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A hunger for justice in Western Sahara

Anyone who saw the episode of the BBC documentary Tropic of Cancer last month in which journalist Simon Reeve travelled across Western Sahara would...
Egypt lashes out at U.S. for backing reform

Egypt lashes out at U.S. for backing reform

Egyptians arrested after a pro-reform rally have received backing from the United States which is demanding that Egypt respects freedom of expression. The Egyptian...
Mauritania: Marginalised Black populations fight against Arabisation

Mauritania: Marginalised Black populations fight against Arabisation

Hundreds of Black Mauritanian students gathered at the University of Nouakchott Tuesday to express their outrage against what they call a "comprehensive Arabization" of...
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Togo: An opposition demonstration violently dispersed

Honouring to an invitation from the Togolese opposition party, Union of Forces for Change (UFC), thousands of candle holding militants gathered Wednesday at the...
Zimbabwe: MDC youth to demonstrate after Zanu-PF youth protest

Zimbabwe: MDC youth to demonstrate after Zanu-PF youth protest

Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai's MDC party youth wing is planning nationwide demonstrations aimed at forcing the arrest of people "linked to the nauseating corruption...
Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai warned by Zanu-PF youths

Zimbabwe: Tsvangirai warned by Zanu-PF youths

A month long ultimatum has been issued to Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai by Zanu PF youths today for him to call for the removal of...
Eritrea sanctions get mixed reactions

Eritrea sanctions get mixed reactions

The Eritrean Diaspora has expressed its anger over a recently imposed United Nations sanctions that seek to penalize the eastern African country for supporting...
Ivory Coast: Anti-president sentiments grow

Ivory Coast: Anti-president sentiments grow

Protest against the president of Ivory Coast has resulted in the deaths of civilians and the injury of many more. Security forces fired live...
Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF forcing civil servants to strike?

Zimbabwe: Zanu-PF forcing civil servants to strike?

More than 1000 disgruntled Zimbabwe’s state workers took to the streets today in Harare declaring that they are scaling their strike. State workers are demanding...
Top South Sudan politicians arrested in Khartoum amid threats

Top South Sudan politicians arrested in Khartoum amid threats

The Secretary General of the Sudan Peoples' Liberation Movement (SPLM), Pagan Amum, and his deputy for Northern Sudan, Yasir Arman, have been arrested by...
Guinea: Operation “Ghost Country”

Guinea: Operation “Ghost Country”

New strikes have been planned in Guinea to protest the September 28 massacres. Shortly after a two-day national mourning, the women’s branch of Forces...
Guinea: Junta leader held “hostage” by the military and people

Guinea: Junta leader held “hostage” by the military and people

Under pressure from Guineans and the international community to give up his decision to run in the pending January 2010 presidential elections, Captain Dadis...
Guinea military massacre: “This is only the beginning”

Guinea military massacre: “This is only the beginning”

As announced, and despite a ban issued by the authorities Sunday, key political and civil society personalities were able to mobilize a large portion...
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Western Sahara Campaigners mark International Peace Day in Camden, London, with a demand for the immediate end to torture

To mark Monday's International Peace Day campaigners for a free Western Sahara held meetings in London and a candle-lit vigil calling for an end...
Zimbabwe university students begin class boycotts

Zimbabwe university students begin class boycotts

More than 200 Zimbabwean university students staged a protest march late Tuesday in Harare voicing their disquiet over exorbitant tuition fees at state colleges ahead...
Zimbabwe doctor strike ends, sacked GPs to reapply

Zimbabwe doctor strike ends, sacked GPs to reapply

Zimbabwean doctors who have been on strike for close to a month have called off their strike, giving the government a one-month ultimatum to increase...
Zimbabwe: Doctors embark on a strike action

Zimbabwe: Doctors embark on a strike action

Zimbabwean doctors have gone on strike demanding better pay and working conditions. Dr Brighton Chizhanje, the president of the Hospital Doctors Association said although patients...
Zimbabweans police to allow demonstrations after arresting minister for mobile phone theft

Zimbabweans police to allow demonstrations after arresting minister for mobile phone theft

Zimbabweans are now free to protest and police have been instructed not to interfere. Home Affairs minister Giles Mutsekwa on Tuesday told journalists that...
South Africa’s 1st post apartheid recession, a new President and an angry population

South Africa’s 1st post apartheid recession, a new President and an angry population

Strikes and demonstrations are on the increase in South Africa. After violent demonstrations from township populations, civil servants Tuesday continued demonstrations for a second...
World Cup in danger as stadium constructions halt in South Africa

World Cup in danger as stadium constructions halt in South Africa

Construction of South Africa’s 2010 World Cup stadiums grinded to a halt Wednesday morning after building workers embarked on a crippling indefinite strike....
Zimbabwe strike averted, fee cuts and levies introduced

Zimbabwe strike averted, fee cuts and levies introduced

The broke Zimbabwe government has averted a crippling strike by teachers after it persuaded international donors including the United Nations Children's Fund, to fund...
Zimbabwe: School fees slashed amid teachers’ threats

Zimbabwe: School fees slashed amid teachers’ threats

State owned schools in Zimbabwe have been instructed to slash their fees as it struggles with an economic crisis desperately crying out for massive...
Of African women, Greeks, the art of sex and politics

Of African women, Greeks, the art of sex and politics

May Day brought with it not only the first whiff of spring but a crop of strikes and protests – the canoodling season and...
Zimbabwe: Another crippling blow for education sector

Zimbabwe: Another crippling blow for education sector

Zimbabwe's cash-strapped unity government is facing a fresh crisis as teachers have vowed to strike for a “significant improvement” of their allowances when the...
South Africa braces for fuel shortages… Officials cry foul

South Africa braces for fuel shortages… Officials cry foul

South Africa service stations could run dry as more than 30,000 allied workers union members prepare to go on strike over a wage dispute. The...
Devil from within deals heaviest blow to economy yet

Devil from within deals heaviest blow to economy yet

Due to the soaring rates of kidnapping, attacks on petroleum workers, and the vandalization of petroleum facilities, the Petroleum and Natural Gas Senior Staff...
Chadians fume as gas cookers cause havoc after charcoal ban

Chadians fume as gas cookers cause havoc after charcoal ban

In Chad's rural population, people can be seen struggling to cook with burning dung, pieces of furniture or pieces of paper. Those who have...
End of Zimbabwe education: broke gov’t angry teachers

End of Zimbabwe education: broke gov’t angry teachers

Scores of pupils countrywide in Zimbabwe were on Tuesday left stranded after they were turned away by authorities as schools failed to open...
Children of Namibian war veterans issued an ultimatum

Children of Namibian war veterans issued an ultimatum

The Namibian government has issued an ultimatum to 'children of the liberation struggle' demonstrating outside the Ministry of Veterans' Affairs to pack up...
Workers protest abolishment of Local Gov’ts

Workers protest abolishment of Local Gov’ts

Reports that the Local level of governments was on the verge of being abolished has forced Local Government employees to storm the national assembly...