The Tunisian president Kais Saied on Friday sacked the Trade Minister Fadhila Rabhi Ben Hamza, over the lingering economic crisis facing the country.
Though the Tunisian presidency did not specifically say why it relieved the Minister from her job, but shared on its Facebook page an announcement of the dismissal of the Trade and Export Development Minister Fadila Al-Rabhi Ben Hamza.
Since last year, on a monthly basis, consumer prices had soar higher to 0.7%, after increasing by 0.6% previously.
Annual inflation rate in Tunisia jumped for the 14th straight month to 9.8% in November of 2022, the highest since December of 1984, from 9.2% in the prior month
The difficult economic crisis and record inflation in the North Africa country may have been the reason, as the financial crisis in the country caused loss of many food stuffs from stores.
