Day: October 17, 2015

Tunisia: Government’s Difficulty to impose its Imams in Mosques

The government’s decision to close around 80 mosques and replace over 100 imams, in the aftermath of the Bardo and Sousse bloody attacks continues to cause tensions within communities, as well as between Islamist organisations and the government. The latest...

Tunisia: Rocky Road for Essebsi’s Economic Reconciliation Project

Mobilisation in streets by political parties and civil society organisations together with deep divisions among political elite and state institutions, especially the justice sector seem to have all convinced President Baji Caid Essebsi that it was wise not to press...