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Street vendor Mohamed Ben Bouazizi (March 29 1984 - Jan 4 2011) sets himself on fire in protest at his treatment by the Tunisian authorities. His action sparks wide-spread protests across Tunisia against president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali and his governing party.
A crackdown on demonstrators in the Tunisian district of Bouziane results in two fatalities. Police claimed they acted in self defence in shooting the protesters. But any hope the government had that the crackdown would cow the protesters into submission were to be dashed, as even larger demonstrations were soon to sweep the country.
A Tunisian rapper whose songs had been adopted by protesters is arrested. Hamada Ben Amor - who goes by the stage name El Général - had recently released rap protest song 'Tunisia our country'. He was released a few days later following a huge reaction from the Tunisian populace and his songs are now widely considered to be the "anthems of the revolution".
Large scale demonstrations kick off in the Tunisian capital Tunis for the first time, as crowds of more than 1,000 take part in a rally in support of protests elsewhere in the country. The rally was broken up by security forces.
A demonstration in Gafsa organised by the Tunisian Federation of Labour Unions is broken up by police on 29 December but that does not stop the protests. The next day some 300 lawyers hold a rally close to the Government's Palace in the Tunisian capital and over following days numerous other protests take place across the country.
Mokhtar Trifi, president of the Tunisian Human Rights League, complains that lawyers had been 'savagely beaten' by security forces following a series of demonstrations organised by the Tunisian National Lawyers Order.
Violence breaks out in Thala - a 15,000 strong town in Tunisia - after a group of 250 mainly students are confronted by police. The security forces fired tear gas at the protesters, who responded by attacking the local office of the Tunisian governing party.
Tunisia's 8,000 lawyers call a strike in protest at the brutal crack down by the security forces. The Tunisian Human Rights League had earlier complained that lawyers taking part in protests in the capital had been 'savagely beaten' by the police.
Protesters in a working class district of Tunis reportedly chant "We are not afraid. We are not afraid" after police fire tear gas at them.
The military is deployed across Tunisia in an attempt by the beleagured government and its leader Ben Ali to quell wide-spread unrest in the country. A night-time curfew is also imposed in the Tunisian capital Tunis.
Against all the odds, protesters in Tunisia force long-time president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali to step down. His resignation follows weeks of protests in the north African country. Ben Ali had been in power for 23 years. He subsequently flees to Saudia Arabia.
Libyan leader speaks out against the uprising in Tunisia, blaming wikileaks for sparking the unrest. Meanwhile, reports come in of unrest in his oil-rich north African country.
In the first signs of unrest in Egypt, a man sets himself on fire outside the country's parliament in protest at poor living conditions and lack of opportunity. Five others try to do the same. The self-immolations come exactly a month after Tunisian street vendor Mohamed Ben Bouazizi set himself alight in Tunisia, sparking an uprising that led to the deposing of long-time president Ben Ali.
Protests break out throughout Egypt in what is dubbed the 'Day of Revolt' as the country's citizens express their anger at the government of President Hosni Mubarak. The biggest crowds are in Cairo, where tens of thousands of people gathered, but thousands also protest in other cities across country. The protests are mainly peaceful though police keep a close presence.
Following four days of protests, hundreds of thousands demonstrate in Cairo and other Egyptian cities after Friday prayers. In what appears to be a deliberate attempt to intimidate the protesters, thousands of prisoners are allegedly released by the government, and given free reign on the streets of the capital after police are withdrawn. Despite the chaos, there are few reports of casualties. During the day, president Hosni Mubarak makes his first public statement about the protests.
The military is deployed on the streets of Cairo and a curfew is imposed, but neither do much to quell the protests. If anything, the demonstrations are even larger. The army reportedly refuses to follow orders to fire live ammunition.
As pressure on him to stand down builds, Egyptian president Mubarak addresses the nation on television. He promises he will not stand in the upcoming elections in September and also pledges to enact political reforms. But the demonstrators want nothing less than his immediate removal. Towards the end of the day, in a sign of what is to come, there are reports of sporadic clashes between pro-Mubarak supporters and the anti-governement protesters.
Things turn nasty in Cairo's Tahrir Square after hundreds of supporters of Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak attack a large crowd of people demanding he steps down.
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