The rift is growing between Tunisia and one of its main donors, the United States, as President Kais Saied continues his power grab leaning on authoritarian Algeria. US Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Tunisia’s “dream of self-government” was in danger. His comment added to previous US criticism in the wake of the adoption of a […]
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Tunisia in tumultuous economic and political waters
Tunisia faces an economic and a political crisis that are unfolding, leaving very short deadlines for the current leadership to come up with solutions that would spare the Tunisian people scenarios of its eastern and western neighbors. Surrounded by unstable Libya in the east and authoritarian Algerian in the east, Tunisia is navigating uncharted waters […]

