this is the memorial to mohamed bouazizi here is unemployment rate was 11 percent when he died today it's more than 15 percent there's been a 4 fold increase in the amount of illegal migration to europe just in the last 12 months. for this generation protested against the all for a tarion rule of xena bettina ben ali their anger and frustration at how things have turned out is clear. life is really very beautiful and we have a very beautiful life we live happily together we loved each other we used to have everything now we don't have anything only crime and of a bad thing. the economy here is expected to contract by 6.5 percent this year that's a significant challenge for any country but there's arguably more pressure to get through the downturn in tunisia where it's jasmine revolution is often held up as an example of how popular uprisings can succeed in the middle east bernard smith al-jazeera city boos eat. and how well he did in doha with the headlines on al-jazeera french president emanuel mccraw has testified.

to watch a football match these kind of things never happened before mohammed bouazizi set himself on fire to protest against police in city booze eed who often demanded bribes so he could sell from his street car it was the spark for unprecedented protests the forced an autocratic president to flee. led to the arab spring that toppled regimes across the middle east. is still. tunisia is one of the only arab countries where democracy survived but incomes of fallen by a 5th over the past decade. now had to do with it can't leave on what the jobs mean to the receipt life is more expensive $100.00 a month job is only enough money for yourself if you have a family it's very difficult this is the memorial to mohammed who is easy tunisia's unemployment rate was 11 percent when he died today it's more than 15 percent there's been a 4 fold increase in the amount of illegal migration to europe just in the last 12 months. this generation protested against the all for a tarion rule of xena bettina ben ali their anger and frustration at how things have turned out is clear. life was really very be

man let the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi says some cell phone fire to protest official corruption in tunisia he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had inspired a nationwide outpouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is veteran also a crowd xeni ben ali fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides in tow. the antigovernment protests multiplied rapidly be on chin izzie as borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failure spilling onto the streets social media was used to spread the words an organize and few of our countries were left untouched by the vast some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for truck to conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today.

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killed going to the stadium to watch a football match these kinds of things never happened before mohammed bouazizi set himself on fire to protest against police in city boozy who often demanded bribes so he could sell from his street car was the spark for unprecedented protests the forced an autocratic president to flee. led to the arab spring and the toppled regimes across the middle east. tunisia is one of the only arab countries where democracy survives but incomes of fallen by a bit over the past decade. natalie wood it can't leave on what the jobs pay until it was a good life is more expensive $100.00 a month job is only enough money for yourself if you have a family it's very difficult. this is the memorial to mohammed who is easy tunisia's unemployment rate was 11 percent when he died today it's more than 15 percent there's been a 4 fold increase in the amount of illegal migration to europe just in the last 12 months. this generation protested against the wall for a tarion rule of xena bettina ben ali their anger and frustration at how things have turned out is clear don't lay human. life i

exactly 10 years ago mohammed bouazizi a fruit seller in tunisia set himself on fire after a local official confiscated his barrow is act of despair inspired a wave of demonstrations across the arab world known as the arab spring populations rose up demanding democracy but as smith reports from city where it all began and where many say life was better better before the revolution. mohamed boise's protest is commemorated every year in his hometown but this time there weren't many people here to see it in previous years this place would have been packed the locals have stayed away in protest because they say it is more deprived than it was 10 years ago 2 reasons why people haven't come the 1st is coronavirus the 2nd is that people are rang gree promises of a new hospital a university and a bigger vegetable market haven't materialized but they've been on paper since 2011 with the official ceremony over the protesters moved in. memorial became the platform. and why should i celebrate i didn't get anything from that it was in the last 10 years what is there to celebrate maybe life was better be

was elected after a coup in 2011 he's stepping down after 2 terms his preferred successor mohamed bouazizi leads a 30 strong field of candidates this year is struggling with widespread poverty so to see if you can this is a special day for nigeria for the 1st time in its history niger will see a democratic transition of power and i hope this transition will lead to others as we consolidate our democratic process. says more now from the capital me. things are picking up gradually we've been to several polling stations some opened maybe an hour. after force was supposed to have started the president in fact voted just an hour ago where we're standing now and then later on we saw several government officials as well as other voters hearing into vote one election officials told us that the numbers will go up as the day progresses now we spoke to the election commissioner who said voting has been progressing all across the country except in regions where there are security challenges in such an areas in those regions then elections are not holding simply because it's impossible to conduct a nex

man lit the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi says some cell phone fire to protest official corruption in tunisia he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had inspired a nationwide i pouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is that sure an autocrat zina ben ali fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides into. the antigovernment protests multiplied rapidly be on to his ears borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failure spilling onto the streets social media was used to spread the word on organize and few of our countries were left untouched by the unrest some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. w

tunisia set himself on fire in protest against police ruby tim and seized his cart and produce mohamed bouazizi died 18 days later triggering outrage. hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets to challenge the regime of the same lobby deemed benignly after trying to for years of course or tarion rule benignly fled the country on january the 14th 2011 saudi arabia granted him refuge. was left in turmoil. eventually protests spread beyond its borders. people in different countries across north africa and the middle east the mounted regime change true. i the movements became known the world over as the arab spring. he's in tunisia how it will to magically fell into the hands of bin id's prime minister some of the new sheet but today later on january the 15th the constitutional council determined that then speaker of parliament. was the rightful acting president he remained in office until months of the was elected president by the constituent assembly in december. to be an opposition leader who spent 2 decades in exile in paris remained in power for 3 years. so what legacy did the uprisi

said some cell phone fire in a desperate and a fatal act of protest mohamed bouazizi is actions tapped into frustration and fury at home and across the wider region leading to what became known as the arab spring is an arab country the transition to democracy but many say things have only got worse and they were muted commemorations in. revolution began well the former president. has told al-jazeera he's quote proud of the progress made in creating a democratic government in the country mr. transition to democracy after years soon to office shortly after the revolution. with and began by asking him about what the legacy of the uprising has been after 10 years. if we consider the situation in tunisia i am proud of the number of achievement. that we have realized during the 1st of all we are now a free nation we have free elections we have a free parliament we have freedom of expression we have freedom of gathering etc etc and i can assure you of that as human rights activist i was very extremely cautious about torture i said from the beginning to the advance the police and the army that

man lit the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi says some cell phone fire to protest official corruption in tunisia he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had inspired a nationwide outpouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is vasher an autocrat zina. fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides into. the anti government protests multiplied rapidly be on chin izzie as borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failures spilling on to the streets social media was used to spread the word unorganized and few of our countries were left untouched by the unrest some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. by no

man lit the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi sets himself on fire to protest official corruption in chinese he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had inspired a nationwide outpouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is vasher an autocrat xeni. fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides into. the anti government protests multiplied rapidly bianchini is ias borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failures spilling on to the streets social media was used to spread the word on organize and few of our countries were left untouched by the unrest some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt for decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. let's get some

man lit the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi says some cell phone fire to protest official corruption in chinese he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had sparked a nationwide outpouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is vasher an autocrat zina ben ali fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides into. the anti government protests multiplied rapidly be on chin izzie as borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failures spilling on to the streets social media was used to spread the word on organize and few of our countries were left untouched by the unrest some of the biggest of he was experienced in egypt for decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for truck to conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. inter

man lit the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi says some cell phone fire to protest official corruption in chinese he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had inspired a nationwide i pouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is vasher an autocrat xeni ben ali fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides in tow. the anti government protests multiplied rapidly be on chin is the is borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failure spilling onto the streets social media was used to spread the word unorganized and few of our countries were left untouched by the vast some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for truck to conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. w

mohamed bouazizi was a street vendor in tunisia who set himself on fire ten years and three days ago.protest against his local government that then spiraled to mass protests against the national government. those in turn inspired the entire arab spring. the epicenter of the movement, tahrir square in cairo, which filled with angry protesters until hosni mubarak was forced to resign. it looked like a success at the time as did the other leaders deposed in nations across the region. but what has come of it all? joining me is noah feldman a professor at the harvard law and the author of "the arab winter: a tragedy." let's start with the non-tragedy part which is where it began. tunisia. that one has sort of succeeded. why? >> tunisia has sort of succeeded in that it is now a functioning, not perfect, but functioning constitutional democracy. it's pretty free. they vote people in and out of office. they form coalitions in their government. they sometimes fail to form coalitions. basically, the ordinary person still suffers from some of the challenges that face them even before the arab sp

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man let the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi says some cell phone fire to protest official corruption in chinese he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had inspired a nationwide outpouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is vasher an autocrat zenith. fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides into. the antigovernment protests multiplied rapidly be on china's ears borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failure spilling onto the streets social media was used to spread the word on organize and few of our countries were left untouched by the vast some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt for decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still taking a huge humanitarian toll today. i'm joined