Tunisian President Kais Saied has dismissed Prime Minister Ahmed Hachani and appointed Social Affairs Minister Kamel Maddouri as the brand new Prime Minister, in keeping with an announcement from the presidency on Wednesday. Hachani was appointed prime minister in August 2023. He claimed in a video message, launched just a few hours earlier than he was sacked, that the federal government had made important progress on a number of points plaguing the nation, together with meals and power wants, regardless of international challenges. Hachani’s dismissal happens in opposition to a backdrop of public dissatisfaction attributable to ongoing water and electrical energy outages. Regardless of the federal government’s claims that these points are the results of a persistent drought, resulting in water cuts, Saied believes they’re a part of a conspiracy forward of the upcoming presidential election. The agriculture ministry, nonetheless, experiences that dam ranges are critically low, at simply 25 p.c.
SOURCE: REUTERS