Tunisia Elections: The Difficulties of Democracy

As Tunisia gears up for its first democratic elections this Sunday, its popular emerging political parties, like Afek Tounes, have high hopes for spreading their message far and wide.
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As Tunisia gears up for its first democratic elections this Sunday, its popular emerging political parties, like Afek Tounes, have high hopes for spreading their message far and wide. But if one thing is for certain, the country that lit the spark of revolution in the Arab world is learning that transition to democracy can be a very messy process.

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