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A Tunisian court sentenced Rachid Ghannouchi, the 84-year-old leader of the Islamist Ennahda movement, to life in prison this ...

Supporters of the Tunisian Free Destourian Party wave national flags and raise placards during a demonstration against President Kais Saied in the capital Tunis, on Oct. 15, 2022. The fruit vendor ...

While nobody is claiming that Tunisia is becoming Venezuela or Nicaragua, some of President Kais Saied’s recent anti-democratic moves remind observers of the decisions in those countries that turned ...

ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: In 2011, in the first and only successful Arab Spring revolution, Tunisians overthrew their dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. That's when I first met journalist Amna (ph).

Tunisia, where I had the privilege to serve as the US ambassador during its revolution and the initial stages of its democratic transition, presents a unique opportunity for the United States and the ...

TUNIS, TUNISIA—My 26-year-old tour guide is one reason Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is no longer president of Tunisia. When protests broke out in December 2010, Hassan joined in, only to be shot in the ...

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TUNIS (Reuters) - Minority Jews and Christians are putting their faith in Tunisia's nascent democracy to ensure its new Islamist-led leadership respects their rights in this traditionally secular ...

Falling tyrants and rising freedoms have been a recurrent theme of the Arab Spring. Invariably, in every discussion of democratization in the Middle East, the question of women crops up. The key ...

NPR's Leila Fadel talks to Aymen Bessalah, policy analyst at Tunisia-based nonprofit Al Bawsala, about the referendum extending presidential powers, and what it means for the North African country.