News Analysis: Will Tunisia get 4 bln-USD loan from IMF to rescue economy?

by Xinhua Writers Xu Supei, Huang Ling

TUNIS, May 31 (Xinhua) -- In April 2021, Tunisia started to seek a 4-billion-U.S. dollar loan from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), which was described by then Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi as the "last opportunity" to rescue the country's stricken economy.