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Tunisia’s Marzouki: ‘We want no Baath flag over our country’ Two months after taking power, Tunisian President Moncef Marzouki faces multiple challenges. His top priorities are to restore security and to solve economic… 07/02/2012
Tunisians ‘bury’ November 7th – nocomment Tunisians have marked the anniversary of November 7th (the day when President Ben Ali took power and promised an era of change). They held a funeral ceremony… 09/11/2011
Tunisia’s post-revolution election Tunisians will experience free elections this weekend, the first since their 50 years of living under the rule of a single party. Ten months after their… 21/10/2011
Ben Ali’s corruption culture Many Tunisians would like to see the former occupants of the presidential palace return to stand trial on corruption charges. The Ben Ali family robbed… 25/02/2011
TunisiaThe first regime to fall. President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was ousted on January 14 after 23 years in power and less than a month after protests were sparked… 22/02/2011
Tunisia’s military ‘will protect revolution’: army chief The head of the Tunisian army on Monday warned a political vacuum could threaten the pro-democracy revolution which ousted former president Zine el-Abidine… 24/01/2011
Tunisian opposition icon sees positive future Ahmed Najib Chebbi and his political party are positioned to play a key role in debate over Tunisian society’s changing landscape. Chebbi is emblematic of the… 21/01/2011
Pick of the Clicks: Tunisia- talk about a revolution!In the chaotic death throes of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali’s regime, he blamed “hostile elements in the pay of foreigners” for the unrest sweeping… 21/01/2011
Amnesty for Tunisian political prisoners and parties There have been emotional scenes outside a Tunisian jail as freed political prisoners were reunited with their families. The country’s new government has… 21/01/2011
Protests in Europe over Ben Ali’s fortune Tunisians in Switzerland have protested outside a major bank in Geneva. Their aim is to stop supporters of former President Ben Ali from accessing his… 18/01/2011
Interim Tunisian cabinet causes controversy Tunisian Prime Minister, Mohamed Gannouchi has announced the make up of his interim government. There are posts for three members of opposition parties… 17/01/2011
Tunisia’s Ben Ali: dictator and western ally Ex-president Zine el Abidine Ben Ali ruled Tunisia with an iron fist for 23 years. He ousted predecessor Habib Bourguiba in a bloodless coup by declaring… 15/01/2011
Ben Ali biography Tunisian ex-President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was born in September 1936. He was expelled from school for joining the resistance to French colonial rule… 14/01/2011
Tunisian president quitsTunisian President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali has stepped aside after failing to quell the worst anti-government unrest in his two decades in power. In a… 14/01/2011
Tunisians demand president steps down – nocomment Anti-government demonstrations demanding the immediate resignation of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, who had offered to step down in 2014 but not before. 14/01/2011
Empathy for Tunisian discontent in France Tunisians and French-Tunisians have come out onto the streets of Paris and Marseille, where they now live, to show how angry they are with the government back… 13/01/2011
Tunisians protest two years after Ben Ali’s demiseThousands of Tunisians have taken to the streets in protest against the Islamist-led government, exactly two years after President Ben Ali was… 14/01/2013
Ben Ali loot to be auctioned in TunisiaThe Tunisian state is trying to claw back some of the Ben Ali family’s ill-gotten gains by selling off the bling they amassed with the people’s money. Forty… 22/12/2012
Tunisian Islamists seek purge of Ben Ali loyalistsThousands of protesters took to the streets of Tunis on Friday to call for members of the former regime to be rooted out of key parts of Tunisian… 07/09/2012
Tunisian court gives Ben Ali lifeA Tunisian military court has sentenced ousted president, Zine al-Abadine Ben Ali in absentia to life imprisonment for complicity in the deaths of protesters… 19/07/2012
Tunisia’s Ben Ali receives second life sentence A Tunisian military court has sentenced ousted president, Zine al-Abadine Ben Ali to life in absentia for his role in the killing of protesters in the… 19/07/2012
Tunisia: Ben Ali sentenced for inciting murderA military court has sentenced ousted Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali to 20 years in jail in absentia, for inciting violence and murder. The case… 13/06/2012
Military court hands Tunisia’s Ben Ali 20 years in jailA military court on Wednesday sentenced former Tunisian president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali in absentia to 20 years in jail for the deaths of anti-government… 13/06/2012
Tunisia one year on: “Our revolution is not over yet”They gathered in their thousands, in the birthplace of the Arab Spring. Tunisians have been marking the first anniversary of the ousting of President Ben… 15/01/2012
Tunisia: Pride and despair one year after revoltThe Arab Spring is one year old and they have been celebrating in the place where it all started – Tunisia. People gathered in Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis… 14/01/2012
Daily struggles for Tunisia one year after uprisingIt has been one year since a revolution in Tunisia sparked a wave of similar uprisings across the Middle East known as the Arab Spring, but some Tunisians are… 13/01/2012
Tunisia one year on: Bouazizi’s legacyIt was exactly one year ago today when a 26-year-old Tunisian street vendor in the town of Sidi Bouzid set himself on fire after police confiscated his… 17/12/2011
Massive turnout for Tunisia’s historic pollLong queues at almost all polling stations indicated this was a special election in Tunisia. Officials claim the turnout in the country’s first free vote was… 24/10/2011
Ennahda leader heckled at first free electionsTunisia’s interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Essebsi arrived to vote in the country’s first free election. It comes ten months after a vegetable seller set… 23/10/2011
Voting begins in historic election in TunisiaAlmost four million Tunisians have registered to vote in their country’s first ever democratic elections. As the polls opened on Sunday, people patiently… 23/10/2011
Mother of Tunisia Arab Spring martyr appeals to new governmentThe mother of the Tunisian man whose death inspired the Arab Spring is urging politicians not to forget her son’s sacrifice. As Tunisia holds its first… 23/10/2011
EU delegation impressed by Tunisia election preparationsTunisians go to the polls today in the country’s first election since the fall of former President Ben Ali’s regime in January. They’re choosing an interim… 23/10/2011
Tunisia prepares for historic electionsTunisians will vote for a new government in the country’s first general election since President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was ousted in January. The… 22/10/2011
Tunisian parties woo women before Sunday pollThe main contenders in Tunisia’s first free election since the fall of former leader Ben Ali have held their final campaign rallies. Sunday’s vote comes… 22/10/2011
Tunisian court clears ex-security chief over Ben Ali’s escapeTunisia’s ex-security chief has been cleared of forging passports for ousted President Ben Ali and his family. Ali al-Seriati still faces other more serious… 12/08/2011
Ben Ali and wife sentenced to 35 years by Tunis courtFormer Tunisian president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali has been sentenced, in absentia, to 35 years in jail by a court in Tunis. His wife, Leila Trabelsi has… 20/06/2011
Tunis tries Ben Ali in absentiaThe trial of former Tunisian president Ben Ali has opened in Tunis. The man who ruled Tunisia for 23 years fled to Saudi Arabia on January 14 after mass… 20/06/2011
Ben Ali trial date set for June 20Tunisia’s ousted president Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali is to be tried in absentia on June 20. Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia in January but is likely to be… 14/06/2011
Tunisian election delayed once moreTunisia’s first election since the overthrow of President Ben Ali has been put back yet again raising fears of violence in the country. The interim prime… 08/06/2011
Hamdi trial dismissed in TunisiaColleagues of the Tunisian policewoman whose alleged slap was one of the triggers for the Tunisian revolution have celebrated the dismissal of her trial… 20/04/2011
Tunisia ousted president’s party dissolvedJubilant demonstrators gathered in the court buildings in Tunis. They were celebrating the ruling by a judge to dissolve the political party of former… 09/03/2011
Tunisian court dissolves party of deposed leaderA court in Tunisia has ruled to dissolve the Constitutional Democratic Rally (RCD), the former governing party of Tunisia’s deposed leader Zine El Abidine Ben… 09/03/2011
Ousted Tunisian president ‘stashed’ cashTunisia’s ousted president stashed cash, gold, diamonds and other precious items in secret spots in his palace in Tunis according to state television. Film… 20/02/2011
Ben Ali reportedly in a coma in hospitalThe former Tunisian president Ben Ali is reported to be seriously ill in a hospital in Saudi Arabia. The French news agency AFP reports that the 74-year-old… 17/02/2011
French FM defends Tunisia links once againFrench Foreign Minister Michele Alliot-Marie has again been forced to defend her links to the regime of ousted Tunisian president Zine Al-Abdine Ben… 16/02/2011
Police storm anti-government camp in TunisTunisian authorities have broken up a protest camp outside the prime minister’s office in the capital Tunis. The camp was set up five days ago to demand the… 28/01/2011
Ghannouchi hangs on in Tunisian reshuffle“We’ve won,” cried Tunisians who have been ensconced outside the prime minister’s office for five days calling for the interim government to purge itself of… 28/01/2011
Tunisia’s foreign minister quits interim governmentTunisia’s foreign minister Kamel Morjane has quit after further protests in the capital Tunis. It came after activists, mostly students, stormed police… 27/01/2011
Loyalists of Tunisia’s ousted president expected to goFurther demonstrations are taking place in Tunisia as protesters persist in their bid to oust former loyalists of deposed President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali… 27/01/2011
Tunisian old guard plays last cardThe interim Tunisian government announces its major reshuffle today in a bid to quell the unrest that persists despite the people’s ousting of President Ben… 27/01/2011
New cabinet in bid to calm Tunisian unrestTunisia remains gripped by turmoil amid a cabinet reshuffle aimed at bringing order back to the streets. There have been fresh clashes between police and… 26/01/2011
Arrest warrant for ex-Tunisian presidentTunisia’s new government has issued an international arrest warrant against deposed president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. The country’s justice minister says… 25/01/2011
Tunisia plans council to monitor governmentPoliticians in Tunisia plan to create a council to monitor the country’s interim government. It follows days of angry protests outside the prime minister’s… 25/01/2011
Fresh protests against Tunisia’s interim governmentTunisia’s revolution is far from over. Fresh unrest has erupted in the capital, Tunis, as protesters pile pressure on the interim government. Many… 24/01/2011
Further Tunisian protests break outFurther demonstrations have been held in Tunisia’s capital Tunis with scuffles breaking out between authorities and protesters. The latest unrest, which… 24/01/2011
Tunisians defy curfew in capitalHundreds of Tunisians, many from the rural south of the country, have been defying the curfew in the capital Tunis as the demand that former allies of ousted… 24/01/2011
Liberation march in Tunis wants interim PM out“The Caravan of Liberation” has arrived in Tunis and chants of “topple the government” are echoing round the Tunisian capital. On the final day of national… 23/01/2011
Tunisian government pledges fail to stop protestsThe Tunisian government’s promises of a break with the past look to have fallen on deaf ears this weekend. A union-backed march called the “Caravan of… 23/01/2011
Police protest in support of Tunisian uprisingAs Tunisia spends a second day in national mourning to honour the victims of the Jasmine Revolution. The country’s police, so often a tool of repression… 22/01/2011
Tunisian prisoners freed under amnestyTunisia’s new government has promised the release of hundreds of political prisoners under an amnesty. The news saw scores of relatives waiting anxiously… 21/01/2011
Tunisians pursue protests as national mourning beginsA week after Tunisians brought down their president, people power is still being felt on the streets. There were peaceful protests on Friday in Tunis, with… 21/01/2011
Tunisia mourns the ‘Jasmine’ deadTunisia observes three days of national mourning for those that lost their lives during protests to oust former president Ben Ali in the so-called Jasmine… 21/01/2011
EU may freeze Ben Ali assetsThe EU has announced it could freeze the assets of President Zinedine al-Abidine Ben Ali and his wife who have fled to Saudi Arabia. Investigations are… 20/01/2011
Careful in Tunisia, warns former insiderAhmed Bennour, a former deputy Interior Secretary of Tunisia, has told euronews he is optimistic about new relations with Europe. Ali Takach, euronews: How… 20/01/2011
Professor Alvaro de Vasconcelos on Tunisia: “the EU preferred the status quo”Tunisia’s popular uprising has not only shaken the regime but also international diplomacy, notably that of the EU, which, for more than two decades, did not… 20/01/2011
Protests continue in central TunisProtestors have surrounded the headquarters of the RCD, the party that governed Tunisia for decades until last Friday. Behind the metal fence, security… 20/01/2011
Daily life continues in TunisAway from the hotspots, life on the streets of Tunis is slowly getting back to normal. It is less than a week since the popular uprising which cost… 20/01/2011
Tunisia’s ministers resign from Ben Ali’s partyIt has been announced that every minister in Tunisia’s interim government has resigned from the RCD party of ousted President Ben Ali. The hope is that this… 20/01/2011
Interim president seeks to reassure Tunisians“First and foremost, we want a complete break with the past.” With these words Tunisia’s interim president Fouad Mebazza spoke to the nation on Wednesday… 20/01/2011
Many Tunisians reject any link with pastTunisians have been continuing to express their desire for a total break with the past, in street demonstrations against the former ruling party the RCD, and… 19/01/2011
Even in Ben Ali’s hometown, people are glad to see him goIt seems virtually no-one in Tunisia regrets the departure of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali. There is little sign of the unrest that has enveloped other parts of… 18/01/2011
Arab states closely watching events in TunisCould the collapse of Tunisia’s autocratic government create a domino effect across the Arab world? The popular uprising witnessed throughout the country was… 18/01/2011
Tunisians gape at Ben Ali richesIt is open house at all the properties belonging to the Ben Ali family in Tunisia. People have been filing through the villas and luxury properties of the… 18/01/2011
Heed lessons of Tunisia, says Arab League chiefIn Cairo, close to the Egyptian parliament, a man set himself on fire on Monday. It was an apparent protest against poor living standards and echoed the… 17/01/2011
New Tunisian government ministers namedIn Tunisia, Prime Minister, Mohamed Ghannouchi has announced his government of national unity. Three ministers of the ruling RCD party will keep their… 17/01/2011
Tunisia’s ruling party now target of protestersThe flight of Ben Ali is not enough, shouted protesters in the Tunisian capital as security forces attempted to prevent a demonstration by hundreds of people… 17/01/2011
Tunisia’s ruling party target of new protestsTunisia’s ruling party is calling for calm after the ousting of the country’s president, and is promising to quickly announce a new coalition… 17/01/2011
Swedish tourists beaten up in tense TunisA group of Swedish tourists on a boar hunting trip in Tunisia have been dragged from their taxis and beaten and kicked by locals in Tunis. The men were… 17/01/2011
New government for Tunisia despite sporadic gunfireIn Tunisia the delicate peace on the streets of the capital has been shattered by sporadic shooting. Special forces fought a heavy gun battle with members… 16/01/2011
Outbreaks of shooting threaten delicate peace in TunisIn Tunisia the delicate peace on the streets of the capital has been shattered by sporadic shooting. One gunfight broke out after a car was stopped outside an… 16/01/2011
Lynch mob justice as Tunisians defy death squadsAmid the tense aftermath of President Ben Ali’s downfall, local residents have taken to forming their own militias to counter the threat from forces loyal to… 16/01/2011
Tension in Tunis amid fear of Ben Ali forcesMore gunfire has been reported in Tunis, where the army has tightened its grip on the city centre two days after President Ben Ali was ousted by violent… 16/01/2011
‘Gunfire was everywhere’: tourists’ tales from TunisiaThe re-opening of Tunisian airports has allowed several thousand tourists who had been stuck in the country to be repatriated. However, curfews and a lack… 16/01/2011
Tunisia, the start of a new era – euronews correspondent in TunisWith their long time autocratic leader former president Ben Ali swept from power, Tunisia is preparing for a new future. Daline Hassan, euronews, talks to… 16/01/2011
Tunisian diaspora voices fears amid unrestWhile celebrating the downfall of their country’s long-time autocratic leader, Tunisian communities across Europe have also been voicing concern about the… 16/01/2011
Tunisia moves to form government amid chaosIt is yet another striking symbol of the downfall of the Ben Ali dynasty. A luxury home reportedly owned by the family of the ousted Tunisian leader now… 16/01/2011
Egypt reacts to crisis in TunisiaIn Egypt the unfolding crisis in Tunisia is being monitored closely. Dozens of Egyptians have gathered to show their support. The foreign ministry has issued… 15/01/2011
Tunisia set for coalition government with more talks plannedOn the streets of Tunis there is a delicate peace as tanks and soldiers stood guard after a night of looting. In the suburbs there have been reports of men… 15/01/2011
Egypt reacts to crisis in TunisiaIn Egypt the unfolding crisis in Tunisia is being monitored closely. The government has issued a statement saying it is watching events closely adding it… 15/01/2011
Ben Ali ‘definitively’ ousted as Tunisian presidentTunisia’s Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was definitively ousted as president on Saturday after the country’s Constitutional Council named the parliament’s speaker… 15/01/2011
Overnight unrest after Tunisia’s president fleesTurmoil has continued in Tunisia overnight after popular protests swept the president from power. Looters and gangs have exploited the security vacuum in… 15/01/2011
The day Tunisia turned on its leaderFriday the 14th of January began much like any other morning over the last four weeks. But the day will go down in Tunisia’s history as the culmination of… 15/01/2011
Tunisian government dismissed amid chaosTunisian Television is reporting a curfew has been imposed across the country from 5.00 pm Friday until 7.00 am on Saturday. It is also reported that the… 14/01/2011
Protesters call on Ben Ali to quit nowThe Tunisian capital Tunis is the scene of massive protests demanding the immediate resignation of the president Zine al-Albadine Ben Ali who has said that… 14/01/2011
Tunisian president announces he will stand downWas it joy that President Ben Ali was finally going to leave the presidential palace in three years time that brought Tunisians out onto the streets in a… 14/01/2011
Frustration and fury on the streets of TunisEuronews’ correspondent in Tunis, Jamel Ezzedini, was able to get exclusive pictures of some of the latest violence in the Tunisian capital. The unrest… 13/01/2011
Ben Ali – “I have understood you”The President of Tunisia has spoken to his people just after the main evening news in a television address, during which he promised a positive offical… 13/01/2011
Tunis eyewitness fears worse on the wayAs violent clashes spread to the centre of the Tunisian capital, one local Tunis-based journalist has suggested events in his country could spiral further out… 13/01/2011
Shooting rocks TunisGunfire has reportedly broken out in the Tunisian capital Tunis, with unconfirmed reports of fatalities. Another person died in overnight clashes which… 13/01/2011
