Protests erupted last Sunday in the impoverished province of Kasserine, central west of Tunisia, after a young unemployed man was electrocuted when he climbed a pylon to protest being denied a government job. Protests have then spread to other regions across the country. On Saturday, peaceful demonstrations continued in the provinces of Kasserine and Sidi Bouzid, the very same town that had sparked the Tunisian revolution five years ago.