Thousands of Tunisians protested against the Islamist-led government yesterday, two years after the overthrow of President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali in a popular revolt that spread across the Arab world.
More than 8,000 demonstrators gathered outside the interior ministry in Tunis, at the same spot where protests forced Ben Ali to accept his rule was over and flee the country.
The moderate Islamist Ennahda party won elections in October 2011 but has struggled to restore stability. Protesters are unhappy about unemployment as well as violence linked to religious elements. – (Reuters)