Achref Ajmi News Today

Its been ten years since a street vendor set himself on fire to protest against rising living costs and corruption in Tunisia. The December 17, 2010 act of Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old fruit seller, inspired hundreds of thousands to take to the streets across the Arab world in a campaign of civil resistance. The protests became known as the "Arab Spring" and led to the ousting of longtime dictators in countries such as Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen. Less than a month after the start of dem...

A decade ago, protests in Tunisia sparked the Arab Spring uprisings. AFP Ten years ago a wildfire of revolts in the Arab world touched off an unlikely series of events that swelled, then dashed many hopes, and irrevocably changed the region. From the quickfire collapse of seemingly invincible regimes to the rise and fall of a jihadist caliphate in its heart, the Middle East hurtled through the 21st century’s second decade in a state of relentless upheaval. The chain of uprisings that shook th...