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Portland protests: Trump and Biden clash over street violence

US President Donald Trump and his Democratic rival Joe Biden have clashed over the violence that has erupted at protests in Portland, Oregon. Mr Trump blamed the Democrat mayor of Portland, Ted Wheeler, for allowing the “death and destruction of his city”. But Mr Biden said the president was “recklessly …

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Malawians protest over coronavirus lockdown

Traders in Malawi’s Limbe area in Blantyre District are protesting against a lockdown that will begin on Saturday. The traders have lit bonfires and police are on the ground dispersing them. Local media reports say the traders do not want the country to go on lockdown as their income will …

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Togolese protest in Lagos against Faure Gnassingbe’s 4th term bid

Thousands of Togolese from several West African countries stormed Lagos last Thursday to protest against Faure Gnassingbe’s attempts to run for a fourth term in office as president. The protesters who sang and danced to revolutionary songs in native Togolese dialects. Some of the placards carried by the protesters read: …

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Russia protests: Thousand arrests at Moscow rally

Police in Moscow have detained more than 1,000 people at a rally, in one of the biggest crackdowns in years. Demonstrators were dragged away from the city hall as security forces used batons against the crowd. People were protesting against the exclusion of opposition candidates from local polls. The opposition …

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Ghanaian Architects protest multiple government projects awarded to Sir David Adjaye

President of the Ghana Institute of Architect has urged the government to adhere to the law in the award of key projects to Architects. Architect Nii Dadey said concerns by a consortium of Ghanaian architects against projects awarded to Sir David Adjaye, a UK-based Ghanaian Architect, are justified and called …

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Dawhenya protesters ‘sack’ Sam George

Aggrieved residents of Dawhenya in the Ningo-Prampram District of the Greater Accra Region, who demonstrated over deplorable roads in the area recently, have rejected plans by the Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Nartey George, to partake in the next protest against government. Last Friday, scores of residents in Dawhenya in …

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