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The youth of Garu, Tempani, stage a protest against the brutality military in the area

  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 …

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Why Nana Aba Anamoah didn’t join #OccupyJulorbiHouse protest

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 …

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Popular Zimbabwean writer acquitted over anti-government protest

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 …

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Saudi lawyer calls for deportation of Cristiano Ronaldo for holding manhood in protest

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 …

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Zambia warns against anti-gay protest during Harris visit

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 …

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Kenya’s Raila and South Africa’s Malema take supporters to streets, protest high cost of living

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 …

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Church members stage protest over missing money

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 …

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Liberians protest living costs as Weah returns from 48-day trip

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 …

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Tension in Buipe as youth threaten protest against Buipewura

There is currently heavy military presence in the town of Buipe in the Central Gonja District following a decision of the youth to stage a protest against the paramount chief of the area, Buipewura Abdulai Jinapor II. The heavily armed soldiers were deployed last night by the Savannah Regional Security …

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FLASHBACK: The 1995 ‘Kume Preko’ protest that rocked Ghana

About 27 years ago, the biggest demonstration to have occurred in Ghana’s history took place. Those at the forefront of this protest were Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, Dr Charles Wreko Brobbey, Kwasi Pratt Jnr, Dr Nyaho Tamakloe, Abdul Malik Kwaku Baako, Akoto Ampaw, Victor Newman, Kwaku Opoku, Napoleon Abdulai and was …

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