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Tunisian central bank keeps interest rate at 7.75%

According to the official Tunisian News Agency, the central bank’s board of directors decided to keep the main interest rate at 7.75 percent. After the regular meeting, the council said, “The gradual improvement, which was known to the most…

Tunisian President assigns Habib Jemli to form a government

Tunisian President Qais Said on Friday ordered former agriculture minister Habib Jemli to form a government after he was nominated by the Islamist party Ennahda for prime minister, to face enormous challenges to reform the faltering economy…

Ghannouchi is president of the Tunisian parliament

The Tunisian parliament on Wednesday elected Rashed Ghannouchi, leader of the Islamic Ennahda Party, as its president, having won 123 votes out of 217 to hold his first official post since returning from exile in London in 2011 following an…