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UN chief to visit Tunisia on March 28-29: official

By AFP
Tunisia UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations in New York on March 14, 2016.  By Don Emmert AFPFile
MAR 18, 2016 LISTEN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the United Nations in New York on March 14, 2016. By Don Emmert (AFP/File)

Tunis (AFP) - UN chief Ban Ki-moon will visit Tunisia on March 28 and 29, mainly to take part in a conference on the post-revolt problem of employment, a UN representative said Friday.

The secretary general will also meet members of quartet that won the Nobel Peace Prize for their contribution to the success of Tunisia's democratic transition.

It will be his third visit to the North African country since the ouster of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in 2011.

According to the UN Information Centre in Tunis, Ban will be joined on the first day of his visit by World Bank chief Jim Yong Kim in a meeting with Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi.

Since its revolution, Tunisia has managed to transition to democracy but has struggled to restart its economy.

It registered economic growth of less than one percent last year, as the vital tourism sector struggled to recover from attacks on the Bardo museum and the resort of Sousse, which killed 38, including 30 Britons.

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