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Far from the front, Tunisia suffers because of Ukraine war 

Grain shipment deal mediated by UN and Erdogan offers a ‘beacon of hope’ in a food crisis worsened by distant conflict.

Tunisia
The president of Tunisia's Independent Higher Authority for Elections, Farouk Bouasker, gives a press conference about the final result of the referendum on a draft constitution in Tunis on July 26, 2022. — ANIS MILI/AFP via Getty Images

This was a bad week for Tunisian democracy, and it’s likely to get worse. 

Tunisia, along with other fragile economies around the world, has been slammed by a global food crisis and energy turmoil unleashed by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. 

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