NARCO ANALYSIS: Who Succeeds Saied in Tunisia

July 28, 2026

Tunisia is having a moment. A merciless heatwave has been suffocating the country for weeks on end. The electricity grid tried and failed to keep up. Blackouts are rendering air conditioners useless. People sweat through the night. There is no respite. Food is spoiling without refrigeration. Merchants throw out rotten meat and turned milk. Wildfires are scorching orchards, scrubland, and parched pasturage. Water shortages in the south are leaving taps dry and crippling industry. 

This weekend, demonstrations calling for President Kais Saied’s removal sprang up, calling him a dictator. They weren’t big and they weren’t widespread, but they were direct – Saied has to go. 

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