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Tunisia s president has seized total power, and the country s democratic future hangs in the balance

Tunisia s president has seized total power, and the country s democratic future hangs in the balance
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The first and now the last best hope of the Arab Spring is at risk

Bobby Ghosh Amid Tunisia’s political upheaval, it is easy to hear echoes of the events in Egypt eight years ago. In the summer of 2013, widespread protests against an unpopular Islamist government allowed General Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi to take power in what amounted to a coup. Tunisia’s President Kais Saied may not wear military fatigues, but he’s doing a pretty good el-Sissi impression nonetheless: Taking advantage of demonstrations against an unpopular Islamist-backed government, he has suspended the country’s elected parliament and sacked the prime minister, effectively assuming dictatorial authority over the country. Only months ago, Tunisia was being celebrated anew as the only country that remained a democracy in the decade after the Arab Spring. There is a real risk the gains secured then may now be lost, just as they were in Egypt. The task of forestalling that dreadful outcome falls again to the Tunisians who overthrew their dictator in Janu

Tunisia s underserved city of Gafsa strikes over years of neglect

SHARE Tunisians in the governorate of Gafsa are set to strike on Thursday to protest years of economic hardship brought on by neglect from successive governments. The country has seen eight governments in a decade after the downfall of the country’s longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, but the issues affecting the central province never change. It is one of the most underserved regions in the country, its inhabitants say. Supported by the powerful Tunisian General Labour Union (UGTT), public workers are protesting for one day against increasing economic problems that eroded the living standards of Gafsa’s 100,000 people from a population of nearly 12 million.

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