Category: Protests
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🇲🇿Mozambique’s Ruling Party Calls for Calm Amid Post-Election Unrest
Mozambique is facing heightened tensions following last month’s presidential election, as protests over the disputed results have turned deadly. The ruling party, Frelimo, has appealed for peace amidst escalating violence and calls for justice by opposition groups. Election Dispute Sparks Violence The protests erupted after opposition leader Venancio Mondlane rejected the election results, which declared…
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🇨🇮 Ivory Coast: Parties begin preps for 2025 presidential election
Former Ivorian Prime Minister Pascal Affi N’Guessan was on Saturday named candidate for the Popular Ivorian Front (FPI) in the 2025 presidential election. At a congress in Yamoussoukro, the Ivorian capital, N’Guessan was re-elected president of the FPI with 99.34% of the votes cast by some 4,500 voters. The FPI is the party of former…
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🇲🇿 Three killed, 66 injured in Mozambique protests
Mozambique’s largest hospital said on Friday at least three people were killed and 66 injured during clashes between police and protesters the day before over the disputed presidential election. The fatalities add to at least 18 people killed in earlier protests since the October 9 poll, which the opposition claims was rigged. Some groups have…
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🇳🇬 29 Nigerian children may be sentenced to death for protesting against cost-of-living crisis
Twenty-nine children could be facing the death penalty in Nigeria after they were arraigned Friday for participating in a protest against the country’s record cost-of-living crisis. Four of them collapsed in court due to exhaustion before they could enter a plea. A total of 76 protesters were charged with 10 felony counts, including treason, destruction…
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🇲🇿 At Least 10 Shot Dead in Mozambique Post-Election Protests
At least 10 people were shot dead and another 63 injured by gunfire during post-election protests in Mozambique last week, medical associations said on Wednesday, as the country braced for further demonstrations. Protests broke out before and after Mozambique’s electoral commission announced that ruling party Frelimo had won an Oct. 9 poll, extending its 49…
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Mozambique police clash with opposition protesters after disputed election
Mozambique police on Monday fired teargas at protesters in the capital Maputo who had gathered at the scene where two opposition party figures were shot dead on Saturday after a disputed election. The full results of Mozambique’s Oct. 9 national election are expected this week, with early results showing that the ruling party Frelimo is…
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US military base deal draws protests from Chagos Island residents
Islanders who had to leave their distant Indian Ocean home for a U.S. military base half a century ago protested outside the U.K. Parliament on Monday. Critics claim that the government is giving up control over a British territory. This agreement has left displaced residents unsure about their ability to return home. They argue that…
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Tunisia assembly votes on electoral bill nine days before poll, opposition calls protest
Tunisia’s parliament was set to vote on a major amendment to the electoral law on Friday, nine days before a presidential election that opposition groups fear will cement President Kais Saied’s authoritarian rule. The bill strips the Administrative Court of its authority to adjudicate electoral disputes. It is likely to pass in an assembly elected…
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Families of jailed Tunisians call on ICC to look into claims of migrant abuse, political persecution
Families and lawyers of imprisoned Tunisian opposition figures implored the International Criminal Court on Tuesday to probe alleged rights violations against migrants in the country. In a statement, lawyer Rodney Dixon said, ‘Black African migrants are facing brutal and heartless treatment at the hands of the Tunisian authorities…Countless migrants report similar experiences of arbitrary arrest…
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Amhara “Fano” militia captures Gondar, one of Ethiopia’s largest cities
Amhara “Fano” militia captures Gondar, one of Ethiopia’s largest cities and the former capital of the Ethiopian Empire until 1856. Videos posted online show “Fano” militia marching unopposed through the streets of Gondar. Gondar is a city of nearly 450,000 people and its loss represents one of the biggest defeats suffered by the Ethiopian government…
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