Twin explosions targetting protesters in Kabul have killed at least 20 people and wounded 160 others, said Health Ministry spokesman Ismail Kawusi. Photographs posted on social media showed bodies, apparently at the site of the explosion, close to where thousands of people had been protesting over the route of a[…]
Thousands have protested in London against British voters’ decision last week to leave the European Union, which has left the country deeply polarised. Most protestors who gathered on Saturday were young adults, and many were draped in EU flags, while others waved banners in support of the EU. Marching through[…]
Irate Barcelona informal settlement residents have threatened to continue protest on the N2 until their “rightful” ANC councillor candidate is put on the registered list. Alleged ANC members belonging to ward 40 in Nyanga said they wanted their “rightfully nominated” councillor candidate Bongani Mbili to be put on the list[…]
The EFF on Wednesday condemned the police’s response to ongoing protests against campus rape culture at Rhodes University in Grahamstown, calling for the release of five arrested students. “The police have attacked non-violent and unarmed students with rubber bullets and teargas,” EFF spokesperson Mbuyiseni Ndlozi said in a statement. “We[…]
The City of Cape Town on Thursday said it had obtained a court interdict to prevent protesters from disrupting the MyCiTi bus service in Du Noon and surrounds. The city was granted the urgent interdict late Wednesday afternoon after it had to shut down some of its buses on the[…]
Cuban police arrested dozens of people protesting against the communist government on Sunday in Havana, just hours before US President Barack Obama was due on a three-day visit. The protesters were from the Ladies in White group, formed by wives of former political prisoners. Police bundled them into vehicles outside[…]
Anti-government protesters defied a security crackdown and took to the streets as Egypt marked the fifth anniversary on Monday of the 2011 uprising that toppled long-time ruler Hosni Mubarak. Egyptians demonstrated against the military-led government in Alexandria’s Al-Qaed Ibrahim Square, which was the site of 2011 protests, as well as[…]
Tunisia has declared a nationwide curfew after days of protests and rioting over jobs and economic conditions, the interior ministry announced. Protests over unemployment in the country, which started in the western Kasserine province, intensified and spread to other parts of the country on Thursday. Solidarity rallies were held in[…]
The parents of a primary school in Atlantis, north of Cape Town, have vowed to block any schooling until they are given a date for when they will get a new school building. “We want it on black and white,” said Shane Jennicker, chairperson of the Avondale Primary School’s School[…]
University of Cape Town (UCT) staff have had to renegotiate their salary increases for 2016 following last year’s decision not to increase university fees. The National Health Education and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu) said it had been asked to accept an 8% increase for its members at UCT, down from[…]
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