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Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali

January 2021

  • A protester who was injured during the revolution shouts anti-government slogans in Tunis 10 years after the revolution.

    'Preserve my son’s name’: families of Tunisia’s Arab spring martyrs fight on

    Delays in publication of official list of those killed and wounded provokes anger and claims of government indifference

December 2020

  • Arab spring: 10th anniversary
    Tunisia and the Arab spring 10 years on: 'We tried to rise'

  • From second left: Tunisia’s Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, Yemen’s Ali Abdullah Saleh, Libya’s leader Muammar Gaddafi and Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak pictured in 2010.

    Arab spring: 10th anniversary
    Arab spring autocrats: the dead, the ousted and those who remain

June 2020

  • Facebook

    Facebook deactivates accounts of Tunisian political bloggers and activists

    Several accounts reactivated after protests with social media giant blaming ‘technical error’

September 2019

  • FILE - In this Jan.16, 2011 file photo, a torn banner of former Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is seen in the center of Tunis. Tunisia's autocratic ruler Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, toppled in 2011, died in exile in Saudi Arabia. He was 83. ( (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, File)

    Ben Ali: Tunisian autocrat ousted in Arab spring dies in exile

    Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, who fled in 2011, dies days after free presidential election in Tunisia
  • Ben Ali in Tunis in 2009.

    Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali obituary

    Former president of Tunisia who fled to Saudi Arabia after the 2011 uprising
  • Supporters of Tunisia’s former defence minister and presidential candidate Abdelkrim Zbidi in Monastir.

    Tunisia's presidential election to put young democracy to the test

    Arab spring’s sole democratic state has proved resilient despite anger over price rises

January 2018

  • Protesters clash with security forces in Tunis

    The Guardian view on Tunisia unrest: riots redux?

  • Protesters clash with Tunisian security forces

    Hard-won victories of Arab spring appear more fragile than ever

November 2016

  • Sihem Bensedrine, the president of Tunisia’s truth and dignity commission.

    Tunisia to broadcast victims' testimony at truth commission

    The goal is not revenge, says head of commission investigating crimes and abuses dating back to 1955 in country that sparked the Arab spring

January 2016

  • Protesters throw rocks at police as teargas is fired in Kasserine

    Tunisia imposes curfew as unrest grows over lack of jobs

    Interior ministry declares night-time curfew after youths clash with police and shops looted in protests over unemployment and inequality

July 2015

  • Tunisia prime minister Habib Essid

    Tunisia state of emergency imposed due to fears of further attacks, says president

    Barrier including trenches being constructed along Libyan border as human rights groups fear freedoms gained in Arab spring may be rolled back

January 2015

  • Habib Essid

    Habib Essid nominated as Tunisian prime minister

    Former interior minister to appoint a government after being chosen for his experience in security and the economy

November 2014

  • Election workers count ballots at the end of voting for the presidential elections in Tunis

    Tunisia votes for first directly elected president in transition to democracy

    Frontrunners Béji Caïd Essebsi, a former Ben Ali official, and Moncef Marzouki, incumbent head of state, go head to head

March 2014

  • US President Barack Obama waves

    Barack Obama arrives in Saudi Arabia for brief visit with upset Arab ally

    Martin Chulov
    Saudi Arabia is aggrieved with the US and the president will use his visit to assure the Kingdom that he is not neglecting them

January 2014

  • Arab man walking in the remains of the Star Wars set now a tourist attraction in the Tunisian desert

    Tunisia's desert dunes lure amateur astronomers and Star Wars aficionados

    A source of coveted meteorites and location for Darth Vader's home Tatooine, the Sahara draws many obsessive travellers

August 2013

  • PALESTINIAN-MUSIC-ARAB IDOL

    Arab pop star adds his voice to the calls for a peace deal for Palestine

    Arab Idol winner Mohammed Assaf is revered by fans in the Middle East but his main aim now is to help establish the rights of fellow Palestinians

April 2013

  • Leila Trabelsi

    Tunisia recovers $28m from wife of deposed president

    State news agency says money was in Lebanese bank account belonging to Leila Trabelsi, wife of Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali

February 2013

  • Tunisians protest outside the interior ministry in Tunis after Chokri Belaid's assassination

    Tunisia faces general strike after Belaid assassination sparks crisis

    Protests erupt, prompting fears that country could see the kind of political polarisation it has managed to avoid since Ben Ali overthrow

January 2013

  • Tunisians mark the second anniversary of revolution

    Tunisia goes on the defensive, two years after overthrowing regime

    Coalition led by Islamist party Nahda is facing strong challenges from former Ben Ali allies who argue government is incompetent

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