Some residents of Ibeju Lekki Area of Lagos State are demanding a resolution to the prolonged power outage in their communities and also calling for swift action from the Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC). The protesters, who are landlords and residents of 10 communities in Ibeju Lekki, converged at...
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Security forces fired tear gas at dozens of rock-throwing protesters outside the French embassy in Burkina Faso’s capital on Sunday, according to an AFP journalist, as unrest simmered in the West African country following its second coup this year. Supporters of Burkina’s newest putsch leader had gathered outside the...
No fewer than 1,700 civil servants in Cross River on Tuesday took to the street to protest the nonpayment of five years salaries. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the protesters, who converged at the State’s secretariat as early as 7:30am, blocked the entrance to the secretariat....
Hundreds of people demonstrated in Tunis on Sunday in a second day of protest against a constitutional referendum called by President Kais Saied that his opponents say would cement his hold on power. The demonstration was organised by the Salvation Front, a coalition including the moderate Islamist Ennahda, the...
Four people were killed and five others injured when Kenyan police opened fire on a crowd protesting against an increase in attacks by wildlife, a senior official said Friday. Police shot at the demonstrators in the Rift Valley town of Masimba, 170 kilometres (105 miles) south of Nairobi, said...
Fresh violence erupted in Kazakhstan’s largest city on Thursday as Russia rushed in paratroopers to put down a countrywide uprising in one of Moscow’s closest former Soviet allies. Police in the main city Almaty said they had killed dozens of protesters. The authorities said at least 18 members of...
Hundreds of Sudanese anti-coup protesters rallied Tuesday chanting slogans against the military as security forces deployed in Khartoum and neighbouring cities, witnesses said, days after the resignation of the country’s civilian premier. Protesters shouted “No, no to military rule” and called for the fall of Sudan’s ruling council headed...
The Office of the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has called for an investigation into reports of serious sexual violence and the use of live ammunition against protesters at the weekend in Sudan. The allegations surfaced after demonstrations in Khartoum on Sunday, where tens of thousands had...
The United States on Tuesday said it was looking forward to a response from the Lagos State Government after the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry submitted its final report. The panel was commissioned by the state government to look into the events of October 2020, including the shootings...