Tag: protests

Algeria’s army chief ordered buses and cars bringing protesters to the capital stopped and seized, the latest measure aimed at quelling weekly demonstrations demanding...

Nigeria is boycotting an Africa economic summit in Cape Town, intensifying a diplomatic row after deadly attacks on foreigners in South African cities. The...

Zimbabwe’s government offered to raise public sector wages by 76% , an umbrella group for public sector unions said, in a bid to tackle...

Zimbabwe’s main opposition leader said his party backed down from a planned anti-government protest to avoid bloodshed and signalled the MDC would change tactics...

Thousands of Algerians returned to the streets in Algiers and other cities to demand radical political reforms and the departure of the ruling elite. Protesters...

Thousands demonstrated in cities across Sudan on Saturday to mark 40 days since security forces killed dozens when they stormed a protest camp in...

Recent assassinations of senior political and military leaders in Ethiopia sent shock waves across the country, casting another shadow over the transition process. These...

Sudan’s main opposition coalition announced plans to step up protests to pressure the military council to hand power to civilians and blamed the council...

Security forces fired teargas to disperse students demonstrating against the ruling military council at a financial academy in the capital Khartoum, a Reuters witness...

Hundreds of Sudanese demonstrated in state capitals seeking to revive a push for civilian rule in ongoing tumult since the overthrow of former President...