By Tarek Amara and Andrew Hammond TUNIS | Thu Jan 27, 2011 10:49am EST (Reuters) – Protesters stormed police barricades in the Tunisian capital on Thursday and the government prepared to dismiss key loyalists of ousted leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali in […]

By Andrew Hammond TUNIS | Tue Jan 25, 2011 10:55am EST (Reuters) – At a news conference in Tunis this week, a young journalist pressed leftist opposition leader Moncef Marzouki to outline his party’s policies. “We will put forward our program but […]

By Tarek Amara and Andrew Hammond TUNIS | Mon Jan 24, 2011 6:50pm EST (Reuters) – Tunisian politicians are negotiating the creation of a council to oversee the interim government, people close to the talks said Monday after days of street protests […]

By Andrew Hammond TUNIS | Mon Jan 24, 2011 3:51pm EST (Reuters) – The police state apparatus set up by ousted Tunisian leader Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali is still in place, rights activists said on Monday, saying a failure to dismantle it […]

By Andrew Hammond TUNIS | Fri Jan 21, 2011 4:06pm GMT (Reuters) – At their union headquarters in central Tunis, journalists long used to rigid censorship meet to ponder the meaning of an era of freedom they never saw coming. “People are […]

Wed, 19 Jan 2011 18:12 GMT By Andrew Hammond TUNIS, Jan 19 (Reuters) – The sudden exit of ousted Tunisian leader Ben Ali and his family in a popular revolt has left a big hole in the life of the affluent suburbs […]

By Christian Lowe and Andrew Hammond TUNIS | Wed Jan 19, 2011 6:55pm EST (Reuters) – Tunisia’s interim leaders said they freed the last of its political prisoners and promised a “complete break with the past” on Wednesday to appease street protesters […]