Tunisia: Radical Islamist Movements Threaten Afro-Med Stability

Tunisia — Islamist extremist movements endanger the security and stability of the entire Mediterranean basin, Tunisian Defence Minister Abdelkarim Zbidi warned this week.

"Countries in North Africa are experiencing poverty, marginalisation, exclusion, lack of development and the absence of institutions, an environment where organised crime is thriving and radical Islamic movements are spreading," Zbidi told the Tunisian Institute of National Defence on Tuesday (November 6th).

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