Tunisia

Searching For Stability, Tunisia Stumbles

Kiran Alvi — Sat, 02 Mar 2013 11:08:00 +0000

Tunisia took the lead in the Arab Spring back in 2011. Its revolution was swift and largely peaceful. Within months, an assembly was elected to write a new constitution.

As other Arab countries grew more violent and chaotic, Tunisia seemed to be showing the way for an orderly transition away from authoritarian rule.

But it's been getting more complicated in Tunisia recently.

Tunisian Prime Minister Steps Down Amid Crisis

Eyder Peralta — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 18:34:00 +0000

Tunisian Prime Minister Hamadi Jebali announced his resignation during a news conference today, the BBC reports.

Jebali resigned after days of protests erupted in the country.

A Murder Deepens Tunisia's Political Crisis

Eleanor Beardsley — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 08:40:00 +0000

The political crisis in Tunisia is deepening after last week's murder of a prominent secular politician. Tunisians are increasingly divided over their country's government and future, just two years after collectively overthrowing the dictator in a popular revolution.

The murder of outspoken politician Chokri Belaid shocked Tunisians to their core. Tens of thousands of people turned out to bury him Friday in the main cemetery in Tunis, the capital.

Islamists Make Sufi Shrines A Target In North Africa

Kiran Alvi — Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:03:00 +0000

When radical Islamists lash out at cultural sites they consider un-Islamic, a frequent target is Sufi Islam shrines.

Islamists in Tunisia have attacked almost 40 Sufi shrines in recent months, Sufi officials told AFP.

And Islamists destroyed several Sufi tombs in the fabled city of Timbuktu in Mali, a place with a long Sufi tradition that is known as the City of 333 Saints, as