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A three-day protest is set to begin today, Thursday, October 3, in Accra, as activists demand the immediate release of 53 Democracy Hub protesters who were arrested during an anti-galamsey demonstration last week. The demonstration, which will run until October 5, aims to highlight the ongoing environmental destruction caused by …

John Dramani Mahama, the flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), has strongly condemned the two-week remand of 39 Democracy Hub protesters, describing it as “high-handed” and an abuse of their rights.. The protesters were arrested during a three-day demonstration against illegal mining, also known as galamsey, where they clashed …

  On Wednesday, November 7, 2023, the youth of Garu, Tempani in the Upper East Region organized a protest to voice out their dissatisfaction with what they claim was military brutality that recently occurred in the region resulting in the deaths of several young people and the injuries of numerous …

Veteran media personality, Nana Aba Anamoah has stated that she is sick and tired of commenting on the challenges in the country following calls on her to speak on the OccupyJulorbiHouse protest. She indicated that there have been countless occasions where she has been at the forefront of spearheading campaigns on social …

Acclaimed Zimbabwean filmmaker and novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga has been acquitted by the country’s High Court of staging an anti-government protest in 2020, for which she had initially received a six-month suspended jail sentence and a fine. “I can confirm that she has been acquitted,” her lawyer Harrison Nkomo said after …

Lawyer Nouf, a Saudi Arabia lawyer has demanded the deportation of football icon Cristiano Ronaldo following the player’s insulting gesture during Al-Nassr’s defeat to Al-Ittihad on Sunday, April 16, 2023. Ronaldo, while leaving the pitch after the disappointing defeat, grabbed his crotch in response to fans who taunted him by …

Zambabians have been warned by the Opposition Patriotic Front (PF) to abort plans of holding anti-gay rights protests during US Vice-President Kamala Harris’s visit in the country. BBC.com report indicated that the party plans to hold protests ahead of the democracy summit being hosted in the capital, Lusaka. Kamala Harris …

Kenya’s Raila Odinga and South Africa’s Julius Malema, born in different backgrounds and at different times, are not political allies, but last week were at the centre of protests that went on concurrently in their respective countries. They rode on popular frustrations of the poor in their respective countries, unsettling …

Members of the Anglican Church of Kenya (ACK), St. Matthew’s Kiangima Parish in Embu West Sub-county of Kenya, embarked on a protest on Thursday, December 29, over alleged misuse of funds by the church committee.   The church members who held up placards and twigs while chanting during the protest, demanded immediate dismissal of …

Analysts warn of more protests ahead of the 2023 elections despite President Weah’s popularity in parts of Liberia. Hundreds of protesters gathered on Saturday at the outer section of the Samuel Kanyon Doe Sports Complex in Monrovia to protest against soaring costs of living, a day before President George Weah’s …