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Why Immolations Increase in Tunisia

Summary by Courrier International
In December 2010, after an altercation with the Tunisian police, a young street salesman killed himself by fire. This desperate gesture by Mohamed Bouazizi will lead to a wave of riots, the beginning of a Tunisian revolution that will cause the fall of President Ben Ali. In the Tunisia of Kais Saïed, says Inkyfada, this phenomenon of suicide by fire persists, a sign of a social as well as individual unease.
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Why Immolations Increase in Tunisia

In December 2010, after an altercation with the Tunisian police, a young street salesman killed himself by fire. This desperate gesture by Mohamed Bouazizi will lead to a wave of riots, the beginning of a Tunisian revolution that will cause the fall of President Ben Ali. In the Tunisia of Kais Saïed, says Inkyfada, this phenomenon of suicide by fire persists, a sign of a social as well as individual unease.

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Courrier international broke the news in on Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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