Tunisia: Former Minister Warns of Coup Risk

The former interior minister has warned that lingering members of the country's former political elite may carry out a coup d'etat if Islamists win a majority in the upcoming election.

Al Jazeera television news showed footage of the thousands of protestors who took to the streets of Tunisia, forcing President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali from power.

  • Tunisia:   Former Minister Warns of Coup Risk

    IPS, 6 May 2011

    Tunisia's former interior minister has warned that lingering members of the country's former political elite may carry out a coup d'etat if Islamists win a majority in the upcoming… Read more »

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