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TUNISIA: A Tunisian street vendor sets himself on fire
Mohamed Bouazizi, a Tunisian street vendor set himself on fire on December 17, 2010, in protest of the harassment and humiliation allegedly inflicted on him by a municipal official. -
TUNISIA: Peaceful Marches
This immolation and the subsequent heavy-handed response by the police to peaceful marchers caused riots the next day in Sidi Bouzid. -
TUNISIA: Around 1,000 people take part in the demonstration.
Around 1,000 people took part in the demonstration, called by independent trade union activists. demanding work and what they called an end to corruption, the first time a recent spate of protests has reached the capital calling for the resignation of Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali, -
ALGERIA: Protests regarding lack of housing
Protests regarding lack of housing and clashes with the police. In total, three demonstrators were killed, more than 800 people were wounded, and at least 1,100 were arrested. -
TUNISIA: Protestors violently assaulted by security
A Dark Day in Tunisian Courts History Lawyers all over Tunisia staged protest stands on 31/12/2010 holding red signs , but they were violently assaulted by security leaving many injuries apart from many who were life threatened. -
TUNISIA: Lawyers go on strike.
95% of Tunisia's 8,000 lawyers went on strike -
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ALGERIA: Self-immolations
A wave of self-immolation attempts swept the country. At least ten other self-immolation attempts were reported that week. -
TUNISIA: Protests against the presence of RCD members
Internal and external protests against the presence of RCD members in the new government occurred daily. -
TUNISIA: All RCD ministers resign from the party.
All RCD ministers resign from the party. -
TUNISIA: Protests outside the Interior Ministry
Thousands participate in protests outside the Interior Ministry. -
EGYPT: Protests begin
Protests in Egypt began and ran for eighteen days -
EGYPT: Internet banned. New government formed.
The Egyptian government almost entirely cut off the country from internet access. tens of thousands protested on the streets of Egypt's major cities, President Mubarak formally fired his government and appointed a new one. -
ALGERIA: Protests in Bejaia
At least ten thousand people marched in the northeastern city of Béjaïa. -
EGYPT: Pro-Mubarak activists start protest
Pro-Mubarak activists led a counter-protest that turned violent. -
ALGERIA: Promise to lift state of emergency
President Abdelaziz Bouteflika announced that the 19-year state of emergency would be lifted in the very near future in an apparent bid to stave off unrest -
TUNISIA: President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali flees.
Mass demonstrations were triggered in mid-January, prompting President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to flee. -
ALGERIA: Protestors and polica clash
Nearly 2000 pro-democracy protesters clashed with police forces at the central May 1 square -
EGYPT: ubarak ceded all Presidential power to Vice President
Mubarak ceded all Presidential power to Vice President Omar Suleiman, but announced that he would remain as President, wanting to finish his term. -
EGYPT: All powers tranfered to the Armed Forces of Egypt.
Suleiman announced that Mubarak had resigned from the presidency and transferred all power to the Armed Forces of Egypt. Immediately after, the now-ruling military dissolved the Egyptian Parliament, suspended the Constitution of Egypt, and promised to lift the thirty-year "emergency laws" of the country and to force free, open elections within the next six months, or by the end of the year. -
LIBYA: Anti-government protests in Libya
Anti-government protests start in Libya -
LIBYA: Opposition controls Benghazi
Most of Benghazi, the country's second-largest city, was controlled by the opposition. -
TUNISIA: Demands for new interim government
Protests flared up again on , with 40,000 protesters demanding a new interim government completely free of any people associated with the old regime. Protesters also demanded a parliamentary system of government instead of the current presidential one. -
LIBYA: Protests spread to the capital Tripoli
Protests had spread to the capital Tripoli which led to a television address by Seif al-Islam, who warned the protestors that their country may descend into civil war. -
ALGERIA: Order to lift emergency
Algeria's cabinet adopted an order to lift the state of emergency. -
LIBYA: An interim government formed
An interim government in opposition to Colonel Muammar al-Gaddafi's continued rule was established in Benghazi -
TUNISIA: Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi resigns.
Prime Minister Mohamed Ghannouchi resigned.
