On December 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a street vendor overwhelmed by police harassment, set himself on fire on the main street of Sidi Bouzid.
His death sparked an uprising that left at least 300 dead and thousands injured in the country.
To read on France 24 >>> Tunisia, ten years later: "There have been two revolutions in one"
On January 14, 2011, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali was driven out of Tunisia after 23 years of unchallenged reign.
Its supporters still live in nostalgia and support the actors in the current political scene who deny the revolutionary process.
10 years of chaotic democratic life
For 10 years, Tunisia has lived at the rate of economic and political crises.
Faced with the advocates of a return to the old order, the President of the Republic Kaïs Saïed pleads to implement the demands expressed during the uprising of 2011.
Faced with this polarization of political life, many Tunisians are calling for reforms in order to avoid any backsliding and preserve the major gains of the revolution: freedom of expression.
To see on France 24 >>> SERIES (1/4) Revolution in Tunisia: 10 years after the fall of Ben Ali, little social progress
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