Tunisians yearn for the good old days of a strongman

The threat Islamist militants posed to Tunisia under ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was worse than the current threat, the ruling Islamist party Ennahda's leader Rached Ghannouchi said on Thursday. "What happened in Soliman and Rouhia was ...

The 23-year reign of the Tunisian dictator, ex-President Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali, was ended by massive protests against widespread unemployment, rising food prices, lack of basic social services, and political repression. The protests were sparked ...

TUNIS (Reuters) - Hardline Islamists Since secular dictator Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali Female university students housed at the Bardo district hostel in the capital were just starting a weekly show of dance and music on Wednesday evening when dozens of ...

Tunisia Salafists get 5 years for torching Sufi shrineSix people belonging to Tunisia's hardline Salafist movement have each been handed five year jail sentences for torching an important Sufi shrine, the country's Sufi union said on Tuesday. "It's ...

As Tunisia's post-dictatorship constitution is being forged through a democratic and messy process in a former palace of the Ottoman bey, the local Al-Qaeda affiliate might be planting explosive mines near the Algerian border—and the press is ...

Tunisia gets $ 1.2 Billion Funding From Islamic Development Bank to bolster its Economy ISLAMIC FINANCE The North African Country has won a $ 1.2 Billion in funding from the Saudi based Islamic Development Bank with an aim to rejuvenate its ...

It's more than just an easy target... The less men think, the more they talk ( Montesquieu) - (Assad,Erdogan(Screen-shots) Mubarak ( World Economic Forum) Romney (Gage Skidmore)) By Francesca Paci LA STAMPA/Worldcrunch -Essay- Who is really ...

* Government to decide strategy on state banks by mid-September * Will set up asset management firm for tourism debt * New fuel pricing formula to be introduced next year * Tax reforms may reduce preferences for exports * Central bank to make ...

A year or two ago, it all seemed so inevitable. Just as Zine El Abidine Ben Ali had been swept from power in Tunisia, Hosni Mubarak deposed in Egypt and Moammar Khadafy toppled in Libya, surely it was only a matter of time before Bashar al-Assad's ...