•President Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania Tanzania’s general election has been overshadowed by widespread unrest, internet shutdowns, and a heavy security crackdown, raising serious concerns about the credibility and transparency of the electoral process. With over 37 million registered voters expected to cast their ballots yesterday, the atm...
•Burning barricades by supporters of the political opposition yesterday ahead of the release of the results Former government minister and presidential hopeful Issa Tchiroma Bakary called on Cameroonians today to protest if the Constitutional Council announces “falsified and distorted results” in the hotly contested poll. Incumbent Paul Biya, ...
•President Andry Rajoelina of Madagascar Madagascar’s President Andry Rajoelina today dissolved the national assembly, pre-empting an opposition-led vote to force him out of office over the island nation’s spiralling political crisis. Rajoelina has faced over two weeks of deadly street clashes, led largely by young demonstrators furious with t...
•IGP Egbetokun and protesting retired police officers Retired police officers under the Contributory Pension Scheme have vowed to resume their protests on October 14 at the National Assembly, despite recent interventions by the Inspector General of Police and President Bola Tinubu. The retirees have for years demanded their removal from the CP...
•Ivory Coast’s President Alassane Ouattara Ivory Coast’s government today said it was banning meetings and rallies protesting against the barring of leading critics of President Alassane Ouattara from the October 25 presidential vote. Ex-leader Laurent Gbagbo, a longtime rival of Ouattara, and Tidjane Thiam, who heads the west African co...
•William Ruto Kenyan President William Ruto warned today against attempts to “overthrow” the government through “unconstitutional means” and ordered the police to shoot violent protesters in the leg, days after 31 people were killed in nationwide anti-government demonstrations. These are his toughest remarks yet come as the East African nation...
•Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu and Ghana President John Mahama Hundreds of Ghanaians have taken to the streets in Accra and parts of the Eastern Region of the country to protest the installation of a Nigerian national, Eze Chukwudi Ihenetu, as the “Eze Ndi Igbo Ghana,” a symbolic traditional leader representing the Igbo community in the country. [&hell...
•The protesters Women of Agan community, in the North Bank area of Makurdi Local Government Area (LGA), of Benue State today took to the Makurdi – Lafia, federal highway in protest to the unabated killing of their loved ones. The women who blocked the highway were also protesting what it described as the arbitrary arrest […]
•Protesters in Nairobi on August 8, 2024 Marches in Kenya to mark a year since massive anti-government demos turned violent today as protesters engaged in running battles with police, who flooded the streets with tear gas and sealed off government buildings with barbed wire. At least 60 people were killed last year by security forces […...
•Tinubu A group, the Democracy Watch Initiative (DWI), has condemned the planned protests by what it described as “faceless groups,” calling them unfounded, unreasonable, and counterproductive to the progress Nigeria is experiencing under the leadership of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. They urged Nigerians to remain vigilant against efforts to ...
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