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Now playing Next no comment Growing anger at waste crisis gripping Tunisia's second city Rubbish has been piling up in the streets of Sfax, as landfill sites reach capacity and local residents are forced to burn their own refuse. 18/11/2022
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Now playing Next no comment Tunisian police continue to clash with protesters Sunday was the third consecutive day of unrest a decade on from the revolution that ousted President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali 18/01/2021
Now playing Next Tunisia Protests continue in Tunisia against the police and economic crisis The demonstrations in Siliana and other cities began after a video posted on social media showed a police officer shouting and pushing a shepherd whose sheep entered the local government headquarters. 17/01/2021
Now playing Next Tunisia Tunisian activists protest surveillance a decade on from Arab Spring It's been ten years since a street vendor set himself on fire to protest against rising living costs and corruption in Tunisia, sparking the Arab Spring. 17/12/2020
Now playing Next world news How has Tunisia changed ten years on from the Arab Spring? The Arab Spring led to the ousting of longtime dictators in Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Yemen. 17/12/2020
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Now playing Next world news Anti-austerity protests in Tunisia's capital Hundreds of people protested in Tunsia's capital against price and tax hikes introduced by the government at the beginning of the year. 12/01/2018
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Now playing Next Tunisia Hundreds arrested as clashes rock Tunisia The interior ministry reports at least 237 people have been arrested as anti-government protests turn violent. 10/01/2018
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Now playing Next Tunisia Policeman dies as jobs protests in central Tunisia continue Protests continue in Kasserine and several other Tunisian cities including the capital as people demonstrate against unemployment and the country’s 21/01/2016
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Now playing Next Tunisia Tunisia marks independence day in defiance of attacks Thousands of Tunisians have turned out to mark Independence day showing their defiance against the militants who attacked the Bardo museum earlier this week. 20/03/2015
Now playing Next Tunisia Protests erupt in Tunisia to denounce the museum attacks In the wake of the deadly museum siege in the Tunisian capital, many residents turned out in support of the police and against the attackers. 18/03/2015
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