Being Among the people watching the news in awe since the Riots started, wananchi wamechoka na kuamua they cannot stand him for on more 'decade'.....
Tonight Tunisia is without a leader! Airspace over Tunisia is CLOSED! Prime Minister says, "I am not able to do my duties at this time.."
Leaders really have to take note on this one, people are getting fed up..these are no longer the 90's when everyone shuts up and is scared to utter a word...the government is after all for the people and it is the people who will get u off it, Damn, now look at this guy, fleeing from country to country, all his so-called friends dont want to harbour him...sad. This has not only shaken Africa, but the Arab world as well.
The people WERE FED UP and wanted change - A TOTAL CHANGE FROM A TO Z -
WHAT HAPPENED? Here is the story of Tunisia...It all started when a man who could not find work, wanted to do something for a living - vegetable stand on the streets of a small village
police said did not have license, took his vegetable cart and all the contents, he had to do something - he poured fuel on himself & burned himself - fuel --diedWHAT HAPPENED? Here is the story of Tunisia...It all started when a man who could not find work, wanted to do something for a living - vegetable stand on the streets of a small village
the youth started to fight with the police, why didn't you let this man work -
finally you were not there to protect him from this death - the people started fighting the police - one of the boys kicked a policeman and he died
and the police kicked and beat a young man until he died - this fighting has been going on for the last 3 weeks - every day the president was offering job offers to the people - and now the government is overthrown - the president has been kicked out -
1. Malta, 2. France (his former best friends), 3. Qatar - - now in U.A.E. begging for refugee status any place he can find it - Even his relatives were arrested running to the airport … it all started in a small village and grew to a huge problem - the president at first was very arrogant and would not listen to the people - more than 200 civilians were killed and the fighting is going on now and is likely to continue for weeks or months to come (it is at its worst today)…
Citizens of Tunis want him to be tried in an international court as a criminal to the innocent civilians - rejected everything - they say "Get out of our country - we don't you to lead us!"
Police were ordered to fight against the public, even beating and shooting the very people who they should be protecting.
The military was ordered to take on the people, using airplanes, tanks, soldiers - But the people would not turn back, and they said it all in one voice (even in English) "Even if we die, we won't give up…"
… and the fighting continued in the streets until it became obvious the people would not give up.
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And in other news... as reported
The Tunisian leader Zine El Abidine Ben Ali was on Friday afternoon forced to step down and the Prime Minister is acting as the interim President, APA learns here from a reliable source in Tunis.
Meanwhile, reports say that the police have arrested some members of the Taraboulssi family (Ben Ali’s family-in-law) on Friday at the Tunis airport as they were trying to flee the country.
Earlier on Friday the government declared a state of emergency in the country as demonstrations were gaining ground and the death toll reportedly reaching 13 people since Thursday.
Eyewitnesses reported that the riot forces on Friday fired live bullets at demonstrators and wounded some in Tunis, despite the pledge made Thursday evening by the Tunisian leader to stop firing live bullets at riotiers.
On Friday afternoon, the army took control of the Tunis international airport and closed the country’s air space.
Other sources report that the Tunisian Prime Minister has decided to take over as the interim President after Ben Ali left the country.
It is reported that he left for Malta aided by Libya.
More Pictures...
Tunisian demonstrators and lawyers shoot slogans in front of the interior ministry in Habib Bourguiba avenue in Tunis after Tunisian President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali's address to the nation on Jan. 14, 2011.
Police stand guard in front of the interior ministry in Tunis during demonstrations
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