Tunisia: Ennahda Party Sidesteps from Political Islam

The Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda is refurnishing its image as party leaders announced Thursday separation of religious activities from Politics, reports say. The new orientation is to be confirmed at party’s convention this weekend. Party leader Rached Ghannouchi reportedly told French newspaper Le Monde that the change is coming in a new context, with a […]

Tunisia: Kais Saied officially dissolves the high judicial council

Tunisian President Kais Saied Sunday officially dissolved the High Judicial Council; the country’s judicial independent body that he accuses of being in league with some politicians and refusal to rule over some corruption and assassination cases in the country. He signed the decree for the move in the presence of Prime Minister Najla Bouden and […]

Wealth Report 2023 confirms that ’Africa is not poor but impoverished’

Not all Africans are poor — this could arguably be the main message from the 2023 edition of the annual Africa Wealth Report by London-based Henley & Partners that reveals that the ‘Big 5’ wealth markets in Africa — South Africa, Egypt, Nigeria, Kenya, and Morocco — together account for a significant 56% of Africa’s […]