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Tunisia Uprising Sends Ripples Across North Africa

Arab leaders have gathered in Egypt to discuss trade and development as the region feels the aftershocks of a popular uprising in Tunisia.

Mauritania: women workers in a tree nursery.

Workers at an oil site in Algeria.

Egyptian fishermen.

North Africa: Protestors Set Themselves on Fire in Four Nations

IPS, 18 January 2011

Mohammed Bouazizi, the 26-year old Tunisian whose act of self-immolation led to an unprecedented popular revolution in Tunisia, is quickly turning into a symbol for disgruntled… Read more »
Tunisia: Arab Leaders Meet in Shadow of Nation's Crisis

RFI, 19 January 2011

Arab leaders gather in Egypt on Wednesday to discuss trade and development as the region feels the aftershocks of a popular uprising in Tunisia. It is the first meeting of Arab… Read more »
Tunisia: Some Lessons from the Downfall of Ben Ali

ISS, 18 January 2011

For twenty-three years, Zine el-Abedine Ben Ali ruled Tunisia with mixed success. On 14 January 2011, he left power amidst a popular uprising unprecedented in his country. Read more »

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Another Exiled Tunisian Leader Returns

Hundreds of people have welcomed home Rachid Ghannouchi, leader of al-Nahda, a previously banned party in Tunisia, who returned after 22 years in exile. Read more »
- Tunisia: Exiled Leader Rached Ghannouchi Returns
- Tunisia: Three New Ministers Resign, Exiled Leader Returns
Unrest Over Food Prices Spreads to Algeria

A number of Algerians have died and hundreds have been injured in four days of protests over housing shortages, rising food prices and failing economic policies. Read more »
- North Africa: Unrest Spreads to Algeria
- Algeria: Two Killed in Clashes Over Rising Food Prices
Mauritanian Anti-Slavery Law in the Spotlight

The trial of six anti-slavery activists, due on Wednesday, highlights loopholes in the nation's 2007 law criminalizing slavery, experts say. Read more »
- Mauritania: Activists' Trial Puts Spotlight On Anti-Slavery Law
- Mauritania: Mattalla Ould M'boirk, 'I'd Rather Be Shot Than Return to My Owners'