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Tunisia PM Warns No One Safe In Anti-Graft ‘war’

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Tunisian Prime Minister Youssef Chahed was reported on Sunday as saying no one in the North African country involved in corruption would emerge unscathed in his government’s “war” on graft. Corruption was widespread in Tunisia under longtime president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who was ousted in the 2011 uprising that spawned the Arab Spring, … Read more

Warning of Growing Tunisia Tensions After Protester Death

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Tunisian officials warned Tuesday that tensions in the country’s south could escalate following a protester’s death after clashes with security forces at an oil and gas plant. The young demonstrator died of wounds sustained Monday when he was “accidentally” run over by a national guard vehicle outside the El Kamour pumping station, the health and … Read more