Stories - Tunisia

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The power of youth

While Democracy International is losing its most senior colleague Klaus Hofmann, as an association we’re also...

Tunisia: A U-Turn from Democracy

Tunisia: A U-turn from democracy

Once regarded as the sole democracy that has emerged from the mass protests of the Arab Spring in 2011,...

Realising the promise of the revolution during a health crisis in Tunisia

While timely and necessary, the measures to halt the spread of COVID-19 have had an enormous impact not only...

A Nobel Peace Prize for Modern Direct Democracy

Here in Tunisia, we received the news of the Nobel Peace Prize with great joy and emotion, writes Lassaad El...

"Citizens are not a problem; they are part of the solution"

Tunisia is the first Arab country to implement participatory budgeting. In this conversation Bedis Bouziri...

Decentralizing Power in Tunisia — Not So Fast

Who says no one cares about a wonky subject like decentralized power? Asks Joe Mathews from Tunis. A first-...