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The hopes of peaceful transition to democracy in Tunisia have been dented by the murder of a leading secularist figure. The event poses urgent questions of the country’s new political elite, says Valentina Bartolucci. Tunisia for many years had an … read more »
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For the fourth day in a row, thousands of people are still protesting in Siliana demanding that the local governor quits. Of all Arab countries that experienced a popular uprising, Tunisia seems to be the most stable. The National Constituent … read more »
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Tagged Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, National Constituent Assembly, Siliana, Tunis, Tunisia, Tunisian General Labour Union, UGTT, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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More than 150 Tunisians have been injured, 13 critically, in clashes between security forces and demonstrators demanding the release prisoners detained detained during the country’s 2011 uprising. On Wednesday, clashes broke out between security forces and Tunisian protesters as riot … read more »
Tanis – The leader of Tunisia’s ruling Islamist party on Wednesday dismissed suggestions that recent unrest was the result of a call to rise up by al-Qaeda supremo Ayman al-Zawahiri. “Ayman al-Zawahiri has no influence in Tunisia. This man is … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Salafi, Salafist, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunisia’s ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment in absentia for inciting violence and murder. The charges relate to an incident in the town of Ouardanine last January, when four men were shot trying … read more »
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Tagged bbc, Ben Ali, Islamism, Salafi, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Tunisian revolution, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunisia has declared an overnight curfew on eight regions, including the capital, an interior ministry official says, in the wake of serious rioting. The eight-hour curfew was introduced after several violent attacks in protest at an art exhibition. The government … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Ayman al-Zawahiri, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Jendouba, La Marsa, Manouba, Salafi, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Hundreds of conservative Salafi Islamists, angered by an art exhibition they believe humiliates Muslims, clashed with police in Tunis early on Tuesday, raising religious tensions in the home of the Arab Spring. The protesters blocked streets and set tyres alight … read more »
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Tagged Africa news, African news, Al-Qaeda, Arab Spring, IndepthAfrica, Islam, Islamism, Salafi, Sharia, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunisian judges began an indefinite strike on Tuesday to protest at the firing of dozens of magistrates, increasing pressure on a government already facing the biggest upsurge in protests since it came to power in a democratic transition. Justice Minister … read more »
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Tagged Arab Spring, Ennahda, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Judges Union, Justice Ministry, Republican Party, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunis – The Tunisian justice ministry has sacked 81 magistrates over suspicions of graft and their links to the ousted regime of president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. “It has become imperative to end this situation which taints the honour, … read more »
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Tagged Arab Spring, Ben Ali, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Jendouba, Salafi, Sunday, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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A Tunisian military prosecutor demanded on Wednesday that the death penalty be imposed in absentia on ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali over his alleged role in the deaths of protesters in the towns where the Arab Spring began. Ben … read more »
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Tagged Arab Spring, Ben Ali, Capital punishment, IndepthAfrica, Kairouan, Kasserine, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunis – Tunisian security forces clashed on Thursday with radical Islamists throwing petrol bombs and stones who attempted to break into a police station in the northwestern city of Jendouba, witnesses and officials said. The interior ministry said in a … read more »
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Tunis – Tunisian authorities have seized dozens of yachts as well as cars, company shares and houses belonging to ousted leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his family, the TAP news agency said on Thursday. Confiscated items include 34 … read more »
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Tunis – Tunisia on Saturday marks the flight into exile a year ago of the north African country’s despot Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali after weeks of a popular uprising that gave birth to the Arab Spring. The revolution, which led … read more »
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Tagged Abdelaziz Bouteflika, Ben Ali, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Libya, Mohamed Bouazizi, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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The three parties in the new coalition government of Tunisia have months, not years, to deliver on unemployment, political reform and economic growth. Exactly two months after Tunisia’s October 23 elections, a peaceful transfer of power took place—a rarity in … read more »
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Tagged al-Nahda, Arab World, Ben Ali, Demographics of Tunisia, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Tunisia, University of Westminster, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunis – Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali said he will submit the lineup of his new cabinet on Monday, the first freely elected government since the north African country’s popular uprising. “The final makeup of the government will be presented … read more »
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Tagged Arab people, Constituent Assembly, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Renaissance Movement, Islamism, Jebali, Monday, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunisia marks the year anniversary on Saturday, December 17 of the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi, whose act of protest triggered a revolution in the North African country – and the wider popular uprising now known as the “Arab Spring.” While … read more »
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Tagged Arab World, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamism, Jordan, Libya, North Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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The Hague – A probe to seize vast assets of deposed strongmen Hosni Mubarak of Egypt and Zine el Abidine Ben Ali of Tunisia has been launched in Europe and North America, a Eurojust spokesperson said on Thursday. “The investigation … read more »
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Tagged Egypt, Eurojust, Hague, Hosni Mubarak, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, United States, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunisia on Monday installed as its new president a former dissident who was imprisoned and then exiled for opposing former President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, a new landmark in the country’s post-revolutionary transition to democracy. Members of the constitutional assembly, … read more »
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Tagged Demographics of Tunisia, Islamism, Marzouki, Middle East, Republic, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Tunis – Tunisia’s constituent assembly has adopted a provisional constitution that will allow the country to name a government, a month and a half after its first post-revolution election. The 217-member assembly approved each of the 26 clauses of the … read more »
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Tagged Constituent Assembly, Demographics of Tunisia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Renaissance Movement, Islamism, Tunis, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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Despite Tunisia’s successful election in October, there has emerged a remarkable ideological split in the ranks. In Bardo, protesters are pressuring members of the National Constituent Assembly to pass eleven measures to further the goals of the revolution. On October … read more »
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Tagged Constituent Assembly, Ennahda, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Islamic Renaissance Movement, Islamism, National Constituent Assembly, Tunis, Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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November 28, 2011 by benim
Tunis – Hundreds of Tunisian police rallied in the capital Monday to demand fair trials for colleagues accused of killing demonstrators during pro-democracy protests this year. “The police… victim of politics and politicians,” the officers chanted outside buildings housing government … read more »
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November 24, 2011 by benim
Tunis – Authorities imposed an overnight curfew in a Tunisian province on Thursday, an official said, after riots over jobs highlighted the challenges facing the new government in meeting expectations for better living conditions. The riots in the Gafsa region … read more »
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November 24, 2011 by benim
Tunisian security forces fired into the air to try to disperse more than 3,000 protesters who were preparing to attack a government building in the provincial town of Kasserine On Wednesday, witnesses said. The protesters took to the streets because … read more »
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Tagged Arab people, breaking news, East Africa, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica Magazine, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, Islamic Renaissance Movement, Islamism, Middle East, Nigeria, Nigeria news, North Africa, Pan African News, Saudi Arabia, Southern Africa, Tunis, Tunisia, West Africa, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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November 22, 2011 by benim
Tunis – The main winners of Tunisia’s elections announced late on Monday the shape of the country’s interim government ahead of the first meeting of its newly-elected assembly. Tunisians on October 25 elected a body to write a new constitution … read more »
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November 2, 2011 by benim
Tunis – Radical Islamists have seized control of 150 to 200 mosques and prayer halls around Tunisia this year, a senior religious official said on Wednesday. Official control over Tunisia’s 5 000 mosques and small prayer halls has relaxed since … read more »
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November 1, 2011 by benim
Tunis – A Tunisian court has issued an international arrest warrant against the widow of the late Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat over alleged corruption, an official said on Monday. Justice ministry spokesperson Kadhem Zine el Abidine told AFP that a … read more »
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October 28, 2011 by benim
Tunis – Tunisia’s main Islamist party emerged victorious Thursday in the Arab Spring’s first elections, taking 90 of 217 seats in the new assembly, nine months after the ouster of dictator Zine el Abidine Ben Ali. Violent protests broke out … read more »
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October 24, 2011 by benim
Moderate Islamists on Monday claimed victory in Tunisia’s first democratic election, sending a message to other states in the region that long-sidelined Islamists are challenging for power after the “Arab Spring” Official results from Sunday’s vote have not been announced, … read more »
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Tunis – Voter turnout in Tunisia’s first-ever democratic election was nearing 70%, elections chief Kamel Jendoubi said Sunday, with just over two hours of polling to go. “The national average is approaching 70%,” he told journalists in Tunis, adding that … read more »
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Tagged Arab people, Arab Spring, Election, Greenwich Mean Time, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Nigeria online, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Sunday, Tunis, Tunisia, West Africa, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
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October 23, 2011 by benim
Tunisian military carry voting boxes to a polling station in Mnihla near Tunis, Saturday Oct. 22, 2011 Tunisians began voting Sunday to select a so-called Constituent Assembly, tasked to draw up a new constitution and chart a political roadmap for … read more »
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