Category: Protests
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Ghana’s opposition NDC stages protests over alleged voter roll irregularities
Ghana’s biggest opposition party held nationwide protests in regional capitals across the country Tuesday demanding an audit of the voter roll for the general election set for December. “We are not asking for a big favor from the electoral commission, we are demanding our right to free and fair elections,” Johnson Asiedu-Nketiah, the chairman of…
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Liberia: Court Orders Eviction of Former Ruling CDC from Congo Town Headquarters
TEMPLE OF JUSTICE, Monrovia- Just eight months after losing power at the ballot box, the former ruling CDC party of ex-President George Manneh Weah has been ordered evicted from its Congo Town headquarter by the Civil Law Court of Montserrado County. The Court has issued a writ of possession on the former ruling Congress for Democracy…
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Liberia: Violent Erupts At CDC Headquarters
Former President George Manneh Weah has branded the violent clashes between partisans of his former ruling Congress for Democratic Change (CDC) and the police a threat to peace. Reports say the violence erupted early Thursday morning, August 22, 2024, after the Liberia Drug Enforcement Agency (LDEA) raided alleged drug dealers in the Small-Town Community which…
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A Nigerian court recently froze nearly $38 million in cryptocurrency that authorities claim was intended to support protests
A Nigerian court recently froze nearly $38 million in cryptocurrency that authorities claim was intended to support protests against the rising cost of living in the country. The protests, part of the “#EndBadGovernance” movement, have been driven by increasing public dissatisfaction with inflation and the depreciation of the Nigerian naira. The decision to freeze the…
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Nigerian businesses count losses from inflation protests
Days after hundreds of thousands of people took to the streets across Nigeria to protest against inflation and other economic hardships, people are still counting the cost of the business they lost. At least 22 people died, according to Amnesty International, in the demonstrations that started on Thursday last week and ebbed over the weekend…
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SADC should speak out’: Zimbabwe activists face crackdown ahead of summit
Police flood Harare’s streets in anticipation of protests on the eve of the Southern African Development Community meeting. On the morning of August 7, four masked men tried to break into the offices of Crisis in Zimbabwe Coalition (CiZC), a network of opposition groups. Inside the Harare building, three staff members scampered to hide as…
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Nigeria detains tailors who made Russian flags for anti-government protests
Nigeria has detained some tailors for making Russian flags that were waved during anti-government protests this week in northern states, the state secret police said. The Department of State Services (DSS) also said in a post on X that it had detained some of the tailors’ “sponsors”, without elaborating. It said an investigation was ongoing.…
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Nigeria: Russian Flags, Putin Chants At Protests Worry Tinubu & Military
Protesters in Nigeria’s north were seen waving Russian flags and chanting slogans for Russian President Vladimir Putin as anger against the Bola Tinubu government grows. Russia distanced itself from Nigerian protesters waving Russian flags, saying it is not involved in the protests or coordinating them. Russia’s embassy in Nigeria said it does not interfere in…
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Nigerians continue marches against cost of living crisis
Protesters clashed with residents in Lagos on Friday during a demonstration against the country’s worst cost-of-living crisis in a generation. Carrying placards, bells and Nigeria’s green-and-white flag, the protesters were met with a heavy security presence on the streets of Lagos. The protests were mainly over food shortages and accusations of misgovernment and corruption in…
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