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Soldiers, Police Block Uganda Opposition HQ Ahead Of July 23 Anti-corruption Protests
Soldiers and police officers have blocked the headquarters of Uganda’s biggest opposition party as a precaution before the planned anti-government protests slated to...
Amnesty International Demands Release of Jailed Kano TikToker Abusalma Over Call For Protest
Amnesty International has called for the immediate and unconditional release of social media activist, Junaidu Abdullahi, also known as Abusalma, who was recently...
Kenyan Court Suspends Police Ban On Protests In Nairobi
A Kenyan High Court on Thursday suspended a police ban on protests in the capital, Nairobi, as Kenya’s protests continue. The police had...
UI Students Protest Against Power Rationing, Fee Hike
Students at the University of Ibadan are protesting on campus the recent changes in power supply announced by the university management. The management’s...
Bangladesh Shuts Schools And Universities Following Job Quota Protests
Bangladesh has issued an indefinite closure order for all schools, universities, and Islamic seminaries following violent protests that resulted in the deaths of...
Kenyan Police Shoots Journalist, Catherine Wanjeri During Anti-Govt Protests In Nakuru
A yet-to-be-identified Kenyan police officer has reportedly shot a journalist who works for K24TV during a live coverage of the ongoing anti-government protests...
Hundreds More Kenyan Police Deployed To Haiti Amidst Protests At Home
Another 200 Kenyan police officers have been deployed to the violence-ravaged Haiti under a UN-backed mission even though anti-government protests persist for weeks...
More Bodies Of #RutoMustGo Protesters Discovered at Dumpsite Near Police Station in Kenya
5 more bodies in sacks have been pulled out of a dumpsite in Nairobi’s Mukuru kwa Njenga slum, opposite Kware Police Station. Earlier...
Kenyan Police Chief Resigns After Bodies Of #RutoMustGo Protesters Discovered At Dumpsite Near Police Station
Kenya’s Inspector General of Police, Japheth Koome has resigned. His resignation is not unconnected to earlier reports about nine bodies – allegedly of...
#EndSARS: ECOWAS Court Rules Nigeria Violated Protesters’ Rights, Orders Prosecution of Security Agents Within Six Months
The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice has ruled that the Federal Republic of Nigeria violated the rights of...
Journalists, Civil Societies Protest Against Free Speech Repression by Police in Abuja
Journalists and Civil Society groups marched in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in protest of repression of free speech by the Nigerian Police....
FEMA Rescues Attempted Suicider Protesting Fuel Subsidy Return and Insecurity in Abuja
First responders of the FCT Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) rescued one Shuaibu Yusuf, who, in an attempt to commit suicide, climbed a transmission...