President Ali Abdullah Saleh wants to prove he still holds the reins of the country at a time when his power is increasingly challenged. The president dismissed the governors of four provinces in the south and a fifth in western Yemen, said on Tuesday 1 March an official in Sanaa. The figures have not been replaced sacked immediately.
In Sanaa, they would be tens of thousands of people to ask on Tuesday the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to a correspondent of the. Several opposition leaders attended the event, and representatives of the tribes. Supporters of the regime in turn organized a major demonstration in Sanaa-cons, the call of the General People's Congress (GPC, in power), but no violence was reported.
Elsewhere in the country, protests against the regime continued. A Seyoun in the southern province of Hadramaut, three people were injured, including two shot during dispersal by security forces of a demonstration by students calling for the resignation of President Saleh, according to medical sources.
Thousands of people also marched in Lahij (south), calling the regime fell, witnesses said. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday warned against any Yemeni authorities' violent suppression of demonstrations. " Ms. Pillay called on the government, in a statement to protect "the rights of demonstrators and journalists." According to Amnesty International, at least 27 people have been killed since the start of the contest.
Gregg Carlstrom on Al-Jazeera points to the erosion of tribal support to President Saleh. 
In Sanaa, they would be tens of thousands of people to ask on Tuesday the departure of President Ali Abdullah Saleh, according to a correspondent of the. Several opposition leaders attended the event, and representatives of the tribes. Supporters of the regime in turn organized a major demonstration in Sanaa-cons, the call of the General People's Congress (GPC, in power), but no violence was reported.
Elsewhere in the country, protests against the regime continued. A Seyoun in the southern province of Hadramaut, three people were injured, including two shot during dispersal by security forces of a demonstration by students calling for the resignation of President Saleh, according to medical sources.
Thousands of people also marched in Lahij (south), calling the regime fell, witnesses said. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay on Tuesday warned against any Yemeni authorities' violent suppression of demonstrations. " Ms. Pillay called on the government, in a statement to protect "the rights of demonstrators and journalists." According to Amnesty International, at least 27 people have been killed since the start of the contest.
Gregg Carlstrom on Al-Jazeera points to the erosion of tribal support to President Saleh.
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