Protests

Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane

Fresh Protests Grip Mozambique as Opposition Leader Snubs Talks

Opposition leader Venâncio Mondlane has called for three more days of protests in Mozambique after declining to attend peace talks with President Filipe Nyusi, intensifying the country’s post-election crisis. Streets in the capital Maputo were transformed into impromptu parking lots on Wednesday
November 27, 2024
EFF members march

EFF Protesters March to Court Over Ramaphosa Case

Dozens of Economic Freedom Fighters supporters marched through Johannesburg on Tuesday as South Africa’s Constitutional Court heard their party’s challenge over the Phala Phala scandal involving President Cyril Ramaphosa. The protesters, watched by police and crime prevention wardens, moved from Newtown to
November 27, 2024
Screenshot 2024 08 02 at 131821

Home Affairs Minister Warns Against Protests Ahead of SADC Summit

Home Affairs Minister Kazembe Kazembe has warned opposition activists against staging protests during the upcoming Southern African Development Community (SADC) summit in Zimbabwe. Speaking at a press briefing on Thursday, Kazembe said state security forces are prepared to arrest anyone plotting unrest.
August 2, 2024
Picture: Twitter/ @SAPoliceService

Police station attacked in Vredenburg protest

sOUTH AFRICA: Western Cape police said on Tuesday that 28 males and 10 females were arrested after a service delivery protest turned violent in the Cape West Coast town of Vredenburg. The suspects, who were between the ages of 20 and 59,
November 13, 2018

Violent protests rock Uganda’s capital over Bobi Wine

The Ugandan security forces were deployed in the capital Kampala to stop sporadic protests over the arrest of Robert Kyagulanyi – a musician and opposition lawmaker popularly known as Bobi Wine. Demonstrators burned tyres, threw stones and erected roadblocks, while soldiers and
August 20, 2018