While Tunisia remains an island of hope, its latest government reshuffling promises to change little for the country’s impoverished population.
Tunisia: New Government, Old Ways?
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While Tunisia remains an island of hope, its latest government reshuffling promises to change little for the country’s impoverished population.
Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of Tunisia’s Ennahda party. Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.Cross-posted from Open Democracy. Part One Two years ago it was a Tunisian uprising that triggered the events in Egypt which brought down Hosni Mubarek. Now it is the Egyptian mass...
The economic situations of the Tunisians who drove the revolution have not improved one bit. Tunisia’s leaders need to intensify their efforts to stimulate economic development, and fast. But how can they do so when they are a little preoccupied setting up an entire government? This is where Washington comes in.