Bourguiba's ghost

President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali was never entirely happy running the country in the shadow of its founding father, Habib Bourguiba. He died on 6 April and with the end of formal mourning, former police officer Ben Ali may breathe a sigh of relief.

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Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, Habib Bourguiba, Abdelwahab Abdallah, Leila Ben Ali, Mohamed Douas, , Mohamed Béji Hamda, Combattant Suprême

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