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Ettadhamen, Tunisia – Ten years after Tunisians rose up against poverty and autocracy and removed a dictator, demonstrators are again demanding the social and economic reforms they were promised. “We are out on the streets because we want social justice and work,” explained Chabib from Ettadhamen, a densely populated working-class district on the outskirts of the capital Tunis and one of the epicentres of the recent unrest in Tunisia. Chabib, 34, is one of many who have taken part in night-time clashes with security forces in disadvantaged areas of Tunis and 15 other cities across the c...

Published date: 17 December 2020 10:28 UTC | Last update: 3 months 2 weeks ago On 17 December 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a 26-year-old street vendor from the central Tunisian town of Sidi Bouzid, set himself on fire in protest against the corruption of his local police force, which regularly humiliated him and confiscated his wares. The act of defiance, which cost Bouazizi his life, became the catalyst for an uprising that took down President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali after 23 years of repressive rule, and spread across North Africa and the Middle East i...