Tunisian President Kais Saied enters his fifth year of authoritarian rule by sentencing politicians to lengthy jail terms. Is ...

The turbulence recalled the 2010-2011 protest movement that led to the ouster of authoritarian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and sparked uprisings across the Arab world.

Protests continued to grow, leaving more than 300 dead. Mr. Ben Ali fled the country Jan. 14, 2011, and was replaced by an interim government. In October, Tunisia witnessed the first free election ...

Protestors scuffled with police in Tunisia’s capital on Friday after crowds gathered, in defiance of new COVID-19 restrictions, to mark the 11th anniversary of the revolution that triggered the ...

In December, 2010, a young Tunisian vendor named Mohamed Bouazizi set himself alight in a suicide protest over unemployment and marginalization, spreading revolt across the Arab world.

Protests are common in Tunisia in January, when many people mark the anniversary of the toppling in 2011 of the country’s longtime autocratic leader, President Zine el Abedine Ben Ali.

In late 2010, Tunisia became the birthplace of the Arab spring, and in January 2011, was the first in the region to oust its longtime dictator. Now opposition leader Chokri Belaid has been ...

Unemployed graduates heading protests At the same time, protests have skyrocketed in Tunisia in recent weeks, with a 140 percent increase in February compared to the same period last year.

She was referring to the 2010-2011 popular uprising that overthrew Tunisia’s autocratic ruler, unleashing the Arab Spring movements across the region and ushering in a new era of democracy for ...

Tunisia’s uprising began on Dec. 17, 2010, when a desperate fruit vendor set himself on fire, unleashing pent-up anger and frustration among his compatriots, who staged protests that spread ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thousands of protesters angry at Tunisia’s economic crisis and the president’s increasingly authoritarian drift marched on Saturday through the capital, responding to a ...