Vol 54 No 5 | TUNISIA Splits prolong crisis 1st March 2013 Long before opposition leader Chokri Belaïd was assassinated, the political crisis was in full flow. No end is in sight An already serious political crisis was exacerbated when gunmen killed Chokri Belaïd on 6 February and Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali, from the ruling Hizb Ennahda (Renaissance Party...
Vol 54 No 4 | TUNISIA Answers needed 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...
Vol 53 No 25 | TUNISIA Wilting jasmine 14th December 2012 Two years after Ben Ali’s fall, the lack of social and economic progress is fuelling disenchantment with the government Many of the post-revolution politicians are gaining a reputation for fiddling while parts of Tunisia burn. Riots in late November and early December in Siliana saw over 250 protest...
Vol 53 No 21 | TUNISIA Ghannouchi unplugged 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 distribut...
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...
