Can China’s Bilateral Currency Swap Agreements Counter the IMF’s Hegemony in Africa?
Part 2: What Lessons for the Economic Sovereignty of Africa and Tunisia ? Abstract: In the first part of this article, we analyzed the monetary tool that is BCS currency swap agreements and attempted to critically assess their potential for..
Seeds of Dependency: The Silent War on Food Sovereignty in Tunisia
On his small farm in the region of Zaghouan, a 70-year-old farmer stands before a wooden box inherited from his father. The box holds small cloth bags, each containing seeds of crops that have been cultivated for decades on the..
Special Issue : Water Desalination in North Africa
Water scarcity has become an increasingly critical issue across North Africa, driven by climate change, population growth, and unsustainable resource management. Countries like Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco are facing unprecedented water stress, with per capita availability falling well below..
Olfa Belhassine | Tunisian female textile workers: the rejects of Fast fashion
Tunisian Textile Workers: The Forgotten Ones of Fast Fashion Discover the challenges faced by Tunisian textile workers with Olfa Belhassine: harsh working conditions, precarity, and violence, as well as the economic impact and ongoing changes.
Desalination Projects in Tunisia: Fresh Water at What Cost?
Introduction: A Nation Running Dry Pressure to find sustainable solutions is mounting in Tunisia, where the average annual water consumption per person has dropped to its lowest rate. One of the country’s most ambitious responses is the construction of..
From colonization to Schengenisation
From colonization to Schengenisation: Socio-history of migrations from the Maghreb to Europe Introduction In studying the postcolonial shift which, a few decades after the independence of the countries of the southern Mediterranean, gave rise to the emergence of the..
The Dark Side of Tunisia’s Phosphate Boom
As Kais Saied’s government tries to capitalize on demand for a critical mineral, the country’s environment and Gafsa Valley residents are suffering. REDEYEF, Tunisia—In Tunisia’s Gafsa Valley, the desert takes on a different guise. Rather than the picturesque dunes..
Visa policies and the traumas of immobility
Visa policies and the traumas of immobility Translated by Roots prod ( translated from French to English : Borhen Hallek) Editorial design and illustration :Yessine Ouerghemmi Man is born free. This assertion is common not only to modern..
Colonization, immigration, and borderization: Contemporary perspectives of the Moroccan and Tunisian left
This article aims to analyze the main discourse of political actors in the Tunisian and Moroccan left in regard to the migration issue. The evolution of this discourse will be examined between two key periods of immigration history from these..
Climate and environmental issues, evolving migration intentions and plans: Case study of coastal and artisanal fishing in the regions of Zarzis and Boughrara
Edited and reviewed by: Imen Louati (PhD) Translation from Arabic to English: Olfa Derbal “The sea is not a forest.” This is how S.K.[1] describes maritime space in Tunisia and in Zarzis. The Mediterranean Sea has its own standards,..
How to talk about Climate Change in Tunisia? Overview and Perspectives
While there is now a significant body of literature that considers questions of climate change communication in the global north, there remains relatively little work that takes seriously how climate change messaging might need to be adapted to non-Western contexts..
Tunisia’s choice: bankruptcy under dictatorship or economic rebirth and democracy?
By Bassem Snaije[1] and Francis Ghiles[2] On March 27th, the newswires were abuzz with yet another tragic event in the Mediterranean. A frail boat carrying migrants attempting to reach Italian shores sank off the coast of Tunisia near..