Protests continue in Tunisia despite political leaders’ pleas for calm

Demonstrators face police officers during clashes in Ettadhamen City near Tunis (Hassene Dridi/AP)

Tunisian youth clashed with police, maintaining their protests and riots over economic difficulties despite efforts by the president and the prime minister to calm tensions.

“Your voice is heard, and your anger is legitimate, and it is my role and the role of the government to work to realise your demands and to make the dream of Tunisia to become true,” prime minister Hichem Mechichi appealed to the protesters on national television on Tuesday night.