A man sits near to sculpture featuring a cart and symbolising poverty in Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia January 11, 2018. The slogan in Arabic reads 'What are we waiting for?'. Picture taken January 11, 2018. REUTERS/Amine Benaziza
SIDI BOUZID, Tunisia (Reuters) - Shouting slogans and holding up placards outside a government office in the impoverished Tunisian city of Sidi Bouzid, university graduates have a message for officials - give us jobs or you will face trouble.
They are part of the spasm of anti-government unrest that spread nationwide this week, stoking another political crisis in a nation in turmoil as austerity bites hard under pressure from foreign lenders to get Tunisia's finances in order.
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