Tag: tear gas
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 tear gas after women attacked at election meeting
Kenyan police in the western city of Kisumu fired tear gas and bullets in the air on Wednesday to disperse young men...
Police beat Kenyan anti-graft protesters, fire tear gas
Police beat anti-corruption protesters with batons and fired volleys of tear gas to disperse them in Kenya's capital on Thursday, Reuters witnesses...
Tear gas and water cannon used on Zimbabwean protestors
Zimbabwean police fired tear gas and water cannon on Wednesday to disperse crowds protesting against central bank plans to re-introduce local banknotes,...
Kenyan police fire tear gas at stone-throwing protesters over election body
Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing crowds protesting in central Nairobi against an election oversight body...
Kenyan police fire tear gas at protest over electoral body
Kenyan police fired tear gas and water cannon on Monday at stone-throwing protesters in Nairobi who had gathered to demand that a...
DR Congo police fire tear gas at anti-government protesters
Police in southeastern Democratic Republic of Congo fired tear gas on Wednesday to disperse hundreds of anti-government protesters who accused security forces...
Ugandan police fire tear gas again at rally of Museveni’s rival
Ugandan police fired tear gas for a second consecutive day on Thursday to disperse supporters of presidential contender Amama Mbabazi, who is...
Kenyan officials condemn use of tear gas at children’s protest
Kenyan officials on Tuesday rushed to condemn the use of teargas against children at a Nairobi primary school who were protesting at...
Kenyan officials condemn use of tear gas at children’s protest
Kenyan officials on Tuesday rushed to condemn the use of teargas against children at a Nairobi primary school who were protesting at...
Kenyan police fire tear gas at children’s playground protest
Kenyan police fired tear gas into a crowd of Nairobi schoolchildren on Monday as the youngsters and adults protested against what they...
Three dead in Guinea opposition protest
Three people died in Guinea according to hospital and police sources, when security forces used truncheons and tear gas to break up...
Sudanese stage protest against inflation
Police used tear gas to disperse around 300 people who demonstrated for several hours in the Sudanese capital against spiralling inflation, witnesses...
Tunisia police use tear gas to disperse protest
Tunisian security forces used tear gas and truncheons to disperse a crowd of protesters in the capital demanding that the government step...
DR Congo election protest turns violent, 1 dead
At least one person died in clashes in the Democratic Republic of Congo's capital a doctor said, after police used tear gas...
