Tunisian families feel brunt of deep recession - in pictures

Surging prices and job losses have hurt families that were already struggling

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  Tunisia, roiled by years of political turmoil that deepened with President Kais Saied's power grab last July, is mired in a deep recession. All photos: AFP

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  Surging prices and job losses have hurt families that were already struggling before the coronavirus pandemic.

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  This week, Tunisia started preliminary talks with the International Monetary Fund over a bailout package.

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  Such a deal would probably mean cuts to subsidies and public sector wages, which many fear would spell more suffering for the most vulnerable.

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  That could fuel the same kind of grievances that sparked a revolution a decade ago and brought down Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years in power.

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  Tunisian grocer Bilel Jani sees the reality of a biting economic crisis.

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  Tunisian Delila Dridi said life is a struggle on her salary from the education ministry.

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