Ugandan police arrested pop star turned MP Bobi Wine on Monday, barely two days after lifting the house arrest of a potential challenger to veteran President Yoweri Museveni, and placed him in custody over a protest he organised last year, his lawyer said. Wine, at 37, is the figurehead of a new generation who grew […]
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Symbol of Sudan protest movement pushes for further change
Sudanese student Alaa Salah emerged as a singing symbol of the protest movement that toppled leader Omar al-Bashir, and now insists she will keep demonstrating until civilian rule is secured. The 22-year-old engineering and architecture undergraduate shot to prominence when a picture of her in a white robe leading chanting crowds from atop a car […]
Hundreds of thousands protest against Algeria’s ruling elite
Hundreds of thousands of protesters demanding the departure of Algeria’s ruling elite rallied peacefully in Algiers for a tenth consecutive Friday. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika stepped down after 20 years in power this month, bowing to pressure from the army and weeks of demonstrations mainly by young people seeking change. “The system must go” and “We […]
Nicaragua opposition defies ban to march on deadly protest anniversary
Nicaragua’s opposition said at least 67 people were arrested after defying a protest ban and a heavy riot police presence on the streets of Managua to mark the first anniversary of a deadly uprising against President Daniel Ortega. The opposition National Unity Blue and White (UNAB) coalition gathered in the south of the capital, planning […]
Hazaras ask on fourth day of protest: where is Imran Khan
Members of the Shia Hazara community, protesting against the Hazarganji suicide bombing, ended their sit-in late on Monday night after receiving assurances from Balochistan Chief Minister Jam Kamal Alyani and State Minister for Interior, Sheharyar Afridi. A prominent representative present at the press conference asked the Federal Interior Minister, Shehrya Khan Afridi, “Where is Imran […]
Thousands of PTM protesters rally for their rights in North Waziristan
Thousands of protesters joined the Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) rally on Sunday in Miramshah region of North Waziristan. Pashtuns from the various parts of KP and Balochistan attended the rally. The rally was also joined by many women having placards in their hands inscribed with different slogans demanding the recovery of their missing ones, asking […]
Hazara sit-in enters second day
The protest arranged by Hazara community against the attack in the market of Quetta entered the second day today. The people of the community are demanding the government to make the perpetrators accountable. It was reported that almost 20 people were killed and 48 others were injured in the terror attack on Friday. The sit-in […]
Forman Christian College students protest against increase in fee
A protest was organised by the students of Forman Christian College Lahore in the university against the sudden 300% hike in summer internship program on Wednesday. After sending several emails to the administration department, the students gathered in front of the administration building and protested. After an unexpected resignation by the Head of Education department, […]
Outnumbered and elderly, Okinawa protesters oppose US military runway
A month after Jinshiro Motoyama’s five-day hunger strike forced a referendum over a new US military runway on Japan’s island of Okinawa, he came to bid farewell to a knot of protesters trying to block trucks heading for the building site. The referendum showed 70 percent of voters opposed expansion of a US Marines base […]
Algerians protest Bouteflika bid for fifth term on deadline day
Hundreds of students staged new protests Sunday in the Algerian capital and other cities against a fifth term for ailing President Abdelaziz Bouteflika as he faced a midnight deadline to register for April elections. Chanting “Bouteflika go away”, protesters rallied near the main city centre campus of the University of Algiers, cordoned off by police, […]