Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali, Former President of Tunisia, Dies at 83 – AuthenticAfrican

Posted on Sep 19, 2019 by Rick Gladstone

The autocrat who inspired the Arab Spring revolts of 2011, he died in exile in Saudi Arabia, which had refused Tunisian requests to extradite him.

Tags : Africa, Ben Ali, Middle East, Middle East and North Africa Unrest (2010- ), Politics and Government, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Zine El-Abidine

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