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Tunisia

Tunisia

Population: 12.26m
GDP: $46.69bn
Debt: 89.2% of GDP (2023 forecast)

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President Saïed picks a fight with the Fund

Rejecting conditions such as cutting subsidies, the embattled leader rejects 'diktats' from the IMF

After a two-week absence from the public stage, President Kaïs Saïed returned to the fray on 4 April with fresh condemnation of his opponents, announcing that many were u...

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Saïed's racial crackdown deepens economic woes

Tunisia's president is locking up political opponents and inciting racist violence, as the country's economy plunges into further chaos

President Kaïs Saïed is making good on his 28 December promise to crack down on what he calls 'the enemies of Tunisia'. In the past few weeks, he has imprisoned political...


Low turn-out saps Saïed

Pressure on President Kaïs Saïed to step down is mounting after a series of political reverses and stark evidence of his diminishing popularity, the most recent of which ...


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Voters stay away en masse in challenge to Saïed

Union strike action could strengthen opposition to regime's growing authoritarianism but outsiders steer clear

The scale of the backlash by voters, just 8.8% of whom turned out in Saturday's parliamentary elections, according to Tunisia's electoral commission, is a major blow to President K...

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Apathy to greet polling day

The country's biggest union boss has launched a major attack on the president, but voter indifference is widespread

Tunisia's powerful trade union federation has launched its biggest public attack on President Kaïs Saïed's political and economic programme, publicly rejecting the polls ...


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