NewsFeed Protests in Bangladesh against the reimposition of a quota system for government jobs have turned deadly. Dozens of people were killed in demonstrations calling for an end to the quota system, which favours the children of fighters in the 1971 war of independence from Pakistan. Students are also demanding…
Before court decision, police had barred protests in the capital indefinitely amid continuing antigovernment demonstrations. A Kenyan court has suspended a police ban on protests in the capital, stating that citizens have a right to demonstrate peacefully. Before the High Court’s decision on Thursday, police had barred protests in Nairobi…
Student protesters demanding an end to quotas for government jobs in Bangladesh have called for a complete nationwide shutdown after six people were killed and hundreds injured in clashes this week. Angered by high youth unemployment, with nearly 32 million people out of work or education in the total population…
The two-week-long anti-quota protests in Bangladesh have turned violent after groups linked to the ruling party attacked student protesters in the capital, Dhaka. More than 400 people were injured on Monday and Tuesday during attacks on protesters who are against the government job quota system amid rising unemployment in the…
Demonstrators demand end to scheme that prioritises families of veterans of 1971 independence war. A university student has been killed in Bangladesh, police said, as protests against a quota system for government jobs intensified. On Tuesday, thousands of riot police were patrolling university campuses across the country in an effort…
Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of protesters aiming to keep pressure on President William Ruto after he made a series of concessions to demonstrators. Activists behind weeks of protests that were initially sparked by proposed tax hikes called for a “total shutdown” of the country…
Hundreds of demonstrators have converged on downtown Milwaukee to protest at the Republican National Convention (RNC), saying the assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump will not affect their longstanding plans to demonstrate outside the site. A wide range of organisations and activists gathered in a park outside the Fiserv…
Demonstrators say the quota system benefits the children of pro-government groups and demand it be scrapped. Violent clashes between people loyal to Bangladesh’s ruling party and demonstrators protesting against job quotas for coveted government jobs have wounded at least 100 people, police say. The quota system reserves more than half…
Inspector-General of Police Japhet Koome resigns a day after President William Ruto dismissed almost his entire cabinet. Kenya’s police chief has resigned after criticism of officers’ conduct during recent antigovernment demonstrations in which dozens of protesters were killed. The presidency said in a statement on Friday that President William Ruto…
In Kenyan political mythology, 1982 was the year it all went wrong. In that year, a failed military coup transformed the previously genteel ruler Daniel arap Moi into a brutal and kleptocratic dictator who would spend the next two decades making life miserable for his countrymen. His successor, Mwai Kibaki,…
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