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By Jihed Abidellaoui

Tunisians struggle with prices and shortages as economy worsens

FILE PHOTO: A woman shops at a grocery store in Tunis, Tunisia September 6, 2022. REUTERS/Jihed Abidellaoui

Tunisian street cleaner Lassad Mejri says life has grown so tough for his family because of the country's dire economy that they prepare just one meal a day, but as government finances falter, there may be worse to come.

Like many Tunisians Mejri, 57, and his wife Elgeya had already been struggling to cope with basic living costs before recent years brought the COVID-19 pandemic, rising global inflation and a crisis in state finances.

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