| 5,906,318 |
35.76471 |
10.81254 |
Tunisia |
|
A Tunisian customs officer has died after setting himself on fire, officials said Thursday, in an apparent protest mirroring that of a graduate which sparked a popular revolt. The 54-year-old died in Monastir on Wednesday night after suffering "third-degree burns all over his body." Mongi Belkadhi, spokesman for civil protection, told AFP the man had on Tuesday sprayed his uniform with petrol and set himself alight outside a hotel in the touristic area of the eastern coastal city. |
| 5,906,322 |
33.70439 |
8.96903 |
Tunisia |
|
Date producers blocked access to Kebili to protest against restrictions on export towards Libya. |
| 5,906,326 |
33.13783 |
11.21965 |
Tunisia |
|
A group of citizens of Bir Djemila blocked the circulation on the route connecting Ben Gardane with Ras Ajdir. The sit-in took place during the visit of the governor of Medenine in sign of protest against the imposition of limitations on cross-border petrol trade. |
| 5,906,329 |
33.70439 |
8.96903 |
Tunisia |
|
Doctors in Kebili hospital staged a protest for being target of violence. |
| 5,906,333 |
36.72564 |
9.18169 |
Tunisia |
|
Residents of Cit Oued Baassatine protested outside the governorate of Beja to demand the completion of a housing project in the area. |
| 5,906,338 |
36.81897 |
10.16579 |
Tunisia |
|
Workers in the National Office for Television Broadcast demonstrated in Tunis to demand the adoption of a law that would regularise their position. |
| 5,907,315 |
0.3156 |
32.5656 |
Uganda |
|
Ugandan army veterans protest against demobilisation arrangements made by the government - 14 were arrested |
| 5,906,473 |
36.08497 |
9.37082 |
Tunisia |
|
A man, who lived in precarious conditions, set himself on fire and died of his wounds in Siliana after that the regional committee for social services refused to allocate him in a public housing program. |
| 5,906,343 |
36.20505 |
8.49196 |
Tunisia |
|
Al Qaeda-linked Okba Ibn Nafaa Brigade claimed in a video released on the internet the execution of another shepherd suspected of being an informant for the police. The episode took place in the heights of Kassar, in Jebel Ouergha. |
| 5,906,348 |
34.74056 |
10.76028 |
Tunisia |
|
For the third consecutive Friday, hundreds of Muslim militants close to OTT staged a protest outside Sidi Lakhmi mosque in Sfax, to express their opposition to the decision of dismissing the imam Ridha Jaouadi. Jaouadi was released from prison this week. |
