Okay, so, your entire country is up in arms. You have control of, like, one city. You're relying on paramilitary troops and mercenaries because your military has defected.
Why try to hang on? There really is a time when you should just throw everything in the suitcase and get on that private plane to Burkina Faso.
Meanwhile, Yemen, Iraq, Tunisia 2.0, Bahrain, and Jordan are all in the midst of protests. Some violent, some peaceful.