insert_link Africa 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 25
insert_link Africa 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 31
insert_link World ‘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 22
insert_link Africa 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 17
insert_link Africa African Development Bank warns of social unrest in Nigeria The African Development Bank, ADB says rising prices of food and petrol could lead to social unrest in the country. todayFebruary 19, 2024 19