Tag: Nidaa Tounes

Tunisia: President Caid Essebsi to represent ruling party at November elections

April 25, 2019

Nidaa Tounes Executive director Wednesday said the party’s founder and country President Beiji Caid Essebsi will be the political movement candidate for this year presidential ... Read More

Tunisia: Ruling Nidaa Tounes elects two rival leaders ahead of year’s end elections

April 15, 2019

The party of President Beji Caid is descending into deeper crisis as party members elected Saturday two rival leaders in parallel congresses ahead of October ... Read More

Tunisia: Ghannouchi meets Hafez Essebsi to iron out differences

March 5, 2019

Rachid Ghannouchi, head of Islamist Ennahda movement said he met with Hafez Essebsi, director of ruling Nidaa Tounes, for the first time after fallout between ... Read More

Islamist Ennahda Party, Responsible for Tunisians’ Exodus to Conflict Zones, Opposition Claims

January 10, 2017

The Tunisian Islamist party Ennahda and its leader Rached Ghannouchi have been accused of condoning the departure of the thousands of Tunisians to hotbed conflict ... Read More

Tunisia: Lotfi Nagdh’s widow calls on President Essebsi and Nidaa Tounes to step down

November 16, 2016

Wife of assassinated Nidaa Tounes member and figure Lotfi Nagdh has called on President Caid Essebsi and members of his party to step down as ... Read More

Tunisia: President’s Son to Lose Position of Executive Director in Nidaa Tounes

October 31, 2016

A group of key members of President Caid Essebsi’s party Nidaa Tounes Sunday in Sousse called for suppressing the party’s position of Executive Director occupied ... Read More

Tunisia: “I am ready to step down if my health fails me” President Essebsi

October 5, 2016

Tunisian head of state Béji Caïd Essebsi has offered to step down if his health condition does not allow him to run the country as ... Read More

Tunisian Parliament to Hold Confidence Vote on New Government

August 23, 2016

The Tunisian Parliament said it would convene a session on Friday to hold a vote of confidence on the newly formed government led by premier-designate ... Read More

Tunisia: Ennahda Party Sidesteps from Political Islam

May 20, 2016

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 ... Read More

Maghreb: Taieb Bacchouche, New Chairman of Arab Maghreb Union

May 6, 2016

Tunisian former Foreign Minister became Thursday Secretary General of the Arab Maghreb Union (AMU.) The 72-year-old former diplomat was appointed by the AMU Foreign Ministers ... Read More