Emblems of the New Tunisia
The North African country is considering how best to serve its rich heritage.
Elections will be held in Tunisia in October, ending the ten month ‘transitional period’ after the country agreed a new constitution in January. Since the uprising of 2011 and the overthrow of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia has experienced a sharp rise in unemployment and in terrorist activity, including the killing in July of 14 soldiers by jihadists in the Chaambi mountain region bordering Algeria, ‘the heaviest toll suffered by the army since independence [in 1956]’, according to the ministry of defence.
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