La Presse de Tunisie
Encyclopedia
La Presse, founded in 1936, is a large-circulation French-language daily newspaper published in Tunis
, Tunisia
. As a result of the 2010-2011 Tunisian protests, the newspaper transformed from being seen as propaganda for Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
's government to having editorial independence from the government.
Tunis
Tunis is the capital of both the Tunisian Republic and the Tunis Governorate. It is Tunisia's largest city, with a population of 728,453 as of 2004; the greater metropolitan area holds some 2,412,500 inhabitants....
, Tunisia
Tunisia
Tunisia , officially the Tunisian RepublicThe long name of Tunisia in other languages used in the country is: , is the northernmost country in Africa. It is a Maghreb country and is bordered by Algeria to the west, Libya to the southeast, and the Mediterranean Sea to the north and east. Its area...
. As a result of the 2010-2011 Tunisian protests, the newspaper transformed from being seen as propaganda for Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali
Zine El Abidine Ben Ali is a Tunisian political figure who was the second President of Tunisia from 1987 to 2011. Ben Ali was appointed Prime Minister in October 1987, and he assumed the Presidency on 7 November 1987 in a bloodless coup d'état that ousted President Habib Bourguiba, who was...
's government to having editorial independence from the government.