Tag Archives: riots

  Here are the overlapping crises facing Gen Z   COMMENT | ALINA COSMA | Young people are facing a future that feels increasingly uncertain. Although every generation experiences turbulence while navigating adolescence, the pressures experienced by Gen Z – those born between 1997 and 2012 – are different and seem …

    PARIS | Xinhua |  French President Emmanuel Macron said Thursday that the government recommends that no demonstrations be held across the country in the coming days, particularly on Saturday. Speaking after a security council meeting, Macron said the government intended to prohibit requests to organize gatherings by people …

CAPE TOWN | Xinhua |  South Africa on Sunday called for calm and restraint amid ongoing protests and political turmoil in Madagascar. In a statement, the Department of International Relations and Cooperation (DIRCO) expressed deep concern over the situation in the island country. “We are deeply saddened by the tragic …

Nairobi, Kenya | BBC |  After a day of protest, turmoil and bloodshed, Kenyan President William Ruto addressed the nation with a message of sadness and strength Tuesday. Saying “legitimate” protests against his policies had been “hijacked by a group of organised criminals,” he warned his government would use all …

How is that even possible? COVER STORY | THE INDEPENDENT | As thousands of mainly youth have been holding protest across Kenya against new tax proposals made in the annual budget for FY 2024/25, the main question in Uganda has been: How is that even possible? Many Ugandans took to the …

Paris, France | Xinhua |  At least 719 people were arrested overnight from Saturday to Sunday in France, the fifth night of nationwide violence sparked by the killing of a teen by a police officer, France’s Interior Ministry said on Sunday. According to the ministry, 45 police officers and gendarmes …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda Police Force has received improved classified anti riots Control Vehicles (RCVs) for Public Order Management and Armored Personnel Carriers (APCs) to address the emerging security challenges. The tactical armoured vehicles are to be used in volatile areas like like Karamoja and combat …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Leader of Opposition in Parliament-LOP, Mathias Mpuuga has tasked President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni to honour his compensation pledge to the families of 54 Ugandans killed in the November 2020 demonstrations. Mpuuga made the statement on Friday in commemoration of the 54 civilians killed by …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court has dismissed an application by two law students from Islamic University in Uganda-IUIU challenging the excessive use of force and lethal weapons by security agencies to disperse assemblies. The High Court Civil Division Judge Musa Ssekaana dismissed the application filed by Derrick Okello …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Ashiraf Kasirye, a former journalist working with Ghetto TV, an online TV affiliated to the National Unity Platform-NUP suffered a partial amnesia after a nearly fatal shooting at Masaka in December last year. This happened while he was covering a campaign rally of then …