Tunisia : Nidaa Touness to govern with “democratic family”

With secular party Nida Tounes poised to win the parliamentary elections ahead of the official results expected to be announced before Friday, the debate over a coalition led government has emerged. Moderate Islamist party Ennahda is considered to be the runners-up of the elections and could therefore assure a stable government but Beji Caid Essebsi, […]

OECD highlights Morocco’s reforms to enhance investments, social protection

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) highlighted the resilience of the Moroccan economy in the face of external and climate shocks and underscored the relevance of Morocco’s reforms to attract more private investments and enhance social protection. This came in the OECD’s first survey on Morocco, presented in Rabat, including recommendations on improving […]

Rached Ghannouchi handed one-year jail sentence for promoting terrorism

Rached Ghannouchi, the leader of Tunisia’s largest political movement Ennahdah, has been sentenced to one-year in prison in absentia for promoting terrorism, one of his lawyers said Monday. Ghannouchi has been in detention since late April and indicted for 19 offenses including terrorism. Monia Bouali, one of Ghannouchi’s lawyers, told Reuters that his client has […]