Dakar, Senegal | AFP | Amnesty International voiced concern Wednesday at the number of protesters killed in Guinea — three in the last fortnight and 18 this year — urging the government to “take all necessary measures to ensure the situation does not spiral out of control”. “Over the past …
Read More »VIDEO: President Uhuru asks police to exercise restraint
VIDEO: President Uhuru asks police to exercise restraint Kampala, Uganda | NTV UGANDA | Kenya’s President-Elect Uhuru Kenyatta has asked Kenya’s police force to exercise restraint as they handle election protesters. In his address outside the President’s Office , Kenyatta also urged losers of the disputed elections to use constitutional means …
Read More »Moroccan king pardons more than a thousand protesters
Rabat, Morocco | AFP | King Mohammed VI of Morocco on Saturday pardoned more than a thousand people who were under arrest for taking part in protests in the troubled northern Rif region, the justice ministry announced. The monarch pardoned a total of 1,178 detainees, including a number who had …
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