Category: Blog
Tunisia: Nidaa Tounes on the Brink of Disintegration?
The crisis within the ruling party Nidaa Tounes over the holding of a constituent congress meeting persists. The power struggle over the leadership of the party between what have come to be called the Leftist camp and the Destourian camp...
Tunisia: Crisis at Nidaa Tounes Party
Until recently limited to political differences, the crisis within Nidaa Tounes party turned violent and when a group of thugs attacked a hotel, where the executive bureau of the party was preparing to hold a meeting, at Hammamat, last Sunday....
Libya: Leon’s Dialogue Process?
Roughly two weeks after the end of the term of the Tobruk House of Representatives (HoR) on 20 October, UNSMIL has not been able to convince the conflict parties in Tobruk and Tripoli to sign the proposed draft agreement. A...
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...
Libya: Leon Trying to Finish the Job
On 8 October UNSMIL’s Bernardino Leon announced a list of names he selected to form the National Accord Government. The NAG’s Presidential Council would include Faiez Al-Serraj, member of the House of Representatives in Tobruk as prime minister, together with...
Libya: Controversy in Final Version of UN Dialogue Agreement
On 21 September, Bernardino Leon – United Nations Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Support Mission in Libya (UNSMIL) – announced the Final Draft of the Libya Political Agreement. UNSMIL aimed for the Agreement’s ratification by both the...
Tunisia: Prison Sentence Causes Contention
The sentencing of a 22 year-old man to one year’s imprisonment for homosexual acts has been a source of debate between Tunisian political figures. The sentence, as well as the examination methods used by the prosecution to produce evidence against...