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Tens of thousands of Algerian protesters marched on Friday to demand that a presidential election next month be canceled until the old ruling guard step aside and the army quit politics. The marches, held in cities and towns across the country, marked the 41st consecutive weekly protest of a movement that has already forced the
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The Niger Delta ex-militants are currently protesting in Presidential Amnesty office in Port Harcourt over an alleged non-payment of allowance from the government. The ex-fighters, who are undergoing training in manufacturing and repairs of electric transformers, said they had not been paid their allowances since August. They were seen carrying placard at 10am on Monday,
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The Osun State Police Commissioner, Abiodun Ige, said on Saturday that three people had been arrested for blocking the Sabo road in Ile Ife during a protest over the vacant stool of Seriki of Hausa community in the town. Ige stated this during a telephone interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ile-Ife. She
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By Dennis Agbo Some members of Agbogazi-Nike community in Enugu East Local Government Area have protested the alleged indiscriminate sale of the community’s land by their traditional ruler, HRH Igwe Edwin Edeoga. The Monarch, however, denied the allegation, saying that it was rather those who are protesting against him that have ulterior motive on their
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In footage broadcast live on Facebook, a Hong Kong policeman drew his weapon as he wrestled with a man at a blockaded road junction, with a second protester advancing towards them in a bid to help his comrade.
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Iraq’s anti-government protests intensified as the protesters have shut down major roads in the country’s capital, Baghdad. The Iraqis protesters on Friday gathered in tens of thousands, the largest gathering of the protesters since the demonstration started. Some of the protesters also took the opportunity to express their anger at Iran which has close ties
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Hundreds of thousands of Catalans have marched peacefully through Barcelona in support of calls to free jailed separatist leaders after the region’s mayors demanded it be allowed to map out its own political future. The Catalan capital has been convulsed by almost two weeks of daily demonstrations since nine politicians and activists were jailed for
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Ecuador protesters have on Friday according to media report taken eight officers hostage. Indigenous demonstrators paraded the seven men and one woman on a stage in Quito before a crowd of thousands. They are demanding the end of austerity measures and some even the resignation of President Lenín Moreno, who declared a state of emergency
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By Ochuko Akuopha, Oleh Hundreds of Indigenes of Oleh community, Isoko South Local Government Area, Delta State, have besieged the premises of the Nigeria Agip Oil Company, NAOC, in the area, protesting against their alleged neglect by the multinational oil company. The protesters who were drawn from the Adoke, Egbedemi, Ovuorien, Eraro, Ebave, Oko, Olulu/Atedezi,
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The United Nations urged Saturday an end to violence in Iraq, after five days of anti-government rallies marred by the killing of nearly 100 people, mainly protesters. The demonstrations which have evolved from initial demands for employment and better services to the fall of the government carried on into the night in various neighbourhoods of
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