Protest

17 strikes in 23 years: a unionist explains why Nigeria’s university lecturers won’t back down

Dele Ashiru, University of Lagos Lecturers at Nigeria’s public universities have been on strike 16 times since 1999. On... Read more

11 Sep, 2022

Conakry – Clashes broke out in Guinea on Monday between security forces and protesters calling on the ruling junta... Read more

6 Sep, 2022

Cape Town – A handful of Operation Dudula members in Johannesburg reportedly protested outside the Hillbrow community health clinic... Read more

30 Aug, 2022

Cape Town – South African children, who were part of a touring group on a bus to watch the... Read more

24 Aug, 2022

Freetown – Sierra Leone’s main opposition party is calling for an independent probe into last week’s deadly clashes and... Read more

19 Aug, 2022

Lagos – Nigerian electricity workers on Wednesday began an indefinite strike over pay, throwing parts of Africa’s most populous... Read more

18 Aug, 2022

Khartoum – Hundreds of Sudanese rallied on Sunday in support of a political initiative backed by army chief Abdel... Read more

15 Aug, 2022

Freetown – Calm returned to Sierra Leone on Thursday a day after an economic protest spiralled into violence the... Read more

12 Aug, 2022

Mogadishu – Several people were killed and dozens wounded on Thursday after police opened fire on anti-government demonstrators in... Read more

12 Aug, 2022

Freetown – Two police officers were killed on Wednesday in Sierra Leone after a protest against “economic hardship” descended... Read more

11 Aug, 2022