While a call goes out for all fighters to lay down their arms and the UN flies in aid, analysts warn that peace will be difficult to secure.
Angolan authorities on Monday arrested five people, including journalists, ahead of a planned protest against the rule of José Eduardo dos Santos.
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/ 21 February 2011
China’s state media on Monday dismissed a weekend web campaign for Middle East-style protests as "performance art", while also urging public patience.
Bahraini security forces shot at protesters near Pearl Square on Friday and wounded at least 23, a former Shi’ite lawmaker said.
Yemeni police opened fire Thursday on a crowd of protesters shot and injured six people on Thursday evening trying to break up a demonstration.
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Six people were killed in the Libyan city of Benghazi on Thursday, as Muammar Gaddafi’s regime sought to overshadow an opposition "Day of Anger".
Thailand picked up the pieces on Friday after violence triggered by a crackdown on anti-government protests, as the focus swung to recovery.
As Thai troops staged a bloody operation to disperse red shirt protesters on Wednesday, thousands of demonstrators in a fortified camp appeared calm.
Thailand’s "Red Shirt" protesters on Thursday called on the European Union to send observers to prevent a crackdown by the army.
Protesters in Thailand pushing for early elections threatened mobile rallies across Bangkok on Wednesday in defiance of a state of emergency.
Thai protesters on Wednesday ruled out negotiations with the government despite fears of a looming crackdown.
Pakistan police erected a tight cordon on Saturday to block lawyers and activists who defied a ban on protests.
Hundreds of protesters demonstrated on Thursday outside the offices of Madagascar’s president, a day after peace talks were scrapped.