Opinion Archives - The PathFinder https://thepathfinder.com.ng/category/opinion/ The Pathfinder is an online newspaper for advocacy journalism, dwelling on media inclusiveness. We give a voice to the voiceless, report the underreported. Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:56:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 240261945 Tunisia’s revolution 14 years on: ‘The emperor has no clothes’ https://thepathfinder.com.ng/tunisias-revolution-14-years-on-the-emperor-has-no-clothes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tunisias-revolution-14-years-on-the-emperor-has-no-clothes Wed, 15 Jan 2025 12:53:41 +0000 https://thepathfinder.com.ng/?p=65 Fourteen years ago, on January 14, 2011, Tunisians filled Habib Bourguiba Boulevard, the central thoroughfare of Tunis, with cries of freedom and dignity as they celebrated the ousting of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He had fled the country and announced his resignation after 28 days of relentless civil disobedience expressed by public square...

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]]> Fourteen years ago, on January 14, 2011, Tunisians filled Habib Bourguiba Boulevard, the central thoroughfare of Tunis, with cries of freedom and dignity as they celebrated the ousting of dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali. He had fled the country and announced his resignation after 28 days of relentless civil disobedience expressed by public square “occupations” in almost every city of the country, triggered by the haunting self-immolation of fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi in the town of Sidi Bouzid.

The Tunisian people’s victory against their longtime oppressor and his suffocating, corrupt regime was so remarkable, so spectacular that it inspired a wave of Arab uprisings across the region.

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