TUNIS, Tunisia, July 21 (UPI) -- With international delegates examining the situation in Tunisia after the revolution, some there are questioning how much has really changed.
Clashes between protesters and security officials last week in Sidi Bouzid, ground zero for the country's Jasmine Revolution, left six police officers injured. Demonstrators last week said they were growing frustrated with interim Prime Minister Beji Caid Sebsi and want him to step down.
A December protest suicide sparked the revolution that ended President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali's tenure after more than 23 years in power. U.N. officials told reporters in Tunis following a 4-day visit to the region that the country was the "vanguard of democratic transition" in the region.
But opposition authorities told al-Jazeera that demonstrators were blocked from government installations and many of the original grievances remained. Others, however, pointed to bustling markets and the return of tourists as a sign reforms were moving in the right direction.
European leaders early this year agreed to help fund political transition in Tunisia. Sebsi said elections planned for June were rescheduled for October because of technical issues, however.
