KasserineUnemployed graduates marched with their children in Kasserine this week.
Protests from Sidi Bouzid have reached northern Tunisia, testing Saied’s closed political system.
Demonstrators in Sidi Bouzid, Kasserine and Gabes demand jobs and enforcement of a 2025 law guaranteeing graduates public posts.
Republican Party spokesman Wissem Sghayer called it “at its core, a political movement.”
The Tunisian General Labour Union is weighing a general strike as Saied promises regional development.
How each outlet framed it
- Global Voices
- positions 2026 protests as 2011 echo expanded beyond unemployed to general public, centered on unimplemented recruitment law
Sources: Global Voices