Saied’s promised path to self-reliance has deepened Tunisia’s economic crisis rather than resolving it.

Economic grievances persist while space for dissent has narrowed under President Kais Saied.

Involving all economic classes is crucial in the struggle for democracy. But don't bank on help from Uncle Sam. [ analysis ] Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali -- the man who ruled Tunisia with an iron fist ...

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Thirteen years after they toppled the country’s longtime dictator, Tunisians are protesting President Kais Saied for ushering in what they see as democratic backsliding, blaming ...

TUNIS — “Rien n’a changé” (“Nothing has changed”). This was the response of many I met in Tunisia last summer when I asked them how they felt about the Tunisian revolution. Rising unemployment and ...

Tunisia's revolution began when Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire in Sidi Bouzid. Morning Edition host Leila Fadel went to the city to ask why the country appears to be losing its democratic gains.

Arrests, prosecutions and suspensions are putting growing pressure on Tunisia’s civil society, Human Rights Watch says.

TUNIS — One year after Tunisian President Kais Saied dissolved parliament, sacked the prime minister and monopolized all three branches of government, Tunisians headed to the polls last week and voted ...

14 Sep 2012, Tunis, Tunisia --- Tunis, Tunisia. 14th September 2012 -- Police carry a wounded colleague away as smoke billows from the US Embassy compound during Fridays violent demonstration that led ...

Women rappers were not really a feature of Tunisia’s typically masculine and chauvinist hip-hop scene until the revolution that overthrew Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in 2011. Now there are several ...