Hundreds of young Nigerians marched on the country’s parliament on Tuesday, calling for lawmakers to remove age barriers on political posts, including the presidency. Nigeria’s 1999 constitution stipulates that the president has to be at least 40, while senators and state governors have to be aged 35 or above. But with an increasingly young demographic … Read more
Hundreds of Singaporeans staged a rare protest Saturday calling for an independent inquiry into a bitter family feud between Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his siblings. The rally at a designated free-speech corner in the strictly controlled city-state was the first public protest since the feud burst into the open on June 14. The … Read more
Activists accused Beijing of crippling Hong Kong’s parliament Friday after four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified. More than 1,000 people protested near the government offices Friday night in response to the decision. The High Court judgement came as a massive blow for the democracy movement as it means the balance of power in the partially elected … Read more
Four pro-democracy lawmakers were disqualified from Hong Kong’s parliament Friday in a move that will worsen growing fears the city’s freedoms are under serious threat from Beijing. Former Umbrella Movement protest leader Nathan Law was among the group barred by the High Court judgement in a case brought by the city’s Beijing-friendly government. It sought … Read more
Nearly 80 police officers were injured in two days of clashes with protesters in Morocco’s restive Rif region, an official said Wednesday, although the number of demonstrators hurt was unknown. Around 50 members of the security forces were hurt on Monday in the northern city of Al-Hoceima, most of them struck by stones, a high-ranking … Read more
Kabul authorities Tuesday demolished a sit-in camp erected to protest spiralling insecurity, triggering street clashes that left at least one demonstrator dead in the latest bout of violence to shake the city. Tensions have been high in Kabul since a truck bomb on May 31 killed more than 150 people and wounded hundreds in the … Read more
Afghan authorities warned anti-government protesters of legal action Thursday as demonstrators set up new sit-in camps around Kabul, raising security alarm after a week of deadly bombings and street clashes. Tensions are high in Kabul since a truck bomb last Wednesday killed more than 150 people and wounded hundreds in Kabul’s fortified diplomatic quarter, in … Read more
Morocco’s interior minister on Tuesday in parliament defended a recent crackdown on a protest movement against corruption and employment in the northern Rif region. “The state had no choice but to enforce the law,” Abdelouafi Laftit said, after more than a week of protests in the northern city of Al-Hoceima and dozens of arrests. “The … Read more
Protesters in northern Morocco have remained defiant for a second week, taking their anger over unemployment and alleged corruption to the streets. On Sunday, hundreds took part in a ninth straight night of protests in Al-Hoceima and other towns in the Rif region, although an AFP correspondent said the crowds appeared to be growing smaller. … Read more
Hundreds of young people clashed with riot police in northern Morocco Friday, following a general strike called by activists demanding the release of a protest leader. Nasser Zefzafi, who emerged as the head of the grassroots Al-Hirak al-Shaabi, or “Popular Movement”, was arrested on Monday after three days on the run. His arrest sparked protests … Read more
Most shops were shuttered Friday in the northern Morocco city of Al-Hoceima, the second day of a general strike called by activists demanding the release of a protest leader. Nasser Zefzafi, who emerged as the head of the grassroots Al-Hirak al-Shaabi, or “Popular Movement”, was arrested on Monday after three days on the run. His … Read more
Authorities in Morocco on Monday arrested the fugitive leader of a protest movement that has shaken the country’s northern Rif region for months, officials said. A government source and another official from the interior ministry said Nasser Zefzafi, who had been on the run since Friday, had been taken into custody. Further details of his … Read more
Moroccan authorities were engaged in a manhunt on Saturday for a protest leader in the neglected Rif region after his arrest was ordered for interrupting an imam’s prayer sermon following more than six months of social unrest. The king’s prosecutor late Friday ordered “the opening of an investigation and the arrest of Nasser Zefzafi” after … Read more
The bodies of eight people shot dead during an anti-government protest in northeast India have been buried after 632 days, authorities said Thursday, ending a long confrontation. The victims’ families were refusing to bury the bodies until their demands for proper compensation and action against the government officials who ordered the firing had been met. … Read more
play videoThree student activists were run over by the police van and taken to hospital A police van in the Philippines rammed left-wing protesters and ran over some of them at an anti-US rally outside the US embassy in Manila on Wednesday. Protest leader Renato Reyes said at least three student activists were run over … Read more
Ghana will move a statue of Mahatma Gandhi from its main university because of his “alleged past racist comments”, the foreign ministry said, while paying tribute to Gandhi’s role as a civil rights leader. A group of lecturers and students began campaigning for the Indian nationalist leader’s statue to be removed shortly after it was … Read more