On Thursday he issued his first warning to protesters, saying the unrest, now entering its third week, could create chaos in the oil- and natural gas-producing North African country.
NgoLwesine ukhiphe isixwayiso sakhe sokuqala kubabhikishi, ethi lezi zinxushunxushu, manje esezingena esontweni lesithathu, zingadala isiphithiphithi kuleli zwe laseNyakatho Afrika elikhiqiza uwoyela negesi yemvelo.