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University of Zimbabwe (UZ) students led by Allan Chipoyi, president of the Students Representative Council (SRC) on Monday peacefully protested an astronomical increase in fees. This comes after UZ pegged fees at between ZWL500,000 and ZWL1 million for the August 2022/23 semester, way beyond the reach of many in a country with high unemployment and skyrocketing inflation.
It is the third horrific case of sexual assault involving a minor in the last month – and has prompted protests.
At least eight people have been killed and 170 wounded in protests since the army’s power grab on Monday, including one protester who died in violence overnight Thursday, when security forces fired tear gas and rubber-tipped bullets, according to medics.
A second person has died after troops opened fire with live rounds to break up a protest in central Benin just days before President Patrice Talon seeks re-election, a local official said on Friday.
Seven people died in violent protests that erupted in Kampala on Wednesday after Ugandan presidential candidate Bobi Wine was arrested, police said.
Demonstrators barricaded a major highway in Kenya’s capital, Nairobi, to protest against the demolition of their informal houses in the Kariobangi area.
Protesters on Thursday padlocked Malawi’s electoral commission offices in a new bid to force the panel’s chief to quit after a top court overturned last May’s presidential elections.
Internet access was cut in India’s northeastern city of Guwahati on Friday as thousands gathered for fresh protests against a new citizenship law, a day after police shot dead two demonstrators.
Guinean protesters thronged the streets of the capital Conakry on Tuesday in fresh protests against embattled President Alpha Conde.
The opposition MDC yesterday continued with its protests against President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s legitimacy and snubbed the 2020 national budget presentation over his presence in Parliament.