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Tunisia

VSB, Abo Wind, Quadran and UPC stalled by wind power PPA

Plans to bring into service a number of 30 MW wind farms by January 2022 are continuing to cause problems [...]

Subscribers only Infrastructure, Business 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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 24.10.2019

The SNCFT struggles to keep its phosphates plans on track

The SNCFT is continuing to find it difficult to bring [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.10.2019

CONECT to reorganise its management structure

Tunisian national "citizen" companies federation CONECT is reorganising its entire [...]

Subscribers only Business 24.10.2019

Khayam Turki turns down offer to go to the Kasbah

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

Subscribers only 24.10.2019

Turkey's TAI and Baykar race neck and neck for army drones contract

Public sector conglomerate Turkish Aerospace Industries (TAI) and private sector operator Baykar Makina, which has links with the Erdogan clan, are bidding to supply the Tunisian army with military drones.

Subscribers only Business Running story - Erdogan's drive in Africa 18.10.2019

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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 [.

Subscribers only Politics 17.10.2019

Engineering junior EMC wins Tataouine Gas Project contract

Two years late, Entreprise Tunisienne des Activités Pétroiières (ETAP) has awarded a contract which is crucial to realisation of the [...]

Subscribers only Business 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 [...]

Subscribers only Defence, Politics 17.10.2019

Customs service goes into combat mode

The customs department (DGD) is on a spending spree. After [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2019

Belgian Van De Put family starts to break up its Tunis property empire

Belgium's Belreca group, which is owned by the Van De [...]

Subscribers only Business 17.10.2019

Tunisia is on the way to removal from the FATF blacklist

New president Kaïs Saïed is going to be able to [...]

Subscribers only 17.10.2019

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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.

Subscribers only Politics 10.10.2019

Tunisia's prime minister Youssef Chahed.

SONEDE struggles to get Sfax desalination plant project under way

Societe Nationale d'Exploitation et de Distribution des Eaux (SONEDE) is struggling to realise its planned desalination plant in Sfax, which [...]

Subscribers only Business 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 [...]

Subscribers only Politics 10.10.2019

The stars of the Paris bar join the fight over Sam Zormati's aircraft

The seizure on September 13 of the Falcon 900 EX [...]

Subscribers only Business 10.10.2019

ECOTI recovers Borj Chakir tip… with its whiff of scandal

The ECOTI group (Ecologique Tuniso-Italienne) has been awarded a 25-million-dinar contract to manage the Borj Chakir waste tip by national [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.10.2019

Nabil Karoui's lawyers split on strategy

Nabil Karoui's advisers are divided over the path to follow after the Tunis appeal court rejected an application for his [...]

Subscribers only Politics 03.10.2019

TC Marines to build a scrap metal berth in the port of Rades

Travaux & Constructions Marines (TC Marines) has been appointed by [...]

Subscribers only Business 03.10.2019

Slim Riahi prepares his homecoming from Paris

Businessman Slim Riahi has not been discouraged by his score [...]

Subscribers only 03.10.2019

NRGI pushes for phosphate operators to adopt good governance

The NGO that promotes the uptake of good governance in the extractive industry is developing a strategy tailored to Morocco's OCP and Tunisia's Compagnie des phosphates de Gafsa.

Subscribers only Mining 01.10.2019

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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).

Subscribers only Politics 26.09.2019

Presidential candidate Kais Saied and his brother Naoufel Saied, Tunisia.

Xavier Niel leaves Badreddine Ouali alone at Station T incubator

French telecommunications magnate Xavier Niel, founder of Paris start-up incubator Station F, has recently withdrawn from the project for the [...]

Subscribers only Business 26.09.2019

In-fighting at the top at BSIC, Gaddafi's Sahelian bank

Banque Sahelo-Saharienne pour l'Investissement et le Commerce (BSIC) is set to be brought sharply back into line by the authorities [...]

Free access Business 26.09.2019

M'jid El Guerrab and the centrists act for Nabil Karoui

Nabil Karoui's efforts to drum up support in France after [...]

Subscribers only Diplomacy 26.09.2019

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Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Tunisia

VSB, Abo Wind, Quadran and UPC stalled by wind power PPA

Betbaïeb and Akrout to join Kaïs Saïed?

The SNCFT struggles to keep its phosphates plans on track

CONECT to reorganise its management structure

Khayam Turki turns down offer to go to the Kasbah

Turkey's TAI and Baykar race neck and neck for army drones contract

Spotlight
Gannouchi looks for a pro-Karoui prime minister

Engineering junior EMC wins Tataouine Gas Project contract

US fighter plane order hits air pocket

Customs service goes into combat mode

Belgian Van De Put family starts to break up its Tunis property empire

Tunisia is on the way to removal from the FATF blacklist

Spotlight
Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

SONEDE struggles to get Sfax desalination plant project under way

Hunt is on for mystery Nabil Karoui lobbyist

The stars of the Paris bar join the fight over Sam Zormati's aircraft

ECOTI recovers Borj Chakir tip… with its whiff of scandal

Nabil Karoui's lawyers split on strategy

TC Marines to build a scrap metal berth in the port of Rades

Slim Riahi prepares his homecoming from Paris

NRGI pushes for phosphate operators to adopt good governance

Spotlight
Kais Saied bedded in LTCP's Islamo-revolutionary matrix

Xavier Niel leaves Badreddine Ouali alone at Station T incubator

In-fighting at the top at BSIC, Gaddafi's Sahelian bank

M'jid El Guerrab and the centrists act for Nabil Karoui

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Africa Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Simandou, Nimba and Zogota: the long and difficult road to the start of iron ore production

Cabo Delgado: a gas Eldorado and security nightmare

The Renaissance Dam – a national symbol but a regional quandary

Andry Rajoelina

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Paul Biya

Erik Prince

AFRICOM

Tunisia

VSB, Abo Wind, Quadran and UPC stalled by wind power PPA

Betbaïeb and Akrout to join Kaïs Saïed?

The SNCFT struggles to keep its phosphates plans on track

CONECT to reorganise its management structure

Khayam Turki turns down offer to go to the Kasbah

Turkey's TAI and Baykar race neck and neck for army drones contract

Spotlight Gannouchi looks for a pro-Karoui prime minister

Engineering junior EMC wins Tataouine Gas Project contract

US fighter plane order hits air pocket

Customs service goes into combat mode

Belgian Van De Put family starts to break up its Tunis property empire

Tunisia is on the way to removal from the FATF blacklist

Spotlight Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

SONEDE struggles to get Sfax desalination plant project under way

Hunt is on for mystery Nabil Karoui lobbyist

The stars of the Paris bar join the fight over Sam Zormati's aircraft

ECOTI recovers Borj Chakir tip… with its whiff of scandal

Nabil Karoui's lawyers split on strategy

TC Marines to build a scrap metal berth in the port of Rades

Slim Riahi prepares his homecoming from Paris

NRGI pushes for phosphate operators to adopt good governance

Spotlight Kais Saied bedded in LTCP's Islamo-revolutionary matrix

Xavier Niel leaves Badreddine Ouali alone at Station T incubator

In-fighting at the top at BSIC, Gaddafi's Sahelian bank

M'jid El Guerrab and the centrists act for Nabil Karoui

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Africa
Massad Boulos, a free agent of Donald Trump's African diplomacy under close watch

DRC
The Tshisekedi clan's dangerous ties with cobalt looting "cartels"

Spotlight
Gannouchi looks for a pro-Karoui prime minister

Spotlight
Extension likely for Chahed-Ennahda alliance

Spotlight
Kais Saied bedded in LTCP's Islamo-revolutionary matrix