Many Tunisians, weary of economic drift, have greeted the president’s self-coup with cheers or shrugs
The shambles was emblematic of the government’s failure to deal with the pandemic. By August 7th just 17% of Tunisia’s 12m people had received at least one dose. Though case numbers have fallen from their peak in July, the death rate, more than 10 per 1m people, ranks among the world’s worst. Hospitals are full.
First was the arrival of millions of doses from abroad. Saudi Arabia sent 1m last month and the United Arab Emirates 500,000 more. America delivered 1m doses of the Moderna jab. France, Tunisia’s former colonial ruler, sent 1m as well. All told Tunisia has received 6m doses, says the president, Kais Saied, enough to fully vaccinate a quarter of its people.
Many Tunisians, fed up with their moribund economy, have greeted the president’s self-coup with cheers or shrugs.shrank by 8.6% last year. Unemployment is 18%—and 30% for graduates. Parliament was paralysed by petty squabbles., for their part, are enthusiastic. They have long been unhappy about the influence of Ennahda, a moderate Islamist party with the largest bloc of seats in parliament, and have sought to undermine it.
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