Tunisian president Kais Saied has dismissed the prime minister and taken power.
EPA-EFE/Presidency of Tunisia handout
Viewing Tunisia as an Arab Spring success story was always too simplistic.
Tahrir Square, then and now.
Khaled Desouki, Pedro Ugarte/AFP
In the ten years since the Arab Spring, the countries affected have transformed completely. Here’s how.
AnnHirna/Shutterstock
The 1970s and 1980s saw a new genre of popular protest - its spirit would be felt even in 2011 when protests toppled a dictator.
Tunisian demonstrators gather during a protest in Tunis, Tunisia on February 06, 2021.
Photo by Yassine Gaidi/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images
Since the revolution, Tunisians’ call for “bread, freedom and social justice” have fallen on deaf ears.
Cry freedom: pro-democracy protesters in Tahrir Square in Cairo calling for the ousting of Egypt’s dictator Hosni Mubarak.
EPA/Khaled Elfiqi
The underlying issues of inequality, corruption and poverty are still dogging the region, ten years after the protests.
David Wolff-Patrick/WireImage/Getty Images
Idir’s songs gave Kabyles a sense that their culture counted: that their customs and traditions could form a part of a modern Algerian nation.
For some survivors of sexual violence, the lockdown has brought on more trauma.
Drazen Zigic via Shutterstock
New research with survivors of sexual violence who have been forced to migrate reveals difficulties of COVID-19 lockdowns.
Despite the 2015 terrorist attack in Sousse, Tunisia, shown in this photo, the north African country remains a relatively safe country for investors compared to some of its neighbours.
(Shutterstock)
Those who conduct business in Tunisia consider it a low-risk security environment compared to some of its neighbours in North Africa and the Middle East.
Serious lead poisoning cases are a growing problem on the continent.
GeetyImages
Unregulated and hazardous lead acid battery manufacturing and recycling plants are often adjacent to residential areas, agricultural and grazing lands.
Examining the fossilised teeth of dinosaur species like Spinosaurus Aegyptiacus can reveal clues about their diets and place on the food chain.
YuRi Photolife/Shutterstock
Teeth can reveal a lot about diversity when they are reasonably well-preserved.
Kais Saied, Tunisia’s new president.
Mohamed Messara/EPA
Parts of Tunisia’s political discourse look a lot like its colonial past.
Former Tunisian President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali.
EFE-EPA/Stringer
Crony capitalism became firmly embedded under Ben Ali, benefiting his family and close friends.
Tunisians protest against tax hikes, austerity measures and increased food prices.
EPA-EFE/Mohamed Messara
Western perceptions of what’s happening in Tunisia differ sharply with Tunisia’s daily reality: the truth is that its political transformation is in trouble.
Former Tunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi.
MOHAMED MESSARA/EPA
Essebsi made three master strokes which mean his legacy will have a lasting impact.
Moody’s, the only rating agency that keeps South Africa above junk, is scheduled to review its credit rating in November 2019.
Shutterstock
How South African manages the fallout from its likely downgrade by Moody’s in November will determine whether the country will be forced to turn to the IMF for a bailout.
A military procession accompanies the coffin of the lateTunisian President Beji Caid Essebsi during his funeral in Tunis.
Amel Pain/EPA-EFE
In death, President Mohamed Beji Caid Essebsi has left behind an unfinished revolution which now needs a new leader.
Sudan’s military is working hard to retain control of the country.
Shutterstock
When the establishment retains some leverage over reformers change can be slow, superficial, and short-lived. Sudan appears to be a textbook case of this scenario.
Jewish visitors light candles at the ancient Ghriba synagogue in May 2019.
Mohamed Messara/EPA
The annual Jewish pilgrimage of the Ghriba to the island of Djerba used to attract tens of thousands of people. After numbers dwindled in recent years, the 2019 event saw a big increase in visitors.
Successful popular protests like this one in Algeria are the exception not the rule.
EPA-EFE/Amel Pain
Government restrictions on individual freedoms in the name of public security is increasing.
Indonesian students pay tribute to the victims of the Christchurch mosque shootings.
BAGUS INDAHONO/EPA-EFE
Some Muslims hide their identity, pretending to be less devout than they actually are, in a bid to deflect Islamophobia.