The Arab Spring that swept through countries in the Middle East and North Africa four years ago has not lead to the changes that had been expected.
ON Dec 17, 2010 when Tunisian fruit seller Mohamed Bouazizi set himself on fire after a municipal council official confiscated his cart and fruits and humiliated him, little did he know that this would set the Middle East and north Africa alight with dreams and hopes for change.
The flames of the Arab Spring started in Tunisia and then swept like wildfire to Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Bahrain and Syria.