Almost two years ago, I wrote in these pages that the Tunisia model matters because it helped dispel the myth that democracy was not possible in the Arab world. As the countries around it descended ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Tunisia’s orderly parliamentary elections are being hailed as a model of democracy for a region torn by strife and full of dictatorships. Regional rivalries, however, may put ...

A year ago, Tunisia’s fledgling democracy—the last to survive after a series of popular uprisings swept the Arab world in 2011—faced a severe test after an extraordinary self-coup by President Kais ...

The tragic terrorist attack at the National Bardo Museum in Tunis last week put Tunisia on the map again, but for the wrong reasons. Although the nation faces serious terrorist threats from the ...

Over 50 IFEX members and partners appeal to the civil society groups assisting in a consultation process with elected representatives to protect freedom of expression in the new Tunisian Constitution.

13 October 2009 PARIS - A conference on: "Which Development Models for Africa: Reflections on Tunisia's Development Model," was held on Tuesday in Paris by the International League of Journalists for ...

Tunisi (Agenzia Fides) – The situation in Tunisia remains tense and uncertain, especially in the capital city of Tunisi, after President Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali left the country in the wake of a ...

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If the story of the Arab political rebellions is one of failed leadership, Tunisia’s story is an epic tale of a political class that forges a remarkable — if still fragile — democratic transition.

Tunisia’s was the first and in some ways the easiest of the “Arab Spring” revolts. President Zine el Abidine ben Ali fled his country after only a month of demonstrations. Although security forces ...

Early last winter, when protesters in Tunisia began gathering in the streets to demand the ousting of dictator Zine el ­Abidine Ben Ali, one woman was cheering them on from what might seem an unlikely ...