Protests continue in Kasserine and several other Tunisian cities including the capital as people demonstrate against unemployment and the country’s dire economic situation.<br /><br /> A curfew has been in place since Tuesday in Kasserine, a poor central town of some 90,000 people, where clashes have been the worst, killing one policeman. <br /><br /> The mood seems to evoke 2011, when exasperated Tunisians protested and kicked off the so-called Arab Spring.<br /><br /> People have taken to the streets anyway, defying the curfew.<br /><br /> ““We are defending our right to work, the only way to be heard by the government is clashes; no other way. We have asked for five years but they have never responded,” said one man.<br /><br /> “We are a family of eight people. Who is in charge? My sister! She works as a street cleaner despite having a university degree. Eight people have to live on her $110, can you imagine that? We rent a house, and the owner has tried to kick us out for three years. For me, sunrise is not a new hope,” said one
