Tunisia: Essebsi sends in the troops


Issue 346 - 19 May 2017 | 1 minute read

A wave of strikes at industrial facilities across the south has sent gas and other production plummeting – gas output fell to below 200mcf/d in March, and almost certainly further since then – and has led President Béji Caïd Essebsi to send in troops. The incidents confirm the extent that strikes, sit-ins and other protests continue to affect production and project implementation, six years after the Arab Spring.

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