Several thousand people gathered February 18, 2011 and subsequent days in Djibouti to protest against President Ismael Omar Guelleh. The latter, in power since 1999 has amended the Constitution to be eligible for a third term in the presidential election to be held next April. The demonstrators demanded the resignation of the president.
They were dispersed by police. The Burkinabe newspaper The Nation believes that this could be the starting point of a protest movement in general throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
They were dispersed by police. The Burkinabe newspaper The Nation believes that this could be the starting point of a protest movement in general throughout sub-Saharan Africa.
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