Topic: Zine El Abidine Ben Ali

Backchannels Tunisia ministers quit ruling party, political prisoners freed

Can members of the party that served ousted Tunisian President Zine El Abdine Ben Ali hang on?
01/20/2011 08:24 am

In town at center of Tunisia uprising, 23 years of repressed emotions burst forth

The Monitor's correspondent describes getting mobbed as she pulled out her notebook and witnessing a scuffle at the home of Mohamed Bouazizi, whose self-immolation sparked Tunisia's uprising.
01/19/2011 04:59 pm

After ousting Tunisian leader, protesters struggle to find their own

In the face of more Tunisian protests, four opposition ministers were forced to resign today from the new unity government only a day after it was formed.
01/18/2011 04:10 pm

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Backchannels Tunisia: Not a Jasmine Revolution, not a twitter revolution but an....

01/18/2011 01:28 pm

Global Viewpoint Could Tunisia be a tipping point for the Arab world?

We may be witnessing the start of a historic process in which developments in Tunisia ignite copycat protests or milder political challenges in other Arab countries.
01/18/2011 10:07 am

Tunisian events likely to spark wider Arab reforms, but not revolutions

A number of copycat self-immolations across the Middle East are raising questions about whether the protests that drove Tunisia's Ben Ali could soon threaten other Arab autocrats.
01/18/2011 08:55 am

Backchannels Tunisian protests and Egyptian self-immolations

What I'm reading this morning.
01/18/2011 08:11 am

Backchannels Did Iraq have something to do with Tunisia's uprising?

That's the question posed by Jennifer Rubin, a conservative blogger for the Washington Post.
01/17/2011 05:07 pm

Why Tunisia's interim government may not fly with protesters

Tunisia's prime minister announced an interim government that will include members of the opposition but also of the old regime. Hundreds of Tunisians took to the capital's streets again Monday in protest.
01/17/2011 04:29 pm

Backchannels Tunisia and Haiti: One tyrant returns home, one flees

The tenuous connection? France.
01/17/2011 02:36 pm

Backchannels The key players in Tunisia's Jasmine Revolution

Tunisia's 'Jasmine Revolution' is still under way, with fighting in the capital today. Here are some of the key players driving events.
01/17/2011 09:25 am

In shell-shocked Tunisia, armed groups now patrol the streets

After popular protests forced the ouster of President Zine Al-Abidine Ben Ali on Friday, sections of Tunisia's capital, Tunis, are now being patrolled by small groups of young men.
01/16/2011 04:25 pm

Tunisian protests shake one of the most repressive Arab regimes

Tunisian protests serve as a red flag for other Arab autocracies, such as Egypt, where protesters yesterday called for President Mubarak to get on a plane, too.
01/15/2011 04:14 pm

Events in Tunisia bear out Hillary Clinton's warning to Arab world

The president of Tunisia, Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, flees the country amid unrest one day after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton issued a warning to Arab states that refuse democratic reforms.
01/14/2011 08:48 pm

Tunisian protesters notch historic victory, but face uncertain future

Tunisian protesters are celebrating the ouster of President Ben Ali, and looking forward to establishing a democracy. But the corrupt and powerful system that Ben Ali built is still in place.
01/14/2011 07:46 pm

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In Pictures Tunisia riots

Tunisian president vows to step down. But when?

Faced with unrelenting protests, Tunisian President Ben Ali today promised to increase freedoms, cut food prices, and not seek reelection after 23 years in power.
01/13/2011 06:31 pm

Terrorism & Security Tunisia protesters defy curfew in capital

The protests in Tunisia over high unemployment rates continued in the capital overnight, with another death and a call for a strike as government appeasement efforts failed.
01/13/2011 08:36 am

Tunisia protests serve warning to autocratic Middle Eastern regimes

Tunisia protests that began over high unemployment last month have quickly spread, raising a red flag about the dangers of maintaining stability by suppressing dissent.
01/12/2011 02:17 pm

Global News Blog Lions, tigers, and bloggers! Oh, my!

The Committee to Protect Journalists issued a report on the "10 Worst Countries to be a Blogger" last week, just days before World Press Freedom Day, today.
05/03/2009 01:00 am

Opinion The West should focus on North Africa

Making the Maghreb a development partner would promote human rights and reform.
04/06/2009 01:00 am