Tag: protest
Sudan’s Hamdok says investigation launched into violations against protesters
An investigation has been launched into violations committed against protesters since the military power grab on 25 October, Sudan's newly reinstated Prime Minister Abdalla...
Burkina Faso death toll rises to over 50
The death toll from a weekend attack on a gendarmerie post in northern Burkina Faso has risen to at least 53, according to officials.
The...
Mass protests held in Sudan against prospect of military rule
Huge crowds of people marched in several parts of the Sudanese capital and other cities on Thursday in demonstrations against the prospect of military...
Sudan protest calls for military coup as political crisis deepens
Thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the presidential palace in Khartoum on Saturday calling for the military to seize power as Sudan grapples...
Thousands in Sudan demonstrate in support of civilian rule
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to break up a demonstration in the capital Khartoum on Thursday by an estimated 20 000 people in...
Tunisians protest over president’s seizure of powers
Several hundred demonstrators gathered in Tunis on Saturday to protest against Tunisian President Kais Saied's seizure of governing powers in July, which triggered a...
Residents lock down suburbs in Durban as chaos unfolds
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) is arguably enduring the worst looting in the province’s history, with key port and trucking operations coming to an almost complete standstill.
Protests...
Algeria leader pardons protest movement members
Algerian President Abdelmadjid Tebboune on Wednesday ordered the release of 101 members of a protest movement that forced his predecessor Abdelaziz Bouteflika to step...
IPID unable to investigate cases in protest areas in KZN, Gauteng
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has expressed concern at the ongoing business lootings and public violence in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal.
The attacks, which have...
Hundreds of Ghana opposition supporters march in protest at killings
Hundreds of opposition supporters marched through the streets of Ghana's capital Accra on Tuesday morning, demonstrating against what they described as rising insecurity and...
Thousands protest in Burkina Faso over jihadist attacks
Thousands took to the streets of Burkina Faso's capital on Saturday to call for a tougher government response to a wave of jihadist attacks...
Police stop Morocco protest
Moroccan authorities stopped human rights activists protesting outside parliament to demand the release of dissident journalists Soulaimane Raissouni, who is on a hunger strike,...
Kenyan police disperse protesters demonstrating against Israeli attacks on Gaza
Police fired teargas to disperse a crowd of more than 200 people protesting in Kenya's capital Nairobi on Thursday against the Israeli bombing of...
Tunisian journalists protest over new head of state news agency
Tunisian police on Tuesday clashed with journalists at the state news agency demonstrating against a new chief executive whose appointment they see as an...
Tunisian police fire tear gas on protesters in southern city
Tunisian police fired tear gas on protesters on Tuesday after hundreds tried to storm a government headquarters in the southern city of Tataouine to...
Deadly protests rock Niger over contested election result
Supporters of the losing presidential candidate in Niger set several buildings on fire, burnt tyres and threw rocks at the police on Thursday, as...
Two killed as Gabon citizens protest coronavirus restrictions
Two people have died after demonstrations in Gabon’s two major cities, the prime minister said on Friday, as anger over restrictions aimed at curbing...
Injured Tunisian protester dies, fuelling new clashes
A Tunisian protester injured during clashes with police has died in hospital, state media reported on Monday, leading to more violent confrontations between demonstrators...
Tunisian protesters revive ‘Arab Spring’ chant, riots continue
Violent clashes erupted for a fifth night on Tuesday between police and protesters in several Tunisian cities, including the capital Tunis and Sidi Bouzid,...
Uganda’s Bobi Wine released on bail as protest death toll rises...
Ugandan pop star and presidential candidate Bobi Wine, whose arrest this week triggered protests that led to at least 37 deaths, was released on...
Three dead and 34 injured in protests against arrest of Uganda’s...
Three people died and at least 34 were injured, including with gun shot wounds, in protests that erupted after police arrested Ugandan presidential candidate...
Nigerian anti-police protesters must enter dialogue, minister says
Nigerians protesting against what they condemn as police brutality must end their daily demonstrations and enter into dialogue with the government on law enforcement...
Protesters march on Nigerian parliament after army threatens to step in
Hundreds of protesters marched to the gates of Nigeria’s parliament on Thursday, hours after the army said it was ready to step in and...
Namibia weighs demands for rape crackdown after street protests
Street protests that led to the arrest of 25 women’s rights activists in Namibia at the weekend have prompted the government to launch an...
Port Sudan container terminal blocked in peace deal protest
Protesters blocked Port Sudan’s container terminal and a road between the eastern city and the capital Khartoum on Sunday to protest against a peace...
Ethiopia protest clashes kill at least nine, most by gunshot, doctors...
Clashes between Ethiopian security forces and protesters demanding the release of an opposition politician and a media magnate have killed at least nine people...
Sudan security forces fire tear gas at protesters on anniversary of...
Sudanese security forces fired tear gas to disperse thousands of protesters, some burning car tyres, who gathered to mark the anniversary on Monday of...
At least ten dead in Ethiopia protests over autonomy – health...
At least ten people died in clashes between protesters and security forces in Ethiopia’s southern region on Monday, health officials said, the latest violence...
Bulgarians block central Sofia in anti-government protest
Protesters set up tents on a major crossroad and in front of the government building early on Thursday, vowing to keep the centre of...
Four killed in Sierra Leone protest after police and army open...
At least four people including a teenager were killed and ten wounded when police and soldiers opened fire on protesters in northern Sierra Leone,...
Mali police fire gunshots and tear gas to disperse protesters
Police in Mali on Friday fired gunshots and tear gas to try to dislodge protesters demanding the resignation of President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita from...
Kenyan police fire teargas, arrest marchers protesting at brutality
Kenyan police on Tuesday fired teargas and arrested activists gathering for a march against perceived government injustice that has been given extra impetus this...
Hong Kong man accused of terrorism in first use of new...
A man carrying a “Liberate Hong Kong” sign as he drove a motorcycle into police at a protest against the territory’s Chinese rulers became...
Sudan dismissed officer protest turns violent
Sudanese security forces used teargas and batons to disperse protesters demanding reinstatement of army officers dismissed for refusing to crack down on demonstrations against...
Final Friday rally ahead of Algeria election
Thousands of Algerians took to the streets on Friday, in a show of strength for their final weekly protest ahead of a presidential election...
Immolation ahead of Tunisia protest
Tunisian police used teargas to disperse protesters blocking roads in Jelma on Saturday following the death of a young man who burned himself to...
Demonstrator dies in Guinea protests
A young demonstrator was killed in Guinea during protests against President Alpha Conde’s perceived attempt to extend his mandate, the security minister told Reuters....
Zimbabwe public workers protest
Zimbabwe state workers will go ahead with a street protest after government failed to give in to their demand for US dollar-indexed salaries to...
More protest deaths in Guinea
Two people were killed in Guinea on Monday when protesters and police clashed during a funeral procession for those killed in earlier protests over...
Mass Algerian protest marks uprising anniversary
More than 100 000 Algerians, double the number attending weekly protests, marched on Friday to demand a purge of the ruling hierarchy and an...
Ethiopian protests marred by ethnic violence
Much of the fighting during protests in Ethiopia was ethnically tinged, eyewitnesses said, describing attacks by young Oromo men against people from other ethnic...
Thousands rally against former Sudan ruling party
Thousands of Sudanese demonstrated in Khartoum and other cities calling for the former ruling party to be dissolved and for ex-officials to be put...
Constitution change protests in Guinea
At least one policeman and a protester were killed during demonstrations in Guinea against a possible change to the constitution that could allow President...
Protesters reject Algerian election announcement
Hundreds of Algerians marched against an election called for December, chanting “we will not vote until the regime men are removed”.
The planned vote...
Zimbabwe doctors protest
Hundreds of Zimbabwean doctors protested in Harare over the disappearance of their union leader with riot police stopping them marching to President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s...
SAPS, metro police Tshwane deployment intensified
The South African Police Service (SAPS) and Tshwane Metro Police Department intensified deployments in the Tshwane CBD, following foreign owned shops looted and destroyed...
Bulawayo protest banned
Zimbabwe police banned an anti-government demonstration planned for Monday by the country’s main opposition party in Bulawayo, saying it would likely result in “public...
Zimbabwe protest called off
Zimbabwe’s main opposition MDC party succumbed to pressure from what it labelled a fascist government, calling off a street protest as armed police set...
Omdurman protests claim four lives
At least four protesters were killed and a number injured by gunfire in the Sudanese city Omdurman, opposition medics said, as thousands took to...
School children killed in Sudanese city
At least four school children and an adult were shot dead when security forces broke up a student protest in the Sudanese city El-Obeid,...
