Tunisia

Protests in Tunisia in July 2021

Why the West must continue pushing for Tunisian democracy

Wednesday, November 10, 2021

Beach in Tunisia

Industries without smokestacks in Tunisia: Creating jobs in tourism and ICT

Sami Mouley and Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi

Wednesday, September 29, 2021

A bus travels towards Tripoli by the newly-reopened coastal road which was cut between the cities of Misrata and Sirte, near Ras Lanuf, Libya August 10, 2021. Picture taken August 10, 2021. REUTERS/Esam Omran Al-Fetori

Libya’s peace process: What’s at stake for the Maghreb, 10 years after Gadhafi’s overthrow

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Thursday, August 19, 2021

FILE PHOTO: Tunisia's President Kais Saied gives a speech at the government's swearing-in ceremony at the Carthage Palace outside the capital Tunis, Tunisia February 27, 2020. Fethi Belaid/Pool via REUTERS

Tunisia, democracy, and the return of American hypocrisy

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

After the announcement the evening before by the President of the Republic Kais Saied is freezing the activities of the assembly and the dismissal of the head of government and its members, Rached Ghannouchi, president of the assembly and the Islamist Ennahdha party, went to the assembly with some deputies, in Tunis, Tunisia, on Monday 3 a.m. July 26, 2021. They found themselves in front of a closed gate and an assembly held by the military who denied him access to parliament. He then established a sitin in front of the gates of the assembly and called on his supporters to join him in regaining power. Photo by Nicolas Fauque/Images De Tunisie/ABACAPRESS.COM

Kais Saied’s power grab in Tunisia

Monday, July 26, 2021

Man receives vaccine in Morocco. Source: Reuters

One year of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: The fate of the ‘best performers’

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Monday, March 22, 2021

Plenary session devotes part of it to questioning the government about the country's situation and the protests in Tunis, Tunisia on January 20, 2021. The Assembly of the Representatives of the People, agenda includes holding a dialogue with the government about the general situation in the country after the protest movement in the country, in the presence of the Minister of Social Affairs, the Minister of Economy, Finance and Investment Support, and the Minister of National Defense who represents the Prime Minister. (Photo by Mohamed Krit/ SIPA USA)No Use Germany.

Ten years in, Tunisian democracy remains a work in progress

Friday, January 22, 2021

A general view of the trial is seen at a military court in Tunis July 19, 2012. Former Interior Minister Rafik Belhaj Kacem was sentenced to 15 years in jail and Ben Ali's security chief Ali Seriati was given 20 years over the killing of protesters in the capital Tunis and the towns of Sousse, Nabeul, Bizerte and Zaghouan as a popular uprising spread through the country early last year. Ben Ali fled with his family to Saudi Arabia. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi (TUNISIA - Tags: POLITICS CRIME LAW) - GM1E87J1QML01

Reforming Tunisia’s military courts

Hamza Mighri and Sharan Grewal

Thursday, November 7, 2019

Demonstrators carry national flags during an anti-government protest in Tripoli, Lebanon October 22, 2019. REUTERS/Omar Ibrahim - RC1D594342A0

No going back: How America and the Middle East can turn the page to a productive future

Wednesday, October 23, 2019

A man reads a local newspaper displaying pictures of two candidates for the second round of Tunisia's presidential election, in Tunis, Tunisia September 18, 2019. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi - RC1B2D4B94C0

Africa in the news: Tunisia and Mozambique vote, Nigeria closes borders, and Kenya opens new railway

Christina Golubski

Saturday, October 19, 2019