Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali… Tunisian companies facing the risk of boycott – Jeune Afrique

2023-08-17 14:35:49

Raids, arrests and deportations. The hostile treatment reserved for sub-Saharan migrants by the Tunisian security forces raises the specter of calls for a boycott of the country of jasmine. While of the stars of the French music scene, notably Gims and Bigflo & Oli, have announced that they are boycotting Tunisia, it is in the business sphere that the country risks losing (further) ground.

Med Oil Company, Comar, Studi

“Today, the situation does not resemble the first crisis [durant laquelle les produits tunisiens ont fait l’objet d’appels au boycott en mars après les déclarations controversées de Kaïs Saïed, NDLR], but our partners are unhappy with the fate reserved for sub-Saharan migrants,” concedes a Tunisian businessman who wishes to remain anonymous. Very active on the continent, our interlocutor evokes, however, “a rather delicate position” and “a distrust of Tunisian products” in certain countries such as Mali, Burkina Faso or Guinea, despite economic repercussions ” very limited”.

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