you're watching news coming up next indeed to do business in africa national elections later this year in tunisia but the government is reluctant to end its state of emergency as the economy continues to cause problems and the national currency dive star all coming up in business news africa with the hottest is to stay with us if you get. luke.

thanks. striking teachers runaway prices protests in the streets and still no end to the emergency laws the economy into misha in still reeling from unemployment and inflation and people of. tourism in tunisia recovers after

a string of stereotypes visitors away tourists are now being with rubbish in the streets. this is business africa. as in the berlin wall come to measure the state of emergency was to be lifted today but instead the government wants to announce an extension for yet another month it's election year poverty is rife and the government wants to avoid any mistakes but urgent action is needed on the moribund economy with unemployment at fifteen percent and inflation at seven. in february teachers in the tunisian capital took to the streets demanding higher wages better pensions and improved working conditions and schools the teachers are not the only ones protesting the past months have seen nationwide strikes by public sector workers as international lenders call for cuts to government spending for some businesses the problem is that the government is not doing enough to stop the

fall of the currency the deanery. since twenty fifteen the dinar has lost a third of its value against the euro tunisia's foreign currency reserves have dwindled as its trade deficit mounts for instance the country currently imports half of its gas supplies from abroad. but the weak currency has at least one positive effect it makes tourism cheap last year a record eight point three million visitors came bringing sorely needed revenues to tunisia. let's bring in all fairness are amassed so first of all emergency law was not lifted today what does that mean for to misery and businesses. so the emergency office actually in a place that the obvious your directions. media rather doesn't see a lot is not so are you offering to now let's say strong let's say just one

new foreign service for only a little stability and actually the south african specialists that's the state of emergency that's recent developments in libya neymar how to react to risk who are first circle who are. decision have been taken to actually. hold the whole ship. and rates landscaper oxygenation economy. so it's the same old story isn't it international lenders ask for budget cuts the population demands more spending which way is to going now. so i'm glad to see government has been playing along with the international legacy especially our last international monetary fund a lot of pressure on the country to let its. a list actor and. i want to such as that's actually it's your answer and lots of your regular ace in the crisis and rick three months until last month was actually getting up so early in this

league and for person a lot of times we're seeing protests split subtle closing down roads on the main highway. and i just see teams that recently started paying back loans that the contractor just doesn't really happen and he asked them out for recognition so that puts a lot of strain on the national and especially as a country now needs a contractor actually be able to take back to you. as are you mentioned a few of the issues there what does the most important thing that the to measure the economy needs most urgently right now briefly if you. so of course it needs and asked around some also to rise through the number of tourists was national good and all know that a lot of that money actually goes towards pockets of being sure rather than saying that the country especially is are actually. sort of stuck relieved to have. to match them and actually it's nice to. say here is actually nothing. short of

look at him i think you're missing or to think a certain strategy i think to now where do you want to crack. so you can turn in an example currently they're actually using government negotiating nectarine cream trade if. you know that even the sunnis who are partially staying and mentor the girl really don't know what will be and how it will actually impact the national economy it's an occupational what do you want to. thank you. we sent an issue where revenues from tourism have recovered after attacks by islamist terrorists kept visitor numbers down until last year the sector accounted for eight percent of the country's gross domestic product in twenty eighteen bottles sunsilk as return many are appalled by another problem waste is spoiling once pristine beaches and even cities in the capital tunis a special police force is trying to stamp out the problem. come olds and pristine

white beaches that's the tunisia you seen them postcards but in reality everyday life looks a bit more like this trash of all kinds piling up in the streets photos plastic bags as though they weren't any bins here at all in the capital tunis people have to plug their paths through muscles of rubbish this police unit is chasing a special kind of criminal they're on the lookout for little bugs the so-called green police has been operating in tunis for a year now cracking down on polluters. and then put on one troll every day for every environmental infringement we issue a fine. get out of it this convenience store owner is let out to his empty rubbish bins with the trash lying next to them is fined sixty dinner's a lot of money for many here and of the garbage collectors didn't come for days and days even though i called and asked them to. and what was most of them was nonsense

collectors come every day. the green police has some three hundred offices across nice with their enthusiasm and their ticket books they are trying to fight public indifference towards the environment but when it comes to pollution in this scale there's not much they can do it seems dumping waste has become normal. in this neighborhood the people are living amidst their trash. just citizens of the country that everything clean in our own details and nobody helps us out all that shit monarchical but when it rains this bill turns into a sewer and no one can get through. and it's not just city dwellers who are affected in the countryside is a similar situation ideally pastas shouldn't look like this. back in tunis the green police is patrolling a wealthy neighborhood of spotted residents who have not been disposing of their

waste properly. only the groundskeeper is home but he says he doesn't know anything about the trash. he gets a lecture anyhow and is told that he is responsible for it regardless. in the end everyone chips in to help clear the garbage off the street but an easier will need to do a lot more to become the country's seen the postcards. and out of some of the other business news making headlines around the world u.s. pop star is teaming up with the added us to make a line of sports apparel in us singer will be named creative partner of the german sports equipment maker. is the latest in a line of celebrities team up with our it was shares rose following the announcement. the european central bank will report. to raise fresh funds to get the go ahead for a merger with fellow german experts say the request would complete complicated at

the created europe's largest bank both lenders have struggled in the aftermath of the financial crisis. the e.u. says greece has fulfilled its reforms as part of its exit from its bailout program last summer so has now approved a nine hundred seventeen million euro debt relief payment to athens and money consists mainly of e.c.b. and other eurozone central bank profits made on the greek government bonds during the bailout period. u.s. and chinese trade negotiators will continue their talks next week by video conference as they try to reach a deal to resolve the nine month old trade dispute the white house announced on friday high level meetings between the world's biggest economies continue continued for a third straight day on friday and u.s. president donald trump said quote epic trade deal with china could be just weeks away but he stopped short of mentioning a summit date when any such agreement would be signed. months of

wrangling hundreds of billions of dollars worth of tariffs and a u.s. pledge to radically change china does business now u.s. president donald trump is indicating that the trade conflict between the world's top two economies is nearing an end we've agreed to far more than we have left to agree to. try to i would say i think i can say that some of the toughest things have been agreed to we have some things that are actually easier right now that we're doing but it's a very very using a word that i don't like using too often but it's a very very comprehensive deal on the chinese side some flattery of little caution and even less detail. because if you are going to write a. very. weak program. this steal from. you because of. the trade conflict began early last year when the u.s.

very to crack down on what it called unfair chinese trade practices these include states intervention in markets and the handling of foreign intellectual property china's ready committed to buying more u.s. goods and to opening its markets but questions remain over how such changes would be enforced there are still some major major issues but. we should be taking more we would have thought that you start thinking that there's a. characteristic confidence from the u.s. president donald trump and the more cautious optimism from those who've been doing most of the negotiations the world's biggest economies may be close to a deal but getting there may take longer than expected. nigerian president has reportedly said his country loses more than one billion dollars every year as afghan citizens seek medical treatment abroad thousands of wealthy africans receive medical attention outside their countries to avoid underfunded or ill equipped

local health care systems now calling for a solution to help close the gap in his country's health service much like other african leaders the nigerian president has also been abroad himself for healthcare . and turkey allies have begun moving their operations to istanbul's new mega order that move is being described as the biggest transport operation in aviation history it's scheduled to take forty five hours and is due to be completed by sunday both apples will be closed to all passenger flights for a period of twelve hours to facilitate the move is tumbles and is one of the largest in the world. and that's it for me and the business africa team website as well. as.

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