The Tunisian revolution seven years on
Thirty years last November Zine el Abidine Ben Ali assumed power in Tunisia ending thereby the rule of ailing Habib Bourguiba who ruled the country since its independence in 1956. Ben Ali promised political reforms that lured large segments of the...
Book: Algeria and the Cold War: International Relations and the Struggle for Autonomy
Author: Mohamed Lakhdar Ghettas Imprint: I.B.Tauris Publisher: I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd. Hardback ISBN: 9781784535155 Publication Date: 29 Aug 2017 Number of Pages: 320 https://www.amazon.co.uk/Algeria-Cold-War-International-Relations/dp/178453515X/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1512732015&sr=1-1&keywords=ghettas “Throughout the Cold War, Africa was a theatre for superpower rivalry. That the U.S and the...
Dr. Lakhdar Ghettas
Lakhdar Ghettas holds a PhD degree in International History form the London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE, University of London. He holds an MA degree in American History, 2005, from the School of American Studies, University of East...
Tunisia: How long will the Essebsi-Ghanouchi Consensus hold?
During the previous week, President Beji Caid Essebsi delivered an hour-long speech in which he threatened to use the army to break up the protests in Tataouine and at the oil production facilities in El Kamour. The sit-ins had been...
Morocco: Mending Fences between Islamists and Leftists Unnerves the Palace
Over 129 professionals linked to the Islamist group Al Adl wal-Ihssane (AWI) have been victims of a wave of relocations and terminations, since last January. On 20 March 2017, a group of human rights activists, lawyers, and journalists gathered at...
Tunisia: The Labour Union and the Chahed Government
The standoff between the UGTT union and the government has reached a nerve-racking stage. The union of teachers is demanding the departure of Neji Jalloul, the minister of education, in retaliation for the sanctions he imposed on teachers who went...
Tunisia: Six Years on, the Revolution is Still Underway
Six years on the political, social and intellectual dynamics unleashed in Sidi Bouzid, on 17 December 2011, are still underway in Tunisia. This year’s celebrations of the 14 January anniversary of the ousting of former president Ben Ali were marked...
Tunisia: More Continuity than Change within the UGTT
Tunisia’s labour union UGTT elected Noureddine Taboubi secretary general of its executive bureau during its 23rd congress, held on 22-25 January. Observers expect more continuity than change in the union’s policy given that most of the members of the outgoing...