Petaluma, California – When the Arab Spring was initiated by Mohammed Bouazizi’s self-immolation last year in Tunisia, it ignited longings for freedom throughout the region; more than that, it took hold of the creative imaginations of non-violent activists and millions of dissatisfied individuals around the world. Has this hope ground to a halt with the [...]

The moderate Islamist party An-Nahda is tipped for a historic victory in Tunisia’s first free elections, the first vote of the Arab spring. Nine months after a people’s revolution ousted the dictator Zine Al Abidine Ben Ali and sparked the Arab spring, Tunisians turned out in record numbers to vote for a caretaker assembly that [...]

TUNIS — Millions of Tunisians cast votes on Sunday for an assembly to draft a constitution and shape a new government, in a burst of pride and hope that after inspiring uprisings across the Arab world, their small country could now lead the way to democracy. For more on this story, visit: Tunisians Hold First [...]

Nine months after a popular uprising that ended decades of authoritarian rule, Tunisians have begun to vote for new leaders who will write the rules of the country’s new political system. Polls opened at 07:00 local time (06:00 GMT) on Sunday, with about 4.4 million registered voters set to pick a 217-member constituent assembly. That [...]

Last March, a coalition of Western powers and Arab autocracies banded together to sponsor what was billed as a short little military operation to “protect Libyan civilians”. On March 17, the UN Security Council adopted Resolution 1973 which gave that particular “coalition of the willing” the green light to start their little war by securing [...]

The US and Libya on Saturday held their first face-to-face talks since the conflict in Libya began four months ago, officials from both governments have confirmed. But the two sides disagreed about what was discussed – and what happens next. The three-hour talks were held on neutral ground in Tunisia. Read more here: US and [...]

The revolution is over in Tunisia and most of its citizens want it to be this way, according to conversations and interviews during a recent trip to the country. Protests, if they take place at all, are becoming increasingly marginal—small groups carrying signs and shouting slogans on the Avenue Bourguiba, the scene of the mass [...]

Tunisia will hold a presidential election Oct. 23, not July 24 as planned, because conditions are not yet right, the prime minister said Wednesday. The vote — the first in the fledgling North African democracy since the ouster of autocratic president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali — would have been impractical in July because of [...]

Tunisia must not stray from the “righteous path” and could show the way for other Arab countries inspired by its popular revolt that ended a long autocratic rule, Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi said on Wednesday. Tunisians are particularly proud that their “Jasmine Revolution”, as the revolt has been called, inspired similar uprisings in Egypt [...]

Inspired by popular revolts in Tunisia and Egypt, Libyan protesters seized parts of Libya in February 2011 in an attempt to end Colonel Muammar Gaddafi’s 41-year rule. In a bid to quell the uprising, government and pro-Gaddafi forces gunned down hundreds of protesters in the capital Tripoli, Libya’s second city Benghazi and other areas in [...]