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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s president has given himself unprecedented powers. How will he use them?Kais Saied has stressed his loyalty to ‘the suffering people’ – in his upcoming state budget we’ll find out if he meant it
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionDid democracy in Tunisia fail or did it never succeed?The appointment of the Arab world’s first woman prime minister in Tunisia cannot hide the country’s dismal economic...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s presidential power-grab is a test for its democracyPresident Saied’s ‘constitutional coup’ on 25 July was a dark day for Tunisian and Arab democratization
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s healthcare system, like its politics, neglects the poorest in societyRecruiting patients from disadvantaged areas to regulate services would put power into the hands of ordinary people...
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Published in: Global Extremes: OpinionCan worsening economies and increasing repression herald a new Arab Spring?North Africa today is reminiscent of the period leading up to the 2011 uprisings. Tensions are further aggravated by...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: AnalysisThe EU and UK are releasing the money of deposed dictatorsWhy is the EU lifting sanctions on politicians accused of corruption in Egypt, Tunisia and Ukraine, when so little...
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: OpinionTunisia’s revolution under siege: When the IMF calls the shotsThe nation’s young democracy is already at a critical junction. What comes next?
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Published in: North Africa, West Asia: FeatureTunisia’s new uprising: a return of the police state?A decade on from the country's revolution, protesters are once again taking to the streets in Tunisia.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaWomen’s rights have improved in North Africa, but the struggle continuesTen years after the Arab Spring uprisings, we looked at the impact on women’s rights in the Maghreb.
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Published in: Home: OpinionAfghanistan, North Korea – and Tunisia: a security briefing for Joe BidenBiden’s first executive orders have done a lot, but he can’t order away all Trump’s cack-handed legacy – or silence...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaFor Tunisian protesters, democracy is not enoughIf youth grievances continue to fester in the country’s marginalized regions, any captivation with a hard won...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe Arab world between a formidable virus and a repressive stateWhat does the coronavirus pandemic spell for democracy in the Arab world?
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe time is ripe for comprehensive reform in TunisiaThis post election phase presents an important window of opportunity for reforming the media landscape in Tunisia.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaExtractivism and resistance in North AfricaShould we see protests, uprisings and movements against extractivism as mainly environmental, or are these...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia: Ben Ali left without facing justiceThe dangerous narrative, where the former dictator becomes a victim needs to be urgently challenged.
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaTunisia: Essebsi and the resurrection of BourguibaDid Beji Caid Essebsi succeed in his attempt to bring back Bourguibism to Tunisia?
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Published in: Frontline InsightsWoman by woman: crossing borders to strengthen rights in North AfricaSharing learning – and supportive international funding – has been the key to making a difference at the grass roots...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaA murky state-civil society relationship in TunisiaThe Tunisian state appears both open and cautious to accommodating civil society.
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?When rescue at sea becomes a crime: who the Tunisian fishermen arrested in Italy really areFishermen networks from Morocco and Mauritania have released statements of support, and the Tunisian State Secretary...
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Published in: North Africa, West AsiaThe story of Saida Manoubiya: A Tunisian feminist iconBy calling for women's education and freedom, Saida Manoubiya was truly a feminist ahead of her time. العربية
