Despite fears over extremist attacks, Tunisia’s first parliamentary election since its 2011 revolution passed without major incident.
A jobless man who set fire to himself in Tunisia’s capital has died, a development which could provoke renewed anger against the government.
Tunisia has marked the first anniversary of its ouster of despot Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, a protest that gave birth to the Arab Spring.
Youths in Kasserine, a town at the forefront of Tunisia’s uprising a year ago, have now heckled the people their revolution brought to power.
The head of the Tunis military tribunal has accused Saudi Arabia of ignoring its request to hand over ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
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/ 4 November 2011
A Tunis court has confirmed that jail sentences given to family members of Tunisia’s ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali would remain.
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.
The trial in absentia of former president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, deposed in the first Arab Spring uprising, has begun in Tunisia.
Deposed and exiled Tunisian autocrat Zine el Abidine Ben Ali has broken his silence to denounce his trial on corruption charges as a "masquerade".
The Swiss government has identified assets to be frozen worth $957-million belonging to Muammar Gaddafi and the ousted presidents of Egypt and Tunisia
Libyan rebels ceded ground to Muammar Gaddafi’s advancing forces on Monday as the US came under increasing pressure to arm the opposition.
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/ 22 February 2011
Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe is unlikely to be forced out by a popular uprising like those in Egypt and Tunisia, analysts said.
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/ 17 February 2011
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.
A month after protests ousted Tunisia’s longtime dictator, waves of Tunisians are voting with their feet by fleeing the country’s political limbo.
It may not overturn the Camp David agreement, writes <strong>Na’eem Jeenah</strong>, but political change will affect Palestinian-Israeli relations.
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/ 2 February 2011
The new interim government met on Tuesday to review Tunisia’s tense security situation as the UN said 210 people had died in the popular revolt.
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/ 30 January 2011
The governor of Tunisia’s central bank said his country was back in business, as he attempted to allay any fears about commerce.
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/ 25 January 2011
French president says his ministers underestimated "sense of suffocation" among Tunisians under Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
Tunisia’s army chief on Monday warned that a "power vacuum" in the country could lead to dictatorship, as the government prepared a Cabinet reshuffle.
Police fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Tunis on Monday as pressure grew for the removal of ministers linked to the ousted president.
Tunisia’s interim prime minister promised to quit politics after elections, a pledge intended to appease protesters.
Tunisians lowered flags and state television played recitations of the Quran on Friday to mourn dozens who died in protests.
Tunisia’s new coalition government hit trouble on Tuesday when four ministers quit and an opposition party threatened to walk out.
Tunisia Prime Minister Mohammed Ghannouchi on Tuesday defended the country’s interim government, saying the retained ministers have "clean hands".
Tunisia’s new leadership moved to form a coalition government to gain the upper hand over violent looters and quell arson and shooting.
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.