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Ugandan singer Bobi Wine plans to run for president in 2021
By VOA,
1014, July 17, 2019 (EAT)
Ugandan pop star and opposition figure Bobi Wine said Monday he will challenge longtime President Yoweri Museveni in a 2021 election ``on behalf of th...
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Hong Kong protesters resume chorus of opposition to extradition bill
By Reuters,
1326, July 14, 2019 (EAT)
Tens of thousands of Hong Kong people rallied for a second day on Sunday in an area popular with mainland Chinese shoppers, as deep-seated anger and f...
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Thousands demonstrate in Sudan to mark 40 days since deadly crackdown
By Reuters,
943, July 14, 2019 (EAT)
Tens of thousands demonstrated in cities across Sudan on Saturday, witnesses said, to mark 40 days since security forces killed dozens when they storm...
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Internet in Sudan restored after power sharing deal
By VOA,
1228, July 11, 2019 (EAT)
Internet in Sudan has been restored after more than a month after they were cut off when the military violently broke up protests calling for civilian...
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Sudan’s military council to be dissolved in transition deal
By VOA,
2125, July 9, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan's top general says the military council that assumed power after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir in April will be dissolved with the i...
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Hong Kong leader declares controversial extradition bill ‘dead’
By Reuters,
2127, July 9, 2019 (EAT)
VOA After several weeks of controversy and large, angry street protests, Hong Kong leader Carrie Lam says legislation that would have allowed extra...
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Election protesters promise vigils in Malawi
By VOA,
1356, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Protesters in Malawi have wrapped up two days of demonstrations aimed at forcing the head of the country's electoral commission to resign. The prote...
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Algerians protest, celebrate independence day amid tensions
By VOA,
1355, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Thousands of Algerians took to the streets Friday to demand new democratic leadership and celebrate their country's hard-fought independence from colo...
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Sudan’s opposition agree power-sharing deal with military
By Reuters,
1534, July 6, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan’s ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups agreed provisionally on Friday to share power for three years, brin...
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Algeria parliament president Bouchareb resigns
By Reuters,
1938, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
Algerian parliament president Moad Bouchareb quit on Tuesday, Ennahar TV and a parliamentary source said, after prolonged demands for his removal by p...
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China condemns seizure of Hong Kong Legislature
By VOA,
1933, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
China is condemning Monday's violent protests in Hong Kong as an outright "challenge" to the "one country, two systems" formula under which the autono...
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Careem ends Sudan operations as part of Uber takeover deal
By Reuters,
1022, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
Careem has ended operations in Sudan as part of its planned takeover by Uber, a spokeswoman said on Monday, less than a year after the Middle Eastern ...
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Islamists faced with challenges in Sudan’s transition
By VOA,
1012, July 2, 2019 (EAT)
As protesters in Sudan continue to push against the military junta to form a civilian-led government after the ouster of former president Omar al-Bash...
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Hong Kong descends into chaos as protesters storm legislature
By Reuters,
1418, July 1, 2019 (EAT)
Hong Kong protesters stormed the Legislative Council on the anniversary of the city’s 1997 return to Chinese rule on Monday amid widespread anger ov...
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US urges ‘No Violence’ as Sudan braces for mass protest Sunday
By VOA,
1627, June 29, 2019 (EAT)
The United States is urging the Sudanese security forces and military not to use violence as the planned June 30 mass demonstration approaches. Jun...
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Ethiopia, AU float proposal for peace in Sudan
By VOA,
1228, June 28, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan's protest movement on Thursday said it received a new, joint proposal from the African Union and Ethiopia for a solution to the crisis in Sudan....
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U.N. rights boss says Sudan must halt repression, allow monitors access
By Reuters,
1907, June 24, 2019 (EAT)
Sudanese authorities must grant human rights monitors access to the country and end “repression” against protesters and the shutdown of the Intern...
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Sudan’s protesters accept roadmap for civilian rule
By VOA,
1215, June 24, 2019 (EAT)
Sudan's protest movement accepted an Ethiopian roadmap for a civilian-led transitional government, a spokesman said on Sunday, after a months-long sta...
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Police arrest 70 climate change protesters outside New York Times
By Reuters,
952, June 23, 2019 (EAT)
Police arrested 70 environmental protesters outside the New York Times headquarters who laid down in the street and climbed onto the building to deman...
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Hong Kong protesters disperse after blockading police headquarters
By Reuters,
1740, June 22, 2019 (EAT)
Thousands of protesters who had blockaded police headquarters in Asia’s leading financial center had mostly dispersed by Saturday morning with some ...
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