TUNISIA: Why Tunisia is vulnerable to Islamist attacks

Tunisia produces more people who go off to join jihadi groups in Iraq, Syria or Libya, than any other country in the region.

Now it is having to deal with the problem that officials have long been reluctant to admit to.

Tunisia is becoming increasingly vulnerable to militant attacks, but counter-terrorism measures by the state are not limited to securing its border crossing with Libya.

The army has been engaged in battles with local militants in the Chaambi Mountains, along its south-eastern border with Algeria for over a year.

Tunisian Islamist militants in Libya are now being targeted and may be trying to return to their home country to carry out attacks there.

BBC Africa