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Post-uprising Tunisia still struggling

2012-06-08 33 Dailymotion

It has been more than a month since Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, Tunisia's president, was forced to leave office, but many Tunisians say they are yet to see the benefits of their revolution.

Many citizens, particularly in smaller towns, say they feel disconnected from Tunis, and that the root causes of the uprising - spiralling unemployment and widespread poverty - remain unaddressed.

Al Jazeera's Nazanine Moshiri reports from Gafsa, one such region of Tunisia.