TUNISIA

TUNISIA'S REVOLUTION

• There were many things to start the revolution
• The last straw was when a citizen, Muhamed, killed himself
• He started the next level of protests against the government in Tunis
• The protests forced the President Ben Ali out of office
• Ben took refuge in Saudi Arabia

WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW?

• In early 2011 the prime minister Ben Ali fled the country
• After he fled the citizens began pushing for democracy
• Later that year the government changed to a form of democracy
• They have a president named Moncef Marzouki
• He is not liked by all the citizens but they are pleased that he was elected

PROBLEMS

• The country is facing challenges of finding the right type of democracy
• It will take time to get the government to find a balance

INVOLVEMENT WITH OTHER COUNTRIES

• Tunisia's former president fled Ben Ali to Saudi Aribia
• Other Arab countries thought they could follow Tunisia to democracy
• The U.S. sent 350 million dollars to get the government started
• They sent money because the U.S. wants more democratic countries

WHAT HAPPENED?

• The country had a revolution
• The people protested against the government because it wasn't fair
• The citizens overthrew it which forced them to make a democracy
• After the other Arab countries saw what they did they followed