Tunisian police have arrested at least 200 protesters on charges of carrying weapons and causing material damage to property, Tunisia’s Interior Ministry said today. Dozens of others were wounded in a second night of clashes between protesters and security forces. Prime Minister Youssef Chahed called for calm on Tuesday as fresh protests broke out across the capital and several other towns, one day after violent demonstrations left one person dead.
Tunisians took to the streets on Monday in response to the government’s austerity plan to raise taxes starting Jan. 1 amid rising prices. The Popular Front, the country's main opposition party, has urged protesters to continue until the government scraps the “unjust” 2018 budget. Read More
A Jewish school on a Tunisian island was attacked late on Tuesday as police battled violent unrest elsewhere in the country, arresting more than 200 people, witnesses and the interior ministry said. - Reuters
Tunisia’s prime minister promised Tuesday to crack down on rioters after violent protests over price hikes left one person dead and raised fears of broader unrest in the country that was the birthplace of the Arab Spring. - Associated Press
Egypt’s election commission on Monday said voting in the country’s presidential election will be held over several days in March, with a possible runoff in April, setting in motion a campaign that so far has only one eligible contender with any chance of victory: President Abdel Fattah Al Sisi. - Wall Street Journal
A 55-year-old man has died after a protest over government austerity measures in Tunisia, the country's state news agency Tunis Afrique Presse (TAP) has reported. - Al Jazeera