This comes in the wake of the recent postponement of the IMF mission to discuss the monetary fund's deal for Tunisia. President’s declaration against the Central Bank’s autonomy has marked the ...

Without an IMF programme, Tunisia has increasingly had to rely on domestic borrowing to finance its deficits. This, in turn, ...

Yet prospects of Tunisia’s sealing the biggest deal of all — a $1.9-billion bailout from the IMF — seem increasingly remote. Every day's life is increasingly difficult in Tunisia.

Rachid (a pseudonym) is a Tunisian who worked to support stranded migrants in Tunisia for two years. He and his colleagues ...

Furthermore, the IMF said that the new EFF arrangement will support the authorities’ economic reform program to restore Tunisia’s external and fiscal stability, enhance social protection ...

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Tunisia's powerful UGTT trade union, which staged a nationwide public-sector strike last week to demand pay rises, has warned against "painful reforms" made to please the IMF. In a video message ...

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Tunisia has seen signs of economic improvement, but the growth rate remains low and structural reforms are needed, Jihed Azour, Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the ...

Tunisia’s elections strengthened President Saied's authority, signaling a shift from democratic aspirations. His expanded ...

With the economies of African countries like Egypt, Kenya, Ghana, Zambia, Tunisia and Nigeria among others ravaged by debts, impacts of Covid-19 and external shocks including the Russia-Ukraine war, ...