President Kaïs Saïed is treading a narrow line between strategically important solar PV concessions, which he has now approved, and the appeasement of furious labour unions who describe IPPs as energy colonialism. In the political maelstrom both the energy minister and another senior official have been sacked, writes John Hamilton.
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