Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika pledged to lift the country’s 19-year state of emergency—but protesters pledged to go ahead with their planned march on the capital.
Initial media reports that protesters had burned down an ancient synagogue in the Tunisian city of Gabes were later refuted, with accusations of provocation by ex-regime members.
Tunisia’s interim regime followed through on its pledge to replace the cabinet of ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali—as protesters continue to demand the government resign.
Tunisia’s National Unity Government issued an international arrest warrant for ousted president Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali and his family as protests continue to mount.
Hundreds of protesters battled riot police in Algiers—many waving Tunisian flags in a reference to the unrest that brought down the president of the neighboring country last week.
Is Tunisia’s “Jasmine Revolution” a creation of George Soros, the National Endowment for Democracy and Julian Assange? No, but that hasn’t stopped Moammar Qaddafi from mouthing off.
The Tunisian government says 14 were killed in unrest over the weekend in the western towns of Kasserine, Regueb and Thala, while opposition leaders put the figure at 25.
Rising food prices led to an outbreak of riots in Algeria, with unrest continuing today in several cities. Youth also clashed with police in towns around neighboring Tunisia.
Moroccan security services broke up a 27-member terrorist network, authorities announced, saying the cell aimed to set up an al-Qaeda base in the kingdom.
Thousands demonstrated in Madrid against Morocco’s recent crackdown on protesters in the former Spanish colony of Western Sahara, which has left several dead.
The governments of Mauritania and Mali pledge a hard line against al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM)—while acknowledging that a visible role for Western powers could win the group sympathy.
A 14-year-old boy was killed when Moroccan security forces intervened in a protest encampment established by indigenous Sahrawi residents outside Laayoune, capital of occupied Western Sahara.
