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Hundreds In Algiers Protest Elections Amid Crackdown

December 6, 2019 1:16 pm

Hundreds of people gathered in central Algiers on Friday in what could be a last large-scale attempt to pressure the country’s authorities to cancel the upcoming elections, amid a crackdown by authorities.

Anti-government rallies have been held every Friday and Tuesday since mid-February and the protests forced long-time ruler Abdelaziz Bouteflika to resign in April.

Since then, demonstrators have been demanding for key Bouteflika-era officials to depart, and for an overhaul of the country’s political system, before a presidential election is held.

On Friday, protesters were shouting “the people want independence” and “the people want to overthrow the regime”.…

Czech Protest Marking Velvet Revolution Demands PM Quit

November 17, 2019 3:02 pm

Around a quarter-million Czechs flooded central Prague on Saturday to mark 30 years since the Velvet Revolution toppled communism in then-Czechoslovakia, with protesters demanding that billionaire Prime Minister Andrej Babis quit over allegations of graft.

Some demonstrators waved flags or brandished banners calling for Babis to step down and chanted “Shame!” and “Resign!”.

The CTK Czech news agency quoted Interior Minister Jan Hamacek as saying some 250,000 people had rallied at Letna park — the site of some of the biggest 1989 rallies — matching a similar protest in June.

It came on the eve of the 30th anniversary of …

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Free Sowore: Police Fire In The Air To Quell Protest

November 12, 2019 2:36 pm

Nigerian security forces used tear gas and fired in the air on Tuesday to disperse protesters seeking the release of an opposition figure held since August after calling for a revolution.

Omoyele Sowore, the founder of local news site Sahara Reporters and a candidate in February’s presidential polls has been detained for “treason.”

At the end of September, the Nigerian judiciary ordered his release but the authorities have not complied.

About 80 protesters gathered outside the headquarters of the Department of State Services (DSS) in the capital Abuja, shouting

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C’River Civil Servants Protest ₦12m Deduction For HoS Party

November 11, 2019 2:03 pm

Some civil servants in Cross River State have raised the alarm over alleged plan to deduct about ₦12m from their salaries to organise a send forth party for the state’s Head of Service (HoS).

Checks by our correspondent revealed that the HoS, Mr Ekpenyong I. Henshaw, would soon retire and senior directors in the state had concluded arrangements to organise what they described as “successful pulling out of service party” for him.

And to implement the plan, the directors were said to have set up an interim committee to work out modalities on how to raise the funds for the

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Kaduna Residents Storm Assembly In Protest Against Banditry

Kaduna Residents Storm Assembly In Protest

November 5, 2019 4:33 am
Tarabans laud army for clearing roads blocked by hoodlums
Amid the high rate of banditry in Kaduna State, residents of Rigasa community in Igabi Council, yesterday, stormed the House of Assembly in protest against kidnapping and armed robbery in their communities.The placard-wielding protesters urged the lawmakers to intervene and save them from the bandits.‘End Kidnapping in Rigasa and Environs’, ‘Stop Kidnapping in Rigasa Community’ and ‘Change Rigasa Policemen’ were among the inscriptions on the placards. The protesters arrived the Assembly around 11a.m., shortly after the presentation of the 2020 budget by the Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs,
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Huge Protest Ongoing In Algeria Against December Polls

Huge Protest Ongoing In Algeria Against December Polls

October 25, 2019 3:24 pm
In Algeria, people flooded the streets of the capital Friday to demand the overhaul of the political establishment and reject army-backed calls for presidential polls in December.The protest came on the eve of a deadline for presidential candidates to register.

Veteran leader Abdelaziz Bouteflika resigned in April under pressure from the street.

Having now entered its ninth month, the mass protest movement “is growing as we near the presidential election,” said Said Salhi of the Algerian League for the Defence of Human Rights.

“There are many people on the streets today” who remain steadfast in their demand for regime change,

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Youths Protest Over Awful Minna-Suleja, Minna-Bida Roads

Youths Protest Over Awful Minna-Suleja, Minna-Bida Roads

October 21, 2019 6:45 am

Hundreds of youths early Monday morning blocked the Minna-Suleja and the Minna-Bida roads in Niger State protesting against the dilapidated state of the federal highways.

The two road networks are the major access to and out of Niger State.

The youths carrying placards sat on the road thereby stopping vehicular movement in and out of the state, they also vowed to continue the protest until the Niger State and federal governments accede to their demands.

It was learnt that the protest was organised by the Niger State chapter of the National Youth Council of Nigeria.

THISDAY reports that motorists and …

Death Roll Rises To 20 As Protest Continues In Iraq

Death Roll Rises To 20 As Protest Continues In Iraq

October 3, 2019 7:34 am

Protesters in Baghdad defy curfew as death toll in three days of anti-government demonstrations rises to 20.

The death toll in three days of mass anti-government protests in Iraq has risen to 20 with hundreds more injured as the government-imposed curfew in several cities failed to prevent the unrest from spreading in the country’s south.

Braving live fire, tear gas and local curfews, Iraqis angry at high unemployment and entrenched corruption gathered in the streets for a third day in the biggest challenge yet to Prime Minister Adel Abdel Mahdi, who will complete one year in office next month.

The …

Police foil pro-Cuban protest at U.S. Embassy

September 25, 2019 11:20 pm

The planned protest at the U.S. Embassy in Abuja by the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC)-led coalition against the continued United States of America trade embargo on Cuba could not hold at the embassy.

Representatives of labour unions from African countries and civil society groups had planned to hold protest march on Tuesday at the embassy in Abuja to demand the lifting of trade embargo against Cuba.

But the leaders of the protest revealed that they were advised not to march to the embassy by security authorities.

At the embassy, security was beefed up with the deployment of more policeman …

Hong Kong: Families, elderly protest government inaction

Hong Kong: Families, elderly protest government inaction

August 11, 2019 8:39 am

Hundreds of people joined a family ‘Guard the Children’ march in Hong Kong calling for a stable future for the future generations of the city.

The protesters rallied on Sunday, defying a police ban on marches in the Chinese-controlled territory and continuing a restive weekend of demonstrations which saw police fire teargas overnight.

Anti-government protests took place in different locations across the Asian financial hub, including one at the city’s international airport for a third day.

Increasingly violent demonstration have plunged Hong Kong into its most serious political crisis for decades, posing a serious challenge to the central government in …

#RevolutionNow: Governor Wike condemns protest in Rivers

August 5, 2019 10:00 am

Rivers State governor Nyesom Wike Sunday said the organisers of #RevolutionNow are not allowed to hold any anti-government protest in the state.

“Rivers State does not subscribe to what the RevolutionNow protest represents and Rivers State is not part of the protest,” Wike said in a statement.

“Security agencies in the state should arrest anybody involved in the RevolutionNow protest and also take all necessary steps to prosecute such persons.”

The convener of the protest and publisher of SaharaReporters Omoyele Sowore  was arrested in the early hours of Saturday for alleged inciting a regime change.

Sowore, the presidential candidate of …

Soyinka, others protest as DSS moves Sowore to Abuja

Soyinka, others protest as DSS moves Sowore to Abuja

August 5, 2019 7:06 am
The condemnation of the arrest of Omoyele Sowore continued yesterday with the Noble laureate, Prof. Wole Soyinka, lamenting that the country had been thrown into a cycle of suppression of citizens’ rights.

The police, at the weekend, accused Sowore, the convener of #RevolutionNow protests and the Global Coalition for Security and Democracy in Nigeria of trying to force a regime change in the country. They alleged that the move by the pro-democracy activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the last general elections amounted to treasonable felony and an act of terrorism. Consequently, Sowore was arrested

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