Man dies after setting self on fire outside Senegal presidency in latest self ... This self-immolation comes on the heels of similar protests in Tunisia, Egypt, Algeria and Senegal's neighbour to the north, Mauritania.
Bahrain royal family orders army to turn on the people. Bahrain's ruling family has defied mounting international criticism by ordering the army to turn on its people for the first time since pro-reform demonstrations erupted five days ago.
Bahrain protest: 'The regime must fall, and we will make sure it does'. Ali Ismail had helped wash the body of a dead protester for burial and he was already talking of more blood. "We will go to them and they will attack us," he said of Bahrain's riot police. Within hours he was proved correct.
Bahraini troops fire on peaceful protesters in chaotic scene.
"We are peaceful. We don't even have a rock," cried Mohammad, a 26-year-old laborer, as the throng shouted, "The victory is from Allah and it will be with us" and "Down, down, Khalifa" and "Tell the world. Tell the world. We are peaceful."
MANAMA, Bahrain -- Bahraini troops fired live ammunition and tear gas Friday at thousands of peaceful protesters in the capital's main square, causing dozens of casualties. People carrying men, women and children - some bleeding from bullet wounds, others overcome by tear gas - crowded into Salmanya Medical Center, where the frantic, overwhelmed staff struggled to cope.
Eyewitness: Carnage in Bahrain as the Military Opens Fire (Time)
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Algeria braces for more protests. Protesters against Algeria's military regime are to hold further pro-democracy demonstrations on Saturday, despite the government's promise to end the state of emergency that has gripped the country for 19 years.
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