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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Civil Unrest

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South Africa

In S.A, President Ramaphosa Authorizes Probe into Insurance Claims Over 2021 Civil Unrest

In South AFrica, President Cyril Ramaphosa has authorised the Special Investigating Unit to probe the South African Special Risks Insurance Association over claims and payouts relating to 2021’s civil unrest in Gauteng and KwaZulu-Natal. At the time the claims amounted to just over 28.5-billion-rand. The SIU’s spokesperson, Kaizer Kganyago, says the investigation will seek to establish whether the claims made were in line with applicable legislation or practices of the […]

todayNovember 12, 2024 11

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Africa

Mozambique Faces Growing Unrest as Opposition Plans Mass Rally

Mozambique is bracing for a potential escalation of unrest following the election of President Daniel Chapo in October. According to Deutsche Welle, today, opposition-led demonstrations in the capital, Maputo, are expected to culminate in a large rally, raising concerns about increased violence and riots. An analyst noted that due to the long-standing repressive nature of the country’s regime, violence has increasingly become the only way to engage effectively with those […]

todayNovember 7, 2024 5

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Nigeria police fire tear gas on hardship protests

    By Laurie Churchman    Nigerian police fired tear gas on Thursday to break up several hundred protesters in the northern city of Kano and in the capital Abuja where demonstrators had joined in nationwide rallies against the high cost of living. Africa's most populous country is struggling with soaring inflation and a sharply devalued naira after President Bola Ahmed Tinubu ended a costly fuel subsidy and liberalised the […]

todayAugust 1, 2024 35

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Dozens detained in Kampala anti-corruption protest

There's heavy police and military deployment in Uganda's capital Kampala, ahead of a planned anti-corruption protest. Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni has warned he will 'crush the protests' if demonstrators go ahead with their plans. Isabel Nakirya reports.     Ugandan security forces detained dozens of young people on Tuesday, a rights group said, as they took part in a banned protest rally in downtown Kampala against official corruption and alleged […]

todayJuly 23, 2024 45

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‘One inch from a potential civil war’ – near miss in Trump shooting is also a close call for American democracy

U.S. Secret Service agents help former President Donald Trump offstage during a rally on July 13, 2024, in Butler, Pa. Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images     By Arie Perliger, UMass Lowell     With an assassination attempt on Donald Trump at a rally in Pennsylvania on July 13, 2024, the U.S. experienced another violent episode in its increasingly polarized politics. Former President Trump, who’s about to formally become the GOP nominee for […]

todayJuly 15, 2024 23

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Kenya protesters shot as they near parliament

Anti-tax protesters in the Kenyan capital Nairobi have pushed their way into the complex where the parliament sits. Local TV has been showing images of a police truck on fire nearby. There have been reports of people being wounded as police fired rounds to disperse the crowds. A human rights organisation said it had witnessed four protesters being shot, and said that one person had been killed. This has not […]

todayJune 25, 2024 19

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