Tunisian authorities have arrested nearly 200 people after several days of anti-government protests, as the country struggles to stabilize following the ouster of President Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali. Tunisia's official TAP news agency quoted the Interior Ministry as saying the arrests were made on Monday and Tuesday for offenses including theft, breaking a curfew, and throwing stones at security forces. The protests erupted last Thursday after former Interior Minister Farhat Rajhi warned that loyalists of Mr. Ben Ali could be plotting a coup if Tunisia's main Islamist group wins the country's elections in July. The protesters took to the streets of the capital Tunis, demanding the resignation of the country's caretaker. The former president's overthrow has revived tensions between pro-Islamists and anti-Islamists in the North African country. Popular discontent about widespread unemployment and official corruption led to an uprising in January that resulted in Mr. Ben Ali's resignation. He fled to exile in Saudi Arabia with much of his extended family.