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TEN years after it served as the trigger for the Arab Spring, Tunisia is in turmoil once again. For the past few weeks, protests have rocked it over the deteriorating socio-political conditions in Africa’s northernmost country. To halt the drift, the President, Kais Saied, did the absurd; with the support of the army, he summarily sacked the Prime Minister, Hichem Mechichi, and dismissed the parliament.
In truth, there is no easy way out. A majority of Tunisia’s 11.7 million people is disenchanted that the Arab Spring, which erupted when a young man self-immolated to protest his desperate condition, has not brought significant improvement. At 16.69 percent, unemployment is extremely high. It is a sign of the prolonged economic trouble that in part provoked the Arab Spring. In 2010, Tunisia’s GDP was $45.04 billion but dwindled to $38.8 billion in 2019.
In the process, the economic trouble has had a domino effect on politics and social life. Since the Arab Spring ended in 2011, Tunisia’s government has changed hands on 12 occasions. The incumbent president, a law academic, came to office in 2019. He is threading a shaky ground already. That is a sign of entrenched instability.
er, disobeying court orders, and playing along with anti-media bills in the parliament. In Cameroon, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, DR Congo, Rwanda, Congo-Brazzaville and elsewhere on the continent, the leaders perpetuate themselves in office through several means in a direct antithesis of democracy.
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