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Is Tunisia heading toward a 'thirst uprising'?

Some analysts say the next revolution in Tunisia could be over water, as several areas in the country have been suffering from very low supplies.

A photo taken on August 21, 2016 shows the Sidi Salem dam near Testour, in Tunisia's north-west Beja region, which has particularly low water levels due to a 30 percent drop in rainfall in the North African country this year.
Water-cuts, dry dams and withering vegetation: Tunisia has faced a difficult summer due to a lack of rainfall which has reinforced social tensions in several disadvantaged regions. / AFP / FETHI BELAID / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY MOUNIR SOUISSI        (Photo credit should read FETHI BELA
The Sidi Salem dam, which has very low water levels due to a 30% drop in rainfall in the North African country this year, near Testour, northwest Tunisia, Aug. 21, 2016. — FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images

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