Fledgling democracy could survive in crisis-hit Tunisia


  • World
  • Friday, 30 Aug 2013

Rached Ghannouchi, leader of the Islamist Ennahda movement, speaks during a news conference in Tunis August 15, 2013. REUTERS/ Zoubeir Souissi

TUNIS (Reuters) - Tunisia, birthplace of the Arab uprisings of 2011, is locked in a standoff between its Islamist-led government and secular opposition that could be decisive for the success of its experiment in democracy.

The small North African nation could still make this work, if its political class can rise above party rivalries to follow a road map to the rule of law laid out in 2011, analysts say.

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