List of Tunisia articles
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GettyImages-491980962 crop Tunisia Celebrates Its Big Norwegian Triumph
The past five years haven’t been all great for Tunisia, but Friday’s Nobel Peace Prize is a welcome recognition of the achievements of a young democracy.
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Tunisians wave their national flag and shout slogans as they attend a rally marking the third anniversary of the uprising that ousted long-time dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali on January 14, 2014 in Habib Bourguiba Avenue in Tunis. Tunisia celebrated the third anniversary of the overthrow of a decades-old dictatorship in the first Arab Spring uprising, but political divisions have hampered the adoption of a new constitution by this symbolic deadline. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) Tunisian Quartet Wins Nobel Peace Prize as Lone Standout in Violence-Wracked Region
The Nobel Peace Prize was awarded Friday to a quartet of Tunisian civil society groups that mediated political talks there.
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RTSSFC crop In Tunisia, a New Reconciliation Law Stokes Protest and Conflict Instead
The law's backers say it will help the country move on. Its opponents say corrupt officials will get off scot-free. One thing's for sure: There's little reconciliation to be had.
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GettyImages-481816554 CROPPED Tunisia’s New Anti-Terrorism Law Worries Activists
Tunisian lawmakers have responded to the recent rash of terrorist attacks by passing a tough new law. But does it go too far?
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IMG_2706 cropped This Tunisian Wants His Nation to Know Its Torturers
Tunisians have never received a public accounting for the crimes of the old dictatorship. Gilbert Naccache says that must change.
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GettyImages-468023560_960 There’s Still Hope for the Legacy of Tunisia’s Arab Spring
It's time for Obama to follow the example of how the United States supported democrats around the world .
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GettyImages-457589010 cropped Tunisia’s Illiterate Democracy
Will the Arab Spring's lone success story continue if its citizens can't read?
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GettyImages-478973076_ukterror2cameron Terrorism? Keep a Stiff Upper Lip.
Dozens of British citizens were just killed in Tunisia. But David Cameron’s government has no clue how to combat Islamist terror.
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A Tunisian security member stands next to a swimming pool at the resort town of Sousse, a popular tourist destination 140 kilometres (90 miles) south of the Tunisian capital, on June 26, 2015, following a shooting attack. At least 27 people, including foreigners, were killed in a mass shooting at a Tunisian beach resort packed with holidaymakers, in the North African country's worst attack in recent history. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) Tunisia Braces for the Backlash
In the wake of the worst assault in the country's modern history, some wonder whether Tunis has paid too little heed to growing extremism in its midst.
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A Tunisian man walks past a blood stain on the ground at the resort town of Sousse, a popular tourist destination 140 kilometres (90 miles) south of the Tunisian capital, on June 26, 2015, following a shooting attack. At least 27 people, including foreigners, were killed in a mass shooting at a Tunisian beach resort packed with holidaymakers, in the North African country's worst attack in recent history. AFP PHOTO / FETHI BELAID (Photo credit should read FETHI BELAID/AFP/Getty Images) -
Amira-Yahyaoui cropped A Wake-Up Call for NGOs
On the margins of the Oslo Freedom Forum, Tunisian activist Amira Yahyaoui offers a sharp critique of the professional human rights community.
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457754710 cropped A New Law Sends an Ominous Signal in Tunisia
Lawmakers in Tunis want to ban criticism of the armed forces, muzzle journalists, and impose draconian punishments. Is the revolution still alive?
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P1000338 cropped More Freedom, More Problems
Tunisia’s new freedoms have enabled the country’s LGBTs to speak out — and conservative forces to strike back.
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456788914 cropped It’s Time for Tunisians to Take the Next Big Step
Serious economic reform is long overdue in the country that launched the Arab Spring.
