Vol 53 No 6 | TUNISIAMAGHREB Tunisia lobbies for the UMA 16th March 2012 There is growing talk that the moribund Union du Maghreb arabe will hold its first summit since 1994.
Vol 5 (AAC) No 9 | TUNISIA Moncef Marzouki 30th June 2012 President, Tunisia On 31 May, Tunisia hosted the fifth China-Arab Cooperation Forum in Hammamet. For China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi, it was the first such meeting since the Arab Spring swept th...
Vol 52 No 21 | TUNISIA New rules for a new order 21st October 2011 The likely winner of the Constituent Assembly elections is the Islamist party which the deposed autocrat Ben Ali tried to repress Tunisians kept their affection for constitutional principles and the rule of law throughout the corruption and autocracy that prevailed under President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, who...
Vol 52 No 21 | TUNISIA Contenders for the Assembly 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 Islamis...
Vol 52 No 10 | TUNISIA A revolution in the revolution 13th May 2011 Activists want the transitional regime to purge the state apparatus and organise free elections this year, and tempers are fraying After days of running clashes between police and protestors, Prime Minister Béji Caïd Essebsi’s government announced a night-time curfew on 7 May. Along with the country’s politics...
Vol 52 No 3 | TUNISIAFRANCE Ben Ali, biens mal acquis 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 an...
Vol 52 No 2 | TUNISIA The jasmine and khaki revolution 21st January 2011 Protests after a desperate unemployed graduate’s suicide ousted the Ben Ali regime and may change regional politics The arrest of 33 members of the former ruling family less than a week after the overthrow of President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali on 13 January consolidates the change of regime. It s...
Vol 50 No 22 | TUNISIA Party time for the first family 6th November 2009 Ben Ali wins a crushing victory and another five years in power President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali saved his allies from a little of the usual embarrassment at his 26 October re-election by polling only 89.62% of the vote, down from 94.4% in 200...
Vol 50 No 1 | TUNISIA Rumblings of dissent 9th January 2009 Ben Ali's fifth and final term approaches Like its western neighbour, Tunisia is a prime target for Islamist fighters. President Zine el Abidine Ben Ali (born September 1936) has used the AQIM threat to rationalise his ext...
Vol 46 No 15 | EGYPTTUNISIA Enlightenment 22nd July 2005 Recent threats to Egyptian and Tunisian writers reflect a growing confrontation between Islamists and other Muslims. Egyptian philosopher Sa'id Mahmoud el Gomeni has said he'll giv...
