| 5,899,589 |
35.82539 |
10.63699 |
Tunisia |
|
A group of more than 50 Salafists occupied the University of Sousse as exams were taking place, triggering clashes between them and other students. Scuffles broke out and stones were hurled, which disrupted exams. Three students were injured and were taken to the nearby hospital. |
| 5,899,594 |
34.3827 |
8.15549 |
Tunisia |
|
Agricultural workers represented by the UGTT staged a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions as well as government nonintervention and neglect in the mining district of Gafsa. The strikers claim that they will close down Gafsa Phosphate Company if their demands are not met. No property was damaged. |
| 5,899,602 |
35.82539 |
10.63699 |
Tunisia |
|
Clashes between members of the General Union of Tunisian Students (UGET) and the Tunisian General Union of Students (UGTE) took place on Monday at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of Sousse. Several students sustained injuries and have been hospitalized. |
| 5,899,606 |
36.08497 |
9.37082 |
Tunisia |
|
Groups of strikers over poor living conditions and employment blocked access to small communes using tyres and barricades as they demonstrated for jobs, housing and regional development. Schools and several roads were closed. |
| 5,899,610 |
35.85798 |
9.20072 |
Tunisia |
|
Local protesters maintained barricades put in place on January 13 in the streets of Makthar, a plateau town suffering from unemployment, no running water or gas, and limited infrastructural investment. |
| 5,899,615 |
36.44788 |
8.4413 |
Tunisia |
|
Riots over poor living conditions and employment took place in the border town of Ghardimaou. 17 rioters were arrested for vandalism and looting. |
| 5,899,707 |
36.80803 |
10.09721 |
Tunisia |
|
Salafist-inspired protesters comprised mostly of unenrolled students staged a sit-in to demonstrate against a law preventing women from attending Manouba University--a secular, public school--wearing the niqab. The salafist protesters also demanded a place for prayer. |
| 5,899,619 |
36.80803 |
10.09721 |
Tunisia |
|
Salafist-inspired protesters comprised mostly of unenrolled students staged a sit-in to demonstrate against a law preventing women from attending Manouba University--a secular, public school--wearing the niqab. The salafist protesters also demanded a place for prayer. protesters changed locations of their sit-in today to the university's administrative offices. The sit-in campsite had been previosly held at the Dean's office starting November 28 (Radio Mosaique FM). |
| 5,899,623 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Tunisians staged protests in a number of cities to bring attention to their "marginalization and unemployment" and solving their "poor social conditions." |
| 5,899,629 |
37.019 |
9.05664 |
Tunisia |
|
A general strike staged by unemployed protesters blocked access to the Bizerte-Nefza, Tabarka-Nefza, and Beja-Nefza access roads, the only thoroughfares through the town. protesters began by demonstrating against marginalization and poverty, but also chanted anti-US and anti-Qatar slogans, which led to clashes with nearby pro-Ennadha civilians. Troops were deployed to prevent looting and violence but no violence was reported. |
