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Spotlight TUNISIA 28/06/2018

Youssef Chahed runs out of credit with the IMF

IMF Managing Director Lagarde meets with Tunisia’s President Essebsi in Tunis. ©Reuters

Relations between the IMF (International Monetary Fund) and Tunisia are visibly deteriorating. According to our sources in Tunis, the IMF, which is headed by Christine Lagarde, has postponed until further notice a visit to Tunisia planned for June 30 by [...] (644 words)

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