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To be young and North African (Part 2)

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At the heart of Tunisia's protests, an army of unemployed high school and university graduates. In neighboring Algeria, it’s youth left out of a system where the only visible source of wealth seems to be oil and gas. François Picard’s young panelists describe the disconnect between a population that's young and leaders that are old.

DEBATE

Said KECHIDA, Tunisian Economist and Policy Analyst
Samir HAMEK, Algerian PhD Candidate at Sciences Po Paris
Jalila HEGHLI-PEUGNET, Student in international affairs at AUP
Hadi MAHIHENNI, Algerian Project Manager in a French Company
Lina BEN MHENNI, Tunisian blogger (By skype fom Tunis)

Watch the 1st part.

Programme produced by Perrine Desplats and Yi Song.

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