It s a feeble drip, drip, drip from the taps every night in Tunisia for six months. Spigots are cut off for seven hours from 9 p.m. to 4 a.m. in a state-ordered water rationing in most regions across the country, including Tunis, the capital city.
The drought-hit North African country is imposing water rationing at night for the first time in its fourth dry year, which may increase social tension as Tunisians struggle with high inflation and a weak economy.
Tunisians are on the front lines of a battle against an increasingly severe drought, now in its fifth year in the North African country. The government has issued a sudden order to its population to ration their water usage – or risk fines or jail.