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Thousands of Sudanese protesters and opposition groups took to the streets of the capital on Tuesday (13 September) and marched toward the Presidential Palace in Khartoum to press demands for a return to civilian rule following a military coup last year. Marching on Africa Street and the Eldaim area toward downtown, many carrying posters criticizing […]
Hundreds of Tunisians took to the streets Sunday, April 10 in Tunis, for the largest protest against President Kais Saied since he took office. Despite numerous checkpoints and controls, hundreds of people gathered on Bourguiba Avenue, at the call of Islamist Ennahdha party and “Citizens Against the Coup”, a grassroots initiative. The demonstrators demanded the […]
France-based international media protection organization Reporters Without Borders (RSF) issued Wednesday a stark report about the state of media in Tunisia as it warns against “risk of diluting the achievements of the revolution”. In the report titled “Journalism in Tunisia: the hour of truth”, the NGO, stressed that “journalism in Tunisia is at a turning […]
The French Foreign ministry slammed Monday police treatment of journalists during Jan. 14 pro-democracy demonstration against President Kais Saied, in the Tunisian capital Tunis, reports say. “Several journalists, including correspondents from the French and international press, were victims of violence while covering the demonstrations in Tunis on January 14, 2022. This is not acceptable,” the […]
Thousands of Tunisians tried to storm the country’s Parliament in capital Tunis in protest to what they branded a “coup” after President Kais Saied closed the legislature and suspended the immunity of lawmakers. Security forces positioned in the vicinity of the Parliament managed to keep the protestors at bay. Protesters among the supporters of the […]
The Turkish police Monday broke a demonstration of Tunisians in front the North African country’s consulate in Istanbul as they demand to be repatriated home amid the fast spray of the coronavirus disease in their host country, Webdo Tunis reports. The police, the online media says, used tear gas and arrested two protestors on the […]
Thousands of Moroccans in the occupied city of Ceuta took to the streets to vent their anger at the discriminatory policies of the ruling Vox far right party. The march, bringing together at least 6000 people, was described as the largest in the enclave in the 21st century signaling the frustration of the Moroccans […]
A demonstration in solidarity with the victims of the serious violations of human rights committed by the polisario against Sahrawi populations sequestered in the Tindouf camps in the Algerian territory, was held on Saturday at the Constitution Plaza in Vitoria Gasteiz, in the Basque Country. The demonstration was organized as part of a series of […]
Thousands of Moroccans staged Sunday a peaceful demonstration in downtown Rabat to express solidarity with Al Hoceima inhabitants’ social claims. The protesters, between 15,000 (according to official numbers) and over 30,000 (according to the organizers), marched through the avenues of downtown Rabat, chanting slogans calling for meeting the social and economic demands of Al Hoceima’s […]