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Beji Caid Essebsi with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, May 29, 2018. Reuters
Beji Caid Essebsi with French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace, May 29, 2018. Reuters
Tunisia’s Beji Caid Essebsi took on his rivals, fair and square
The late Tunisian president cosied up to an entrenched security apparatus but was not afraid of the ballot box
Khaled Yacoub Oweis
25 July, 2019