Thousands of yellow-shirt protesters rallied Saturday in downtown Kuala Lumpur seeking Prime Minister Najib Razak’s resignation over a financial scandal, undeterred by a police ban and the arrest of 15 activists. Police barricaded key roads in downtown Kuala Lumpur and put water-cannon trucks on standby, but it did not stop[…]
President-elect Donald Trump huddled with advisers inside his Manhattan residence on Saturday, plotting his next moves as thousands of demonstrators besieged Trump Tower and marched through other US cities in a fourth day of protests. Rallies were scheduled throughout the day in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Portland, San Francisco,[…]
Thousands of protesters have taken their frustration over Donald Trump’s presidential election win onto the streets for a third straight night, following previous outbreaks of window-smashing and fire-setting. Protests swept on Friday across the cities of Miami, Atlanta, Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco and Portland – where one protester was[…]
Egypt faces social unrest stirred by its ongoing economic hardship, intelligence officials have warned President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi, as Cairo went into lockdown on Friday amid protests against price rises and austerity measures. A high-ranking person within al-Mukhabarat al-Amma (General Intelligence Directorate), the country’s top security service, told Middle East[…]
Protests in the United States against Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump’s election victory have turned violent, as demonstrators across the country take to the streets for a second day. Thousands of protesters on Thursday threw objects at police in Portland, Oregon, and damaged a car park, the Portland Police Department[…]
In recent weeks, the Fees Must Fall (FMF) movement has dominated headlines and called to the fore all stakeholders as violence continues to surge. Universities across the country have witnessed an alarming outbreak of violence, from the destruction of property to confrontation between police and students, as frustrated students demand[…]
Classes at the University of the Witwatersrand are to resume on Monday‚ the university’s senior executive team said in a statement on Sunday. This follows weeks of violent protests by students demanding free education which saw classes being disrupted and cancelled. The protests saw a number of students‚ including student[…]
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) students who want academic activities to resume will be staging a silent protest under the banner of #OpenNMMU after the university was shut down indefinitely due to the #FeesMustFall protests sweeping the country. The group, which is being led by students Mathew Mackay and Kevin[…]
Wits University held a poll on the resumption of classes on Thursday morning after a court bid to stop it failed. Protesting students represented by advocate Dali Mpofu approached the High Court in Johannesburg on Wednesday but were unsuccessful in obtaining an interdict. According to the institution, the poll is[…]
A couple hundred demonstrators chanted and marched through Charlotte on Sunday, as protests persisted after the release of two videos showing the fatal shooting of a black man by police officers in North Carolina’s largest city. Angry protesters have filled the streets of Charlotte every day since the Tuesday killing[…]
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