During the Arab Spring, Tunisia ousted its longtime dictator Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Meanwhile, the older girls made a ...

Tunis, Tunisia (CNN)-- Tunisia's new government announced Thursday it will recognize political groups banned under the regime of ousted President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali and grant amnesty to all ...

Protesters have decried a new government formed in the wake of President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali's ouster. They have called it a sham, and demanded that officials with connections to the old guard ...

In 2011, Beardsley covered the first Arab Spring revolution in Tunisia, where she witnessed the overthrow of the autocratic President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Since then she has regularly returned ...

Zine El Abidine Ben Ali (زين العابدين بن علي), (born 3 September 1936) has served as the President of Tunisia since 7 November 1987. He took power from President Habib Bourguiba by ...

It was a severe blow to Tunisia's fledgling democracy after the 2011 overthrow of longtime dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. More to come... rc/WMR (AFP, AP, Reuters) ...

A Tunisian court has issued sentences following the murder of left-wing politician Chokri Belaid. Four people received death sentences, while two were sentenced to life in prison. Belaid, leader ...

he was cracking down on a political system that has been in place since 2011 where a culture of political debate developed since the overthrow of the previous regime of Zine El Abidine Ben Ali who ...

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Find your bookmarks in your Independent Premium section, under my profile A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges stemming from the murder of a left ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — A Tunisian court sentenced four people to death and two to life in prison on charges stemming from the murder of a left-wing politician, a public prosecutor said Wednesday.