Árnissa, Greece | AFP | When plans were leaked last week to move dozens of asylum seekers from an island camp to a hotel in the northern Greek village of Arnissa, there was a swift and violent response. Around 250 people burned and looted the empty hotel to prevent the transfer, …
Read More »Stray bullet injures woman during road protest
Jinja, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | A woman is nursing a gunshot wound at Jinja Regional Referral Hospital after being injured by a stray bullet during a protest by residents against the poor state of Amber Court-Mbulamuti road. Jalia Mutesi was hit on Monday afternoon when police opened fire to disperse …
Read More »Outcry in Guinea over police ‘human shield’ video
Conakry, Guinea | AFP | Police in the West African state of Guinea are facing a storm of criticism over a viral video that apparently showed them using a woman as a human shield against stone-throwing protestors. The video, whose source cannot be independently verified but whose authenticity has not been …
Read More »Bobi Wine arrest: tear gas, bullets rock Kisekka market
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Police have used tear gas and bullets to disperse hundreds of angry supporters of Kyadondo East MP Robert Kyagulanyi at Kisekka Market in the city. A URN reporter at Kisekka Market says that several police from the Field Force Unit-FFU, regular police and UPDF …
Read More »Protestors block Gulu – Kampala road highway
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Angry demonstrators have blocked the Gulu-Kampala Highway demanding for the installation of humps. The protest which started at 9:00 am followed an accident at Koro Abili Trading centre, about 8 Kilometres from Gulu Town.Three people who were injured in the accident sustained broken limbs and …
Read More »Sudanese forces attacked protestors in hospital: Amnesty
Paris, France | AFP | Sudanese security forces stormed a hospital to pursue people seeking treating from gunshot wounds sustained during protests against President Omar al-Bashir, Amnesty International said Thursday. Soldiers fired live bullets and teargas as they entered the hospital late Wednesday in Omdurman, twin city of the capital …
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