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LAGOS - The head of Nigeria's police dissolved its Special Anti-Robbery Squad with immediate effect on Sunday, a police statement said, prompted by days of protests across the country against alleged brutality by the controversial unit.The protests broke out in recent days after a video circulated last week alleging to…

By IOL Reporter 4h agoCAPE TOWN - The Bitou municipal council in the Western Cape has condemned the housing protest by the community of Qolweni, an informal settlement that borders the industrial area of Plettenberg Bay.“The sporadic unrest in this community has a negative impact on the entire Plettenberg Bay…

Website of the YearWorld10 Oct, 2020 04:39 AM2 minutes to readA Chinese Coast Guard ship sails in North Natuna Sea. Photo / APChina said it dispatched ships and planes to track the US guided-missile destroyer John S. McCain as it passed near Chinese-held islands in the South China Sea.The People's…

By Velani Ludidi 5h ago Share this article: ShareTweetShareShareShareEmailShare Cape Town – A Mitchells Plain teacher held a lone protest inside Littlewood Primary School where she says she was snubbed for a top job because she cannot speak Afrikaans. Nomonde Jikajika-Balarane says she applied for the head of the department…

FILE PHOTO: Kyle Rittenhouse, the teenager charged with killing two people and injuring another during demonstrations on the streets of Kenosha, Wisconsin, appears during a court hearing in Lake County, Illinois, U.S., September 25, 2020 in this frame grab taken from a live stream of the court proceedings. 19th Judicial…

(Left to right) October 4 Facebook image of David, or “Lunch Brother”, and a friend reading newspapers in protest in front of police; David making "5 demands, not one less" gesture; October 5 image of David protesting at Maritime Square shopping mall. In the anti-extradition and pro-democracy protests that have…

Police have arrested hundreds throughout Indonesia in protests against a controversial new law, with clashes in Jakarta turning increasingly violent this afternoon. Thousands of protesters, mainly comprising students and workers, showed up across the country for the third day of protests against the omnibus law on job creation, which was…

Shaheen Bagh in Delhi saw prolonged protests against the CAA & NRC, that led to closure of several roads (File...Read MoreNEW DELHI: The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled that authorities, in future, should not permit Shaheen Bagh-type protests involving blocking of roads and public spaces, and said that such expressions…

published : 7 Oct 2020 at 19:44 A riot police officer fires tear gas following a protest against the government's labour reforms in a "jobs creation" bill outside Regional People's Representative Assembly building in Semarang, Central Java Province, Indonesia, on Wednesday. (RAntara Foto/Aji Styawan/via REUTERS) JAKARTA: Indonesian police detained nearly…

A source in Blue and White said that if coronavirus numbers go down in the upcoming week, the party’s ministers may oppose renewing the limitations next week. Anti-Netanyahu protester in Tel Aviv confronts Israel Police (photo credit: AVSHALOM SASSONI) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s government held a telephone survey on Tuesday…