Moderate Islamist party claims election win in Tunisia
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15438945
Some hopeful news in North Africa.
".......Tunisia's moderate Islamist party, Ennahda, is claiming victory in Sunday's elections, the first free poll of the Arab Spring.............."
The secular PDP has admitted defeat. They will have to go with the moderates. The questions now become "how moderate are the moderates" and "what will their constitution look like"
Time will tell.
A story on some of the political background and tensions.
Tunisia election: Loving and loathing Islamists
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-15377242
"Following the "Arab Spring", it is now a crisp autumn day in the suburb of Siciliana and 26-year-old Neila Herela walks me towards her family's small fire burning on the open street.
"I'm not going to vote in these elections," she says tearfully, as a small child drags a huge water carrier across the street. "Look at my family, living on the street - on the pavement."......................."
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