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Vol 63 No 1

Published 7th January 2022


Tunisia

Rough seas for despot and demos

The early tide of support for Kaïs Saïed's power-grab is ebbing, harsh economic reforms and the referendum in July will be key tests

The coming year may prove Tunisia's most turbulent since 2011, when the jasmine revolution sparked the Arab Spring. President Kaïs Saïed's power-grab in July and his determination to change the Tunisian political system have brought neither peace nor prosperity, but instead have caused division and extreme social and economic precarity.

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