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Tunisia's Democracy Is at Risk, But It Isn't Dead Yet

By Simon Speakman Cordall / Tunis

Tunisia's Presidential Election 2019: Who's Running, What's at Stake

By Rachael Bunyan

Tunisia’s Fledgling Democracy Shows Signs of Wear and Tear

By Ian Bremmer

Protests Erupt in Tunisia After Journalist Sets Fire to Self

By Suyin Haynes
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Has Tunisia's Landmark Law to Protect Women Been a Success?

One year ago, Tunisia passed a groundbreaking law on violence against women. But activists are still struggling to change the broader culture

By Charlotte Bailey/Tunis

Meet 4 Crusaders Who Are Keeping the Dream of Democracy Alive

Around the world today, one in three people lives under an authoritarian regime, while many others are experiencing a decline in their democratic freedoms. But the slide towards autocracy has pushed millions to stand up...

By Vivienne Walt , Naina Bajekal , Billy Perrigo and Ciara Nugent

Tunisian Fishermen Stymie 'Racist' Anti-Migrant Ship

A French extremist group claims NGOs fuel human smuggling. NGOs disagree

By Joseph Hincks

Q&A: Tunisia's Youssef Chahed on Building a Democracy That Endures

"Just six years ago, we were living under one man and his dictatorship. Now, you can do anything you want in Tunisia."

By Ian Bremmer

Can Tunisia Remain a Beacon of Democracy for the Arab World?

In Tunisia, change came gradually and then suddenly. When a police officer confiscated the goods of an unlicensed vegetable seller in December 2010, the merchant drenched himself in gasoline and set himself alight. During the...

By Ian Bremmer

Tunisians to Testify About Horrific Tortures by the State

"Everyone has to look at what happened, look at the reality, and not try to put it aside anymore"

By Jared Malsin

A Year Ago Tunisia Won the Nobel Peace Prize. But the Country Is Far From Peaceful

Tunisia was supposed to be the model of the Arab Spring. But life has been hard for those who took part in the revolution

By Lauren Bohn/Kasserine, Tunisia

France Boosts Ties to Tunisia in Face of ISIS Threat

The young democracy's progress is threatened by Islamist militancy spilling over the border from Libya

By Mark Rivett-Carnac

Tunisia Builds Barrier to Keep Out Militants From Libya

Tunisian forces and electronic monitoring equipment will reinforce a barrier made up of a series of sandbanks and ditches

By Simon Lewis

Germany Moves to Cut Migrant Numbers

Germany has accepted more than 1.1 million people during Europe's migration crisis

By Simon Lewis

After The Spring

An Egyptian father searches for justice 
 five years after the Tahrir protests

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

Tunisia Holds the Key to Defeating ISIS

The country that rules by moderation and consensus is setting an example for the region to follow

By Rached Ghannouchi

Why the Arab Spring Has Not Led to Disaster in Tunisia

Tunisians are relieved their country has not gone down the route of Libya and Syria but believe there is much reform still to take place

By Jared Malsin/Cairo

Tunisia Says Police Have Foiled Another Terrorist Attack on Sousse Beach Resort

Tourism has fallen significantly in Sousse since the June attacks that claimed 38 lives

By Joanna Plucinska

What to Know About the Group That Won the 2015 Nobel Peace Prize

The National Dialogue Quartet in Tunisia has played an important role in maintaining democracy

By Sarah Begley

Tunisia Gunman Was 'Brainwashed and Framed'

The Sousse attack in June was the deadliest terrorist attack in the history of modern Tunisia

By Naina Bajekal
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