Mauritania election protests

Mauritania cuts internet services amid election protests

The Mauritanian authorities cut access to mobile internet services early on Tuesday after protests against the presidential election results took place the previous evening in several cities. Protesters took to the streets
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Timi Frank has called on the ICC to investigate the Kenyan protest killings.
Protesters gather during a nationwide strike to protest against tax hikes and the Finance Bill 2024 in downtown Nairobi, on June 25, 2024. - Kenyan police shot dead one protester near the country's parliament Tuesday, a rights watchdog said as demonstrators angry over proposed tax hikes breached barricades and entered the government complex, where a fire erupted. The mainly Gen-Z-led rallies, which began last week, have taken President William Ruto's government by surprise, with the Kenyan leader saying over the weekend that he was ready to speak to the protesters. (Photo by Amaury Falt-Brown / AFP)

Dozens protest in Kenya with riot police out in force

Dozens of Kenyans took to the streets Tuesday under a heavy police presence, with many shops shuttered as youth activists called for fresh protests after anti-tax hike demonstrations last month descended into
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Internally displaced persons from different local government area board a lorry at the Bakassi IDPs Camp in Maiduguri on November 30, 2021 as IDPs in Maiduguri have vacated their camps ahead of today, dateline for the closure of all Displaced Persons camps by the Borno Government. - Some of the IDPs from Gwoza, Monguno and Guzamala Local Government Areas facilitate their home return. The state’s Commissioner for Reconstruction, Rehabilitation and Resettlement, said the development was part of government commitment to close all IDP camps in Maiduguri in line with its resettlement programme. (Photo by Audu MARTE / AFP)

Gwoza bomb blasts: 20 killed, 52 injured, says Military

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed that 20 persons were killed while 52 got injured during the recent multiple bomb blasts that rocked the Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State.
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