Protesting truck drivers cause congestion on N3 highway
Cape Town – Truck drivers barricaded the N3 toll route near Montrose in the Free State with trucks on... Read more
26 Oct, 2021
‘We want to study,’ DRC pupils say as they protest for schools to reopen amid teachers’ strike
Kinshasa – Hundreds of secondary school pupils demonstrated outside the Democratic Republic of Congo’s parliament on Thursday, calling for lessons... Read more
22 Oct, 2021
Rival Sudan camps urge peaceful protests as tensions rise
Khartoum – Rival Sudanese protest leaders on Wednesday urged their supporters to remain peaceful, on the eve of a... Read more
21 Oct, 2021
Protesters shot dead in Bangladesh after Koran ‘desecration’
Dhaka – Bangladesh police shot dead four people after hundreds vandalised several Hindu temples across the Muslim-majority nation, officials... Read more
14 Oct, 2021
‘End campaign against critical voices,’ Amnesty tells Chad junta
Libreville – Amnesty International on Monday called on Chad’s ruling junta to “end this campaign of intimidation against critical voices”... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
SAA staff on strike over unfair working conditions, three weeks after flights resume
Johannesburg – Union members picketed South Africa’s recently resuscitated national airline on Tuesday, complaining about working conditions less than... Read more
12 Oct, 2021
Hundreds of Liberians protest alleged ritual murders
Monrovia – Hundreds of women protested in Liberia’s capital Monrovia on Tuesday against a wave of alleged ritual killings in... Read more
6 Oct, 2021
Chad police break up protest against junta
N’Djamena – Chadian police fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters who had gathered on Saturday to condemn the... Read more
3 Oct, 2021
At least 8 people arrested as DRC police crack down on banned opposition protest
Kinshasa – Eight people including a reporter were arrested on Wednesday as Kinshasa police cracked down on a banned opposition... Read more
16 Sep, 2021
JUST IN | SA deploys military to crush unrest in KZN, Gauteng
Johannesburg – South Africa’s army said on Monday it was deploying troops to two provinces, including its economic hub... Read more
12 Jul, 2021
