- Vol 54 No 5
- 1st March 2013
Long before opposition leader Chokri Belaïd was assassinated, the political crisis was in full flow. No end is in sight
- Vol 54 No 4
- 15th February 2013
When opposition leader Chokri Belaïd was shot dead by three masked men in a black car on 6 February, the secular opposition, the mainstream Islamist Hizb Ennahda and much of the global commentariat immediately pointed to Tunisia’s Salafist fringe. The ...
- Vol 53 No 25
- 14th December 2012
Two years after Ben Ali’s fall, the lack of social and economic progress is fuelling disenchantment with the government
- Vol 53 No 21
- 19th October 2012
Liberal mistrust of Islamist leader Rachid Ghannouchi is mounting after his unguarded remarks about collaboration with hard-line Salafist groups were secretly videoed and distributed on the internet.
- Vol 53 No 6
- 16th March 2012
There is growing talk that the moribund Union du Maghreb arabe will hold its first summit since 1994.
- Vol 52 No 21
- 21st October 2011
The likely winner of the Constituent Assembly elections is the Islamist party which the deposed autocrat Ben Ali tried to repress
- Vol 52 No 21
- 21st October 2011
The eight contenders for the Assembly include:
• Hizb Ennahda (Renaissance Party): founded in 1989 by Rachid Ghannouchi, the party has established itself as a mainstream Islamist party. It is expected to win the most seats, if not an absolute majority,...
- Vol 52 No 10
- 13th May 2011
Activists want the transitional regime to purge the state apparatus and organise free elections this year, and tempers are fraying
- Vol 52 No 3
- 4th February 2011
The Paris Public Prosecutor's office is opening a preliminary
investigation into funds and property held in France by Tunisian
ex-President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, his family and entourage.
Transparency International (TI) France and two other non-gove...
- Vol 52 No 2
- 21st January 2011
Protests after a desperate unemployed graduate’s suicide ousted the Ben
Ali regime and may change regional politics