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Tunisia

Firms line up to buy ENI assets

As ENI prepares the Tunisian government for its departure, a range of firms are showing interest in the Italian major's assets in the country.

Free access Energy 15.06.2021

Employers' body goes back to war over electricity tariffs

With price hikes on the horizon, UTICA wants its members to be able to buy electricity directly from private producers. The energy ministry isn't interested in discussing the politically charged matter.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 14.06.2021

Turkey's Hattusa eyes El Khbayet spa town project after Austrian investor bows out

The Austrian businessman Gerhard Weiser, who planned to build a gigantic hydrotherapy centre in El Khbayet, in the stronghold of Ennahda boss Rached Ghannouchi, has thrown in the towel. Turkish firm Hattusa is working to take over the project, with the help of development minister Ali Kooli.

Subscribers only Business 09.06.2021

Tunisian PM returns from Tripoli talks almost empty-handed

Libyan Prime Minister Abdelhamid Dabaiba (r) received his Tunisian counterpart Hichem Mechichi in Tripoli on 22 May. © Mahmud Ahmud Turkia/AFP

Subscribers only Business 31.05.2021

DLA Piper bags contract to lead hunt for Ben Ali assets

Tunisia's cash-strapped government has tasked DLA Piper law firm with the global coordination of procedures to recover the ill-gotten assets of ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's family.

Subscribers only Politics 25.05.2021

Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

Tunisian President Kaïs Saïed left his 18 May meeting in Paris with confirmation from three heads of state they would attend the summit of the francophone organisation OIF in Djerba in November.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 24.05.2021

Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

With the country in a difficult social situation, Shell is pulling out all the stops to get the Tunisian government to extend its permit on the field ahead of its projected departure from the country in July 2022.

Subscribers only Energy 24.05.2021

Washington gives Borj Erroumi prison a radical makeover

In the hope of curbing the radicalisation of the most dangerous prisoners, the US State Department is to modernise the Borj Erroumi penitentiary where the Ben Ali regime kept its political opponents under lock and key.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 20.05.2021

Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

The French president has put pressure on his Tunisian counterpart by inviting him to Paris on Tuesday, on the sidelines of the summit on African economies. This trip was decided at the last moment because of concerns about Tunisia's financial situation.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 17.05.2021

Kaïs Saïed and Emmanuel Macron during a meeting at the Elysée in June 2020.

No solution for budget crisis as Mechichi is cold-shouldered by IMF and Ghannouchi by Doha

Having failed to present a structural reform plan to the International Monetary Fund, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi is unlikely to get any new budgetary aid in the short term. Parliamentary speaker Rached Ghannouchi, meanwhile, has been unable to obtain support from his allies in Qatar.

Subscribers only Politics 14.05.2021

KfW wonders if regional banking project will ever see the light of day

The German development bank has invested several million euros in a new regional banking structure since 2013. Eight years later, it is nowhere close to becoming a reality.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 12.05.2021

Iveco and BNP Paribas keep army trucking along

After six years of consultations, the Tunisian army has put in an order for 500 Magirus 4x4 and 6x6 trucks from Iveco for a total of €62m.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 10.05.2021

Cash-strapped air force opts for second-hand Kuwaiti F-18 Hornets

The Tunisian Air Force urgently needs new fighter jets and is in talks to purchase several F-18 Hornets that Kuwait will withdraw from service. The US is keen to back the deal as it would prevent it from having to further extend its military aid to Tunisia.

Free access Defence, Diplomacy 06.05.2021

New Stellantis regional manager facing baptism of fire

Hakim Boutehra, director of the new European automobile giant's Maghreb activities, will start the job facing an explosive law suit in Tunisia with Citroën and a blocked factory in Oran for Peugeot amid a brewing diplomatic crisis between France and Algeria.

Subscribers only Business 05.05.2021

Tunisair's Libya link struggles under fallout from Covid and insurance premiums

The re-opening of the Tunisia-Libya air link first scheduled for November 2020 and then on 27 April, has been pushed back once again.

Subscribers only Business 05.05.2021

Specs row delays armoured vehicle procurement

Technical disagreements between Tunisia's interior minister and The Armored Group have delayed the delivery of vehicles destined for the police and national guard.

Subscribers only Defence, Business 04.05.2021

Olive oil leader CHO parts ways with ex-minister Moncef Belkhayat

The two partners had announced in 2017 they would jointly invest around 200 million dirhams (€20m) to build a production and packaging facility in Morocco's oil-growing region of Meknès.

Subscribers only Business 29.04.2021

Government cybersecurity advisor branches out on his own with DefensyLab

Ahmed Chabchoub, the government's former cybersecurity advisor, has launched a firm called DefensyLab that offers consulting and cybersecurity software engineering services as well as offensive penetration testing.

Subscribers only Business 27.04.2021

Sun finally shines on Engie-Nareva, Scatec and TBEA-AMEA

Tunisia's parliament is expected to soon approve the concession contracts for the construction of five photovoltaic power stations in the south-west of the country worth an estimated $400m. The financial package for the project, which has already got the government green light, has yet to be finalised with international donors.

Subscribers only Energy, Business 26.04.2021

Ghannouchi leaves parliament's international relations advisor job open

Rached Ghannouchi has still not appointed anyone to the post of adviser in charge of international relations to help him in his position as speaker of the Assembly of People's Representatives (ARP), Tunisia's parliament.

Subscribers only Politics 23.04.2021

No helping hand from Emir Al-Thani ahead of Tunisia's fraught IMF meet

Finance minister Ali Kooli's attempt to negotiate a new loan from the Qatar National Bank, with the backing of the Islamist leader Rached Ghannouchi, floundered when Doha set the interest rate at 5.5%.

Subscribers only Finance, Diplomacy 22.04.2021

French PM mollifies Tunis with visit on 24 May

After cancelling a trip planned for March because of Covid-19, Jean Castex will head to the Tunisian capital next month for talks about security and economics with his counterpart Hichem Mechichi.

Subscribers only Diplomacy 21.04.2021

Mechichi talks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn ahead of crunch IMF meet

With Tunisia on the verge of default, Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi has begun talks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn in the hope that the former IMF chief will help him persuade the institution to resume its financial support.

Subscribers only Business 20.04.2021

Egypt's Elsewedy Electric hooks up with STEG

Elsewedy Electric has been awarded its first contract in Tunisia for the supply, installation, and commissioning of high-voltage lines at a cost of 57m dinars (€17m). The project was ordered by the Société Tunisienne de l'Electricité et du Gaz (STEG).

Subscribers only Business 14.04.2021

Moscow struggles to meet Sputnik V delivery deadlines in Africa

Russia is struggling to meet delivery deadlines for its Sputnik V vaccines, with several African capitals still waiting for their first doses.

Subscribers only Business 13.04.2021

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Tunisia

Firms line up to buy ENI assets

Employers' body goes back to war over electricity tariffs

Turkey's Hattusa eyes El Khbayet spa town project after Austrian investor bows out

Tunisian PM returns from Tripoli talks almost empty-handed

DLA Piper bags contract to lead hunt for Ben Ali assets

Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

Washington gives Borj Erroumi prison a radical makeover

Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

No solution for budget crisis as Mechichi is cold-shouldered by IMF and Ghannouchi by Doha

KfW wonders if regional banking project will ever see the light of day

Iveco and BNP Paribas keep army trucking along

Cash-strapped air force opts for second-hand Kuwaiti F-18 Hornets

New Stellantis regional manager facing baptism of fire

Tunisair's Libya link struggles under fallout from Covid and insurance premiums

Specs row delays armoured vehicle procurement

Olive oil leader CHO parts ways with ex-minister Moncef Belkhayat

Government cybersecurity advisor branches out on his own with DefensyLab

Sun finally shines on Engie-Nareva, Scatec and TBEA-AMEA

Ghannouchi leaves parliament's international relations advisor job open

No helping hand from Emir Al-Thani ahead of Tunisia's fraught IMF meet

French PM mollifies Tunis with visit on 24 May

Mechichi talks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn ahead of crunch IMF meet

Egypt's Elsewedy Electric hooks up with STEG

Moscow struggles to meet Sputnik V delivery deadlines in Africa

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Tunisia

Firms line up to buy ENI assets

Employers' body goes back to war over electricity tariffs

Turkey's Hattusa eyes El Khbayet spa town project after Austrian investor bows out

Tunisian PM returns from Tripoli talks almost empty-handed

DLA Piper bags contract to lead hunt for Ben Ali assets

Sall, Ouattara, and Tshisekedi confirm OIF summit attendance

Shell tries to pressure the government into a new agreement on Miskar

Washington gives Borj Erroumi prison a radical makeover

Saïed in Paris for frank talks about debt, OIF summit with Macron

No solution for budget crisis as Mechichi is cold-shouldered by IMF and Ghannouchi by Doha

KfW wonders if regional banking project will ever see the light of day

Iveco and BNP Paribas keep army trucking along

Cash-strapped air force opts for second-hand Kuwaiti F-18 Hornets

New Stellantis regional manager facing baptism of fire

Tunisair's Libya link struggles under fallout from Covid and insurance premiums

Specs row delays armoured vehicle procurement

Olive oil leader CHO parts ways with ex-minister Moncef Belkhayat

Government cybersecurity advisor branches out on his own with DefensyLab

Sun finally shines on Engie-Nareva, Scatec and TBEA-AMEA

Ghannouchi leaves parliament's international relations advisor job open

No helping hand from Emir Al-Thani ahead of Tunisia's fraught IMF meet

French PM mollifies Tunis with visit on 24 May

Mechichi talks with Dominique Strauss-Kahn ahead of crunch IMF meet

Egypt's Elsewedy Electric hooks up with STEG

Moscow struggles to meet Sputnik V delivery deadlines in Africa

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