Benin opposition supporters block roads ahead of vote

Benin opposition supporters block roads ahead of vote

Politics Apr 08
"Talon, leave power," shouted an angry crowd of about sixty people after setting up a makeshift barricade Wednesday on a main road in central Benin, one of several protests against President Patrice Talon days before he seeks re-election.
Prime Minster Ossouka Raponda confirmed the deaths in a statement.
Two killed as Gabon citizens protest coronavirus restrictions
Politics Feb 21
Two people have died after demonstrations in Gabon’s two major cities, the prime minister said on Friday, as anger over restrictions aimed at curbing the spread of COVID-19 spilled over into street stand-offs.
The Hirak protests started in 2019
Algeria anti-gov't protesters return to the streets
Politics Feb 16
Thousands of people demonstrated on Tuesday in the Algerian town of Kherrata to voice support for the Hirak protest movement that ousted Algeria’s veteran president in 2019 before the COVID-19 crisis forced it off the streets last year.
Guinea's President, Alpha Condé
Guinea bans political protests, citing pandemic
Politics Nov 23
The Guinean government has announced a ban on political demonstrations across the country until further notice, citing the coronavirus pandemic.
Senegalese protestors burning Macron's pictures
Senegal protests Mohammed cartoons despite Macron's efforts to calm tensions
Politics Nov 08
Thousands of protesters in Senegal burned French flags and pictures of President Emmanuel Macron over his defence of the right to satirise religion and depict the prophet Mohammed in cartoons.
Some #EndSARS protesters have been killed
Protesters reportedly shot dead in Nigeria
Politics Oct 21
Amnesty International said late Tuesday there was “credible but disturbing evidence” that security forces in the megacity of Lagos had fatally shot protesters who were demonstrating against police brutality despite a new curfew going into effect.
The violence broke out following the sacking of the governor of neighbouring Kassala State
At least six killed in Sudanese port city protests
Politics Oct 16
Doctors in Sudan say at least six people have been killed and more than 20 injured in protests in the port town of Suakin.