It is already three years since the uprisings started in the Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, when a seemingly localised event proved to have regional and global consequences.
A street vendor in Tunisia eventually got fed up with his mistreatment by local officials and the rampant corruption in his hometown. So he set himself on fire as a desperate form of protest. But little did Mohamed Bouazizi from Sidi Bouzid know that his self-immolation would trigger one of the most climactic chapters in the contemporary history of this vast region…
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