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Poverty and hopelessness beget violence in Tunisia's suburbs

by Francesca Ebel
| January 22, 2021 8:09 AM

TUNIS, Tunisia (AP) — Protests have swept towns and cities throughout Tunisia for a week, often turning to violence as demonstrators denounce what they say are broken promises from the government, which hasn’t been able to turn around an economy on the verge of bankruptcy.

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