Ennahda has only one nominal position in the government dominated by President Mohamed Béji Caïd Essebsi's Nidaa Tounus but is the largest party in Parliament since being joined by defectors from that party which calls itself secular and is seen as centre-right (AC Vol 57 No 4 One country for old men)...
In an increasingly difficult situation for Essebsi père et fils 'Béji Caïd Essebsi is a man who retains confidence but at this moment the person doing most to keep the coalition in office seems to be Rachid Ghannouchi...
President Mohamed Béji Caïd Essebsi is a spry 89-year-old and the National Assembly Speaker Mohamed Ennaceur from Essebsi's Nidaa Tounes party is a youthful 81...
Ben Ali's securocrats make a comeback After the Port El Kantaoui beach resort attack on 26 June in which 38 people were killed President Mohamed Béji Caïd Essebsi used a 1970s law on associations to close down 80 mosques...
This gives Algiers a greater hold on Tunisia's 'secular' government which is presided over by octogenarian President Béji Caïd Essebsi and is much more to Bouteflika's liking than previous governments led by the Islamist Hizb Ennahda...
The amendment was supported at the time by the man who later became President Béji Caïd Essebsi (AC Vol 55 No 23 Slim pickings)...
The country's new constitution allows the President to choose a new Governor but that doesn't look imminent: regulatory sources say Ayari is close to the new President Béji Caïd Essebsi (AC Vol 55 No 23 Slim pickings)...
Algiers will seek to reinforce ties and security cooperation with Tunisia's new President Béji Caïd Essebsi the candidate favoured by Bouteflika and the DRS (AC Vol 55 No 23 Slim pickings)...
Slim Riahi a 42-year-old Bizerta-born businessman with British and Tunisian citizenship is pitting himself against political heavyweight Béji Caïd Essebsi of Nidaa Tounus (Tunisian Call) in the first round of the presidential election on 23 November...
This week the leader of Ennahda Rachid Ghannouchi told reporters he believed elections would be held on time while the head of the secular Nidaa Tounus party Béji Caïd Essebsi said he thinks that economic problems will delay polling...
Emphasising that Bouteflika is back meetings were held with the Tunisian Ennahda leader Rachid Ghannouchi on 10 September and octogenarian Nidaa Tounus (Call of Tunisia) leader Béji Caïd Essebsi a day later...
The troika coalition is losing popularity to its big rival the former interim Prime Minister Béji Caïd Essebsi’s Nidaa Tounus (Call of Tunisia) movement...
