Why the Arab Spring never engulfed sub-Saharan Africa
A decade ago, a wave of protests swept across North Africa in what came to be known as the Arab Spring, bringing down Arab rulers with it. Despite facing similar challenges, an…
After the Arab Spring: ‘There’s a loss of appetite for revolution across the Arab world’
Almost a decade after the Arab Spring began, the wave of protests that toppled authoritarian leaders across the region has led to a more complicated political reality than the first demonstrators could…
Requiem for the Arab Spring: Why has Tunisia succeeded where others failed?
Tunisia is where the "Arab Spring" began. Today, seven years on, despite some setbacks, it is the only country in the Arab world where those uprisings have given way to a peaceful…
Tunisia to form new government after firing PM
Tunisia is embarking on the task of forming a new government after firing Prime Minister Habib Essid. He paid the price for a lack of economic growth in the birthplace of the…