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

Sousse tourist area, Tunisia

Addressing youth unemployment through industries without smokestacks: A Tunisia case study

Sami Mouley and Amal Nagah Elbeshbishi

Tuesday, September 28, 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

Women work on a production line at the mobile phone factory in Assuit, Egypt September 30, 2018. Picture taken September 30, 2018. REUTERS/Mohamed Abd El Ghany - RC1DC3804970

How will digitalization affect youth employment in MENA?

Thursday, May 6, 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

A decade of protests: Why governance reform is critical in the Arab World

5:00 PM - 6:15 PM AST

A young protester makes a victory sign as he took part in anti-government demonstration held on Avenue Habib Bourguiba in the capital Tunis, to protest against the government of the prime minister Hichem Mechichi, and in support of the protest movements that hit Tunisia in several cities overnight over the past few days. Protesters clashed with the security forces who fired tear gas and used pepper spray in attempt to disperse them. They also claimed for the release of youths arrested by the police during the latest protests, and denounced the high cost of living and the increase in poverty. Tunisia, on January 19, 2021. Un jeune manifestant fait le signe de victoire alors qu'il participe a une manifestation anti-gouvernementale qui se tient sur l'avenue Habib Bourguiba dans la capitale Tunis, pour protester contre le gouvernement du premier ministre Hichem Mechichi, et pour soutenir les mouvements de protestation qui ont touche la Tunisie dans plusieurs villes dans la nuit de ces derniers jours. Les manifestants se sont heurtes aux forces de l'ordre qui ont tire le gaz lacrymogene et intervenu au gaz poivre pour tenter de les disperser. Ils ont egalement reclame la liberation des jeunes arretes par la police lors des dernieres manifestations, et denonce le cout eleve de la vie et l'augmentation de la pauvrete. Tunisie, le 19 janvier 2021.NO USE FRANCE

BDC Snapshots: Tunisia’s persistent economic woes may endanger its fledgling democracy

Yasmina Abouzzohour

Monday, February 1, 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

Men wearing protective face masks amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic walk beside police officer on Qasr el-Nil bridge leading to Cairo's Tahrir Square, Egypt December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Infographic: New COVID-19 cases and the stringency of governmental response in the Middle East and North Africa

Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus

Tuesday, January 12, 2021

L aeroport international de Tunis-Carthage dans la capitale tunisienne le 27 juin 2020, alors que le pays nord-africain rouvre ses frontieres terrestres, maritimes et aeriennes apres une fermeture de quatre mois en raison de la pandemie de coronavirus COVID-19.

Infographic: The stringency of Middle East and North Africa’s COVID-19 response

Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus

Tuesday, January 5, 2021

People, wearing masks against the coronavirus, walk past a pharmacy, amid concerns over the spread of COVID-19 in Tunis, Tunisia October 7, 2020.REUTERS/Angus McDowall

Infographic: COVID-19 fatality in the Middle East and North Africa

Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus

Wednesday, December 30, 2020

Rabat, Morocco.- In the photos, it shows the streets of Rabat during the coronavirus pandemic. Dr. David Nabarro, special adviser to the World Health Organization (WHO) urged governments not to use quarantine as the main strategy to control the spread of COVID-19 and warned of the increase in poverty as a result of the restrictions . "At the World Health Organization we do not advocate quarantines as the main means of controlling this virus," Nabarro said.

Infographic: Cumulative deaths from COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa

Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus

Monday, December 28, 2020

Egyptians, some of them wearing protective masks, look from the bus windows amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic in Cairo, Egypt December 17, 2020. REUTERS/Amr Abdallah Dalsh

Infographic: The incidence of COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa

Paul Dyer, Isaac Schaider, and Andrew Letzkus

Wednesday, December 23, 2020

The Arab Spring, Ten Years On: What Have We Learned and Where Are We Going?

4:00 PM - 5:15 PM AST

Shop agent mesure temperature of the client before entring during the first opning of the shops after the lockdown in Tunis, Tunisia on May 11, 2020. With the health ban in its first phase (from 4 to 24 May) entering its second week, the commercial movement in the capital resumed its activity in a significant and significant way by recovering the activity of selling ready-made clothes and shoes and the rest of the other commercial activities. Since the early hours of Monday morning, most shops selling ready-made clothes and shoes have opened their doors to the public amid strict precautions to prevent the spread of the new Coronavirus (COVID-19), despite Tunisia's relative control of this global pandemic. (Photo by Mohamed Krit/ Sipa USA)No Use UK. No Use Germany.

Policy and institutional responses to COVID-19 in the Middle East and North Africa: Tunisia

Yasmina Abouzzohour and Nejla Ben Mimoune

Tuesday, December 15, 2020

People wait to cast their votes during parliamentary elections, amid fears over rising number of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) cases, in Amman, Jordan November 10, 2020. REUTERS/Muhammad Hamed

The Middle East and North Africa and COVID-19: Gearing up for the long haul

Robert P. Beschel Jr. and Tarik M. Yousef

Sunday, December 13, 2020

A demonstrator hits a drum during a demonstration against a bill that would protect those accused of corruption from prosecution in front of Assembly of People's Representatives headquarters in Tunis, Tunisia, July 28, 2017. REUTERS/Zoubeir Souissi

The region as victim: Transitional justice as class action in Tunisia

Messaoud Romdhani

Tuesday, November 24, 2020