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Tunisia's political crisis threatens to deepen economic troubles

People shop at a Tadamun market in the outskirts of Tunis, Tunisia. [Reuters]

Nurse Amira Souissi celebrated when Tunisian President Kais Saied seized near total power in July promising to battle corruption, contain prices and boost state finances.

But the mother of four is now losing patience with what some Tunisians see as his lack of an economic gameplan, as opposition mounts against what his opponents call a coup.

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