minister Mohsen Hassen branches out into Tunisian hotel sector

Tunis buys barley in bulk

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Adel Daâdaâ, Ennahdha's 'black box' in the Instalingo affair

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Tunis cuts ties with IMF

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Sale of confiscated companies halted

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Paris offers political asylum to Tunisian opposition leaders

Tunisia's cash-strapped football federation awaits new chairman

French-Tunisian Onsi Abichou's fate rests in Kais Saied's hands

ABCI refuses to give up its battle against the state

Tunisian prosecutors probe Youssef Mimouni's hotels

ABCI points to irregularities in ICSID arbitration process with Tunis

French student Victor Dupont released from Tunisian detention

UTICA employers' association comes to rescue of Italian businessman Isnardo Carta

Former minister Mohsen Hassen branches out into Tunisian hotel sector

Tunis buys barley in bulk

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Adel Daâdaâ, Ennahdha's 'black box' in the Instalingo affair

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Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

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US-China trade war threatens Morocco's nascent battery industry

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North African embassies reorganise in Damascus

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Businessmen Youssef Zarrouk and Mohamed Idriss Ghodbane in the court's firing line