Bloemfontein – The EFF in the Free State says it is “disturbed and infuriated” by the death of a man, allegedly at the hands of police officers, during a protest at Sekoto village in QwaQwa on Wednesday. “We condemn in strongest terms the use of brutal force by the [police] who continue to use live ammunition on protesters …

Male [Maldives], Feb 8 (ANI): Protesters have gathered at the Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) campaign centre Haruge and have been calling for the implementation of Supreme Court order to release nine political prisoners. “Protesters gathered at MDP’s campaign centre Haruge call on the government [to] stop …

Police clash with activists who broke through a fence surrounding the G8 summit at Gleneagles in July 2005. Photograph: Cathal McNaughton/PA. Police deployed 18 undercover officers to infiltrate campaigners who were protesting against a summit of world leaders in Scotland, an official report has disclosed.

“I am happy that we are both healthy, but I almost lost the baby due to protestaction.” News24 reported on Tuesday that protesters in QwaQwa had barricaded roads with burning tyres and rocks. “Yoh! QwaQwa is burning this morning and no cars are moving. All the shops are closed and there is no business today,” Peter …

Pro-democracy activists, who staged a demonstration last month to protest a delay to a general election, gesture as they arrive at the police station in Bangkok, … Some protests have been prompted by a scandal involving the deputy prime minister who is under investigation for failing to declare dozens of luxury watches.

SALEM — The Trump administration’s plan to drill for oil and gas off the coast of the United States drew protests Tuesday in Congress and on the streets. In Oregon, more than 100 protesters gathered outside the state capitol in Salem and planned to go to a hotel where the federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management was …

SINGAPORE: Colombia has lodged an angry complaint with Singapore over a restaurant in the city-state named after drug kingpin Pablo Escobar. In a three-page letter to the foreign ministry dated Feb 2, the Colombian embassy expressed “serious concern”, saying the eatery was paying tribute to the “worst criminal in the …

Pikitup has been unable to collect waste in some areas of Johannesburg‚ including Alexandra‚ Houghton and Sandton‚ due to violent protests by contract workers‚ says the office of mayor Herman Mashaba. “Pikitup is unable to fulfil its waste collection responsibilities in the Alexandra and Sandton Depots (Region E)‚ due to …

RABAT, Morocco — Protests over the deaths of three young men extracting coal from dangerous, abandoned mines are posing a new challenge to Morocco’s government. Fists raised and shouting for help, residents of the northeast town of Jerada have held a series of protests in recent weeks. Police are on alert. The men …

Two major health systems are under pressure as a union said that many protestsare planned at Kaiser Permanente and Dignity Health. SEIU-UHW union spokesman Sean Wherley told Healthcare Finance that thousands of healthcare workers will protest across California at 32 hospitals owned by Kaiser Permanente and …

Pikitup has resumed its operations following the arrest of contract workers who had disrupted service delivery in areas including Sandton‚ Houghton and Alexandra. “The South African Police Service (SAPS) arrested 20 former Jozi@Work contract workers who have been illegally protesting and hindering Pikitup’s service …

A woman who was allegedly assaulted by a prison warder has protested over the delay in prosecuting her assailant. The suspect has not been charged, despite appearing in court. The suspect was arrested on Tuesday in connection with the assault on Esther Nyambura on December last year and was taken to Nanyuki law …

The case for Ben Simmons to be included in the NBA All-Star team has gone all the way to the Australian federal parliament. MP Tim Watts made an impassioned plea on Thursday for the Philadelphia 76ers player to become the first Australian to make the prestigious line-up. Simmons, from Melbourne, has been continually …

Kericho Governor Paul Chepkwony speaks with a matatu driver at Awasi near the border between Kisumu and Kericho counties on February 6, 2018. The governor and his security detail intervened to help motorists continue with their journey after rioters barricaded the road to protest the detention of Miguna Miguna.

Protests erupted in Bijbehara area of south Kashmir’s Anantnag district on Wednesday after army occupied a panchayat ghar during the previous night in … On Wednesday morning, locals were aghast on seeing army installation at the Panchayat ghar, after which they held protests demanding eviction of the army forthwith.