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A group of Kenyan protestors led by comedian Eric Omondi blocked Nairobi’s Parliament Road. They protested against the high cost of living. Chanting slogans, they held placards written ‘high cost of electricity and cooking oil' among…

Tunisia has expelled the head of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) after she took part in an anti-government protest organised by the country's UGTT union, one of Tunisia's leading political forces. The UGTT said the expulsion…

Nigeria's Anti-graft Agency the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC has expressed its determination not to be distracted in the fight against corruption.  The commission also reassured Nigerians of full respect for the…

Tens of thousands of Israelis have gathered in Tel Aviv to protest plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu‘s new government to overhaul the country’s judicial system and weaken the Supreme Court. Israeli media said the police…

The Egyptian Bar Association has hannounced an "indefinite" strike to protest the imprisonment of six colleagues for a brawl with clerks earlier this month. "We immediately suspend all our activities, we will stop appearing in court and…

Some fans wore 'Fight Anti-Semitism' T-shirts at the Brooklyn Nets' game against the Indiana Pacers after Kyrie Irving was criticised for a social media post about a film featuring anti-Jewish tropes. The group was sat courtside at the…

A trade union close to the main Moroccan Islamist party has mobilised several hundred supporters in the capital to protest against the high cost of living. The rally, outside parliament and witnessed journalists, came after several…

A Zimbabwe court found award-winning novelist Tsitsi Dangarembga guilty of "inciting violence" after she held up a sign calling for reform at a small protest during the coronavirus pandemic. It handed her a fine of 70,000 Zimbabwean…

The protestors waved Malian flags and chanted anti-UN slogans. Others carried Russian flags as they marched through the streets of the capital. Mali's army government has had a frosty relationship with the UN mission also known as…

The Tunisian lawyers weeklong strike continues, judges held a protest outside the capital’s courts when dozens of lawyers and activists gathered on the steps of the Palace of Justice in Tunis. Some shouted "Down with the coup" and others…