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12/05/2016 GMT

BBC World Service - The Essential, From Our Own Correspondent: Tunisia's Sad Fishmongers

In Tunis Central Market, fish stalls can reveal much of the country's frustrated hopes

Ed Lewis reports from the Central Market in Tunis, where stallholders share their concerns over terrorism, unemployment, strikes - and the price of fish.

When people complain of a seemingly irrelevant problem, English speakers often reply: "What's that got to do with the price of fish"? Well, in a dispatch from Tunisia's central market, Ed Lewis reveals the answer is - everything. In Tunis, strikes, unemployment, terror attacks and political uncertainty have all had a direct effect on the lives of fishmongers and their customers. 

(Photo: Women buy fish at Tunis central market during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Credot: Fethi Belaid/AFP/Getty Images)

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