When Moncef Marzouki, a dissident transformed into Tunisia’s president, paid a visit to Algeria, Tunisian flags flew from lamp posts in his honour.

An Islamist opposition party leader says Algeria’s government will ignite unrest if it tries to rig elections in May to keep its grip on power.

A secular Tunisia could be a thing of the past as moderate Islamists are believed to be ahead in Tunisia’s vote count after this year’s uprising.

Tunisian voters poured into polling stations to vote in their country’s first free election, 10 months after the start of the Arab Spring uprisings.

Western powers and Libya’s neighbours fear that the power vacuum could allow unsecured weapons to end up in the hands of Islamist militants.

Tunisian police fired shots into the air on Thursday to try to disperse hundreds of protesters demanding that ministers leave the new government.

Tunisia’s prime minister promised to announce a new government on Monday, hoping to maintain momentum to ward off fresh protests.

Tunisian special forces fought a heavy gun battle with members of the ousted president’s security force on Sunday.

Tunisia’s new leadership moved to form a coalition government to gain the upper hand over violent looters and quell arson and shooting.

Hundreds of soldiers patrolled the streets of the Tunisian capital on Saturday where the prime minister was due to meet opposition parties.

Tunisia’s new leader promised order would be restored while he attempts to form a coalition to take the country to elections.

Gunshots rang out and police fired tear gas to disperse protesters demanding the resignation of Tunisian President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali on Friday.