Photo Gallery Revolt Against Ben Ali
Tunisian demonstrators clashed with security forces on Friday. Later in the day President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali dismissed his government and said elections would be held within six months.
Several thousand Tunisans took to the streets on Friday. Here, in front of the Interior Ministry, demonstrators demand the departure of autocratic President Ben Ali.
Ben Ali, in power for the past 23 years, addressed the nation on Thursday, saying he would not run again when his term expires in 2014.
But the speech failed to quiet the opposition. Here demonstrators in the capital Tunis shouted slogans like "Ben Ali, out."
Many Tunisians celebrated Thursday night after the president's speech.
Police military guards in Tunis on Thursday. Police and anti-riot forces were deployed in the city center as tensions mounted.
People in front of a burnt-out mall on Thursday in the district of Cite Ettadhamen, where rioters on Wednesday burned vehicles and attacked buildings.
The deadly wave of unrest has officially left 23 dead, although opposition groups say it is more than twice that.
