police brutality

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Namibia

Activist Arrested Amid Tensions Over Alleged Illegal Lithium Mining by Chinese Company

  Namibian activist Jimmy Areseb was arrested during a protest accusing local leaders of taking bribes from Chinese mining company Xinfeng to allow illegal lithium mining, reports Vitalio Angula from Voice of America. The protest turned violent, with elderly protesters being forcibly removed by police, sparking comparisons to apartheid-era tactics. While police defended Areseb's arrest, investigations into Xinfeng’s alleged bribery continue. Xinfeng denies the claims, stating their contributions to the […]

today8 January, 2025

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Africa

Opposition leader calls for week of protests in Mozambique

Mozambique's opposition leader, Venâncio Mondlane, has called for another week of protests starting 4 December 2024, accusing the government of election fraud. According to Bloomberg, the unrest, already marked by violence and economic disruptions, has resulted in dozens of deaths and threatened a major gas project. Police have responded with force, including live bullets, drawing international criticism.

today4 December, 2024

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South Africa

DA Calls on Police Minister to Introduce Body Cameras for Police in KwaZulu-Natal

The DA in KwaZulu-Natal is calling on Police minister Senzo Mchunu to urgently explore the use of body cameras to monitor police-public interactions. The minister has revealed that 107 suspects were killed by the KZN police between July 2023 and July 2024, while only one police officer was arrested after these deaths. The DA’s, Mzamo Billy, says deadly force by the police should not be regarded as an acceptable way […]

today24 October, 2024

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Africa

Kenyan police and protests: researchers on a violent, corrupt security force that’s beyond reform

        By Moina Spooner, The Conversation       Kenya’s police are being criticised for their violent response to protests over the past week against government proposals to raise US$2.7 billion in additional taxes. Hundreds of thousands of people, across 35 of Kenya’s 37 counties, have poured out onto the streets in opposition to the tax hikes. The police have reacted with force, using live bullets and […]

today26 June, 2024

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Business / Economics

South Africa’s security forces once brutally entrenched apartheid. It’s been a rocky road to reform

    By Sandy Africa, University of Pretoria   One of the important tasks that faced South Africa’s democratic government after 1994 was to reform the apartheid-era security apparatus. The African National Congress (ANC), which was voted into power, had a laudable vision in the 1990s for reforming the police, military and intelligence services. Determined that South Africans would never again be subject to the brutality of the security forces, […]

today22 April, 2024