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Tunisia

How the internet ignited a global inferno
Article
/ 23 December 2011

How the internet ignited a global inferno

The internet is taking us to places without boundaries. But we won’t know what it all means until we get there.

By Jason Norwood-Young
Opposition veteran Marzouki sworn in as Tunisia’s president
Africa
/ 13 December 2011

Opposition veteran Marzouki sworn in as Tunisia’s president

Moncef Marzouki has been sworn in as the Tunisia’s first elected president since the north African nation’s revolution sparked the Arab Spring.

By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisia’s Ennahda puts focus on gender equality
Article
/ 7 December 2011

Tunisia’s Ennahda puts focus on gender equality

The Islamist party that won Tunisia’s first post-revolution election says it will elevate a decades-old gender equality statute to a basic law.

By Staff Reporter
Islamist-liberal clashes continue in Tunisia
Africa
/ 3 December 2011

Islamist-liberal clashes continue in Tunisia

Islamist supporters descended on Tunis on Saturday to confront liberal demonstrators rallying against extremism as a new constitution is drafted.

By Staff Reporter
Tunisian parties broker power-sharing deal
Africa
/ 22 November 2011

Tunisian parties broker power-sharing deal

Tunisia’s three main parties have formalised a power-sharing agreement — 10 months after the ousting of strongman Zine el Abidine Ben Ali.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 4 November 2011

Ben Ali jail sentences upheld in Tunis appeals court

A Tunis court has confirmed that jail sentences given to family members of Tunisia’s ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali would remain.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 2 November 2011

Tunisian court to mull extradition of Libyan ex-PM

A Tunisian court will next week review Tripoli’s demand for the extradition of Libyan ex-prime minister Baghdadi al-Mahmudi.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 29 October 2011

Calm returns after curfew in Tunisia flashpoint town

Sidi Bouzid, the birthplace of the Tunisian revolution, is calm once again after a curfew imposed because of violent post-election protests.

By Staff Reporter
It’s only natural for us to lead Tunisia, says Ennahda
Article
/ 26 October 2011

It’s only natural for us to lead Tunisia, says Ennahda

Tunisia’s Ennahda party says it will form a new government soon, as early results give it a strong lead in the Arab Spring’s first free election.

By Mariette Le Roux
Islamist moderates ahead as Tunisia counts votes
Africa
/ 24 October 2011

Islamist moderates ahead as Tunisia counts votes

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.

By Tarek Amara and Christian Lowe
Huge turnout in Tunisia’s Arab Spring election
Article
/ 23 October 2011

Huge turnout in Tunisia’s Arab Spring election

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.

By Tarek Amara and Christian Lowe
Triumph in store for Islamists in first ‘Arab Spring’ vote
Africa
/ 23 October 2011

Triumph in store for Islamists in first ‘Arab Spring’ vote

Islamists are expected to do well in Tunisia’s first democratic election today, after a popular uprising that set off protests around the Arab world.

By Andrew Hammond
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Africa
/ 17 October 2011

Tunisia Islamists set for big election gains

As the country that launched the Arab Spring heads into an historic election next week, all eyes are on the long-repressed Islamists.

By Bouazza Ben Bouazza
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Article
/ 10 October 2011

Tunisia police use teargas on Muslim protesters

Police have used teargas to disperse hundreds of Tunisians protesting against a niqab ban and the screening of a film they said denigrated Islam.

By Tarek Amara
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Africa
/ 10 July 2011

Empty deckchairs and fat camels in Tunisia

The Tunisian seaside resort of Yasmine Hammamet is like a picture postcard in early summer — but with nobody in it.

By Kaouther Larbi
Tunisia under fire after Ben Ali trial ‘charade’
Article
/ 21 June 2011

Tunisia under fire after Ben Ali trial ‘charade’

Tunisian authorities came under fire for their high-speed sentencing in absentia of toppled president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to 35 years in prison.

By Staff Reporter
Deposed leader Ben Ali’s trial begins in Tunisia
Article
/ 20 June 2011

Deposed leader Ben Ali’s trial begins in Tunisia

The trial in absentia of former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, deposed in the first Arab Spring uprising, has begun in Tunisia.

By Clare Byrne
Ousted Ben Ali slams Tunisian trial as ‘masquerade’
Africa
/ 6 June 2011

Ousted Ben Ali slams Tunisian trial as ‘masquerade’

Deposed and exiled Tunisian autocrat Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has broken his silence to denounce his trial on corruption charges as a "masquerade".

By Annie Thomas
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Article
/ 3 June 2011

Scores dead in Tunisian boat disaster

About 150 migrants heading to Italy drowned when their ship capsized off the Tunisian coast, the International Organisation for Migration has said.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 14 May 2011

Beauty under curfew in Tunis

A flash blow wave but no time for a wash, a quick eyebrow shaping or rushed facials: women dart in and out of Tunis’ beauty salons before curfew.

By Sonia Bakaric
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Article
/ 9 May 2011

Tunis museum flourishes after Ben Ali fall

Just as a fresh breeze now blows through the country’s politics and press, Tunisia’s cultural institutions too have the chance to flourish.

By Jacques Lhuillery
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Article
/ 6 April 2011

Italy makes migrant deal with Tunisia

Italy and Tunisia have struck a deal to choke off the flood of Tunisians heading to Italian shores.

By Frances DEmilio
Libyan unrest snarls Tunisian resort airport
Article
/ 9 March 2011

Libyan unrest snarls Tunisian resort airport

With the fight to overthrow Muammar Gaddafi in Libya, Djerbahas become the only Tunisian airport to process tens of thousands of fleeing refugees.

By Marc Bastian
In Libya clashes, rebels lose ground; UN gains access
Article
/ 7 March 2011

In Libya clashes, rebels lose ground; UN gains access

Libyan rebels ceded ground to Muammar Gaddafi’s advancing forces on Monday as the US came under increasing pressure to arm the opposition.

By Danny Kemp
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Article
/ 28 February 2011

Tunisia gets new premier after new violence

Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi resigned on Sunday and was replaced by Beji Caid Essebsi after protests left five people dead over the weekend.

By Staff Reporter
Africa beware, there are forces other than Facebook
Article
/ 25 February 2011

Africa beware, there are forces other than Facebook

In the past few weeks the world has been gripped by news from North Africa. Tunisia and Egypt are in the throes of change brought on by people power.

By Medard Mulangala Lwakabwanga
Defiant Gadaffi vows to die as martyr, fight revolt
Article
/ 22 February 2011

Defiant Gadaffi vows to die as martyr, fight revolt

Moammar Gadaffi vowed to die in Libya as a martyr in an angry tv address on Tuesday as rebel troops said eastern regions had broken free from his rule

By Staff Reporter
Anger seethes in the Arab world
Article
/ 21 February 2011

Anger seethes in the Arab world

Protests and crackdowns follow successful uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia.

By Staff Reporter
We are our own liberators
Article
/ 18 February 2011

We are our own liberators

Can Zimbabwe learn from the Tunisian and Egyptian revolutions? Yes, argues <b>Trevor Ncube</b>, only if the people take matters into their own hand.

By Trevor Ncube
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Article
/ 17 February 2011

Family friend says Ben Ali ‘in coma’ in Saudi hospital

Ousted Tunisian president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is "in a coma" in a Saudi hospital following a stroke, a family friend said on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
Zuma: Tunisia-like revolts ‘impossible’ in SA
Article
/ 17 February 2011

Zuma: Tunisia-like revolts ‘impossible’ in SA

President Jacob Zuma is confident that South Africa "will never become a Tunisia", he said in an interview published on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
Tunisians vote with their feet and flee
Africa
/ 15 February 2011

Tunisians vote with their feet and flee

A month after protests ousted Tunisia’s longtime dictator, waves of Tunisians are voting with their feet by fleeing the country’s political limbo.

By Jenny Barchfield and Bouazza Ben Bouazza
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