A Facebook live video showing Tunisia’s Minister of Youth and Sports, Majdouline Cherni, going unannounced into the offices of the ministry's employees, demanding to see what they are working on “right now”, has been widely shared on social media.

She is heard criticising staff for delays in tackling files.

“Does it take a month to provide analysis?” Ms Cherni asks in one instance.

“This would take a week,” she adds.

In another case, she tells an employee to remove an ashtray because smoking is not allowed in offices.

The video has had more than 100,000 views.

Some people praised her for trying to achieve efficiency, but criticism was rife.

One person commented that she had the right to carry out checks but she did not have the right to film people without their permission, while another said the minister wanted to show Tunisians she was working, but she had "done absolutely nothing for sports in Tunisia”.