The Tunisian revolution was a wave of protests that overthrew President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, who had ruled for more than two decades. The unrest was set off by the self-immolation of the street vendor Mohamed Bouazizi in Sidi Bouzid, after officials confiscated his goods, and spread through the country as people protested at unemployment, corruption and repression. Ben Ali fled to Saudi Arabia in January 2011 after demonstrations reached the capital. The uprising became known as the Jasmine Revolution, and it inspired the wider Arab Spring in Egypt, Libya, Yemen, Syria and elsewhere. Tunisia held free elections and adopted a new constitution in 2014, but later turned away from democracy.
Before and after
- 8 November 2010Release of Windows Phone
- from 28 November 2010 to 11 April 20112010–2011 Ivorian crisis
- 10 December 2010Discovery of C/2010 X1 (Elenin)
- from 18 December 2010 to 1 December 2012Arab Spring
- 24 December 2010Tunisian revolution
- 2011Release of Messenger
- 2011Construction of Abraj Al Bait
- 2011Founding of Moscow Exchange
- 2011Release of WeChat
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