Since, 2017 Tunisia’s interior and South have witnessed a wave of ongoing protests, the slogan, “al-rakh la”, meaning no to giving up.
These protests test the endurance of the country’s democracy. Though they intermittently disrupt phosphate and oil production, they do so against the disruption of lives in towns like Gafsa, Kasserine or Tataouine where democracy is yet to end marginalization.
As the Tunisian government celebrated its “victory” over the spread of COVID-19 in on 25 June, protestors in Tataouine, at the southern tip of the country, sounded a different note: Jubilation over the release of the Kamour hirak’s detainees did not prevent the activists from getting back to business.
