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2021/01/23 23:27 FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis. Protests have swept towns an. FILE - In this Jan. 19, 2021 file photo, demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis. Protests have swept towns and cities throughout Tunisia for a week, often turning to violence as demonstrators denounce what they say are broken promises from the government, which hasn t been able to turn around an economy on the verge of bankruptcy. (AP Photo/Hassene Dridi, File) TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) Tunisia is extending its virus curfew and banning demonstrations as it tries to stem a rapid rise in infections and calm tensions after a week of protests and rioting over economic troubles.
Protests continue in Tunisia despite political leaders’ pleas for calm
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Tunisian youth clashed with police, maintaining their protests and riots over economic difficulties despite efforts by the president and the prime minister to calm tensions.
“Your voice is heard, and your anger is legitimate, and it is my role and the role of the government to work to realise your demands and to make the dream of Tunisia to become true,” prime minister Hichem Mechichi appealed to the protesters on national television on Tuesday night.