Egypt Independent Three people in the Swedish city of Norrköping required medical attention after being injured by police bullets at clashes with demonstrations protesting provocative Quran burning on Sunday. Counter-protesters attacked police ahead of planned right-wing extremist demonstrations. Swedish Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson condemned the violence. “Three people seem to …
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Ahram Online Schools, universities and many shops were closed in Lebanon following a general strike by public transportation and labour unions on the worsening economic conditions on Thursday. Protesters rejected hiking fuel prices due to lifting of government subsidies. The blockage began on major highways and main city roads at …
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Egypt Independent “164 people have been killed in protests which have rocked the country over the last week”, Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Health said on Sunday. The figures reported on the state news channel Khabar-24 indicate a significant rise compared to previous tallies. It was not clear whether the deaths refer …
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Ahram Online Following days of unprecedented unrest, Kazakhstan’s President rejected calls for talks with protesters on Friday. He vowed to “destroy the armed bandits”, and authorised forces to “shoot to kill without warning”. This weeks’ protests over fuel prices escalated into widespread violence, especially in main city Almaty. “Terrorists continue …
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Ahram Online Sudanese Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok announced his resignation in a televised speech on Sunday. “In view of the fragmentation of the political forces and conflicts between the military and civilian components of the transition… despite everything which has been done to reach a consensus… it has not happened”, he said. “Sudan …
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Ahram Online Thousands of Protests rejecting the Sudanese military rule and the deal to reinstate Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok continued their rallies in the capital Khartoum and the cities of Omdurman, Kassala, Sennar and Port Sudan on Monday. There were no immediate reports of violence against demostrators, unlike past rounds …
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Ahram Online Thousands of Sudanese protestors continued their demands for a fully civilian government on Thursday and denounced the military rulers who were behind the 25 October military takeover in Khartoum. The protests came few days after the military signed a new power sharing deal with Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok …
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Ahram Online “Thousands of Iranian protesters voiced their anger in Isfahan, after the city’s lifeline, the Zayandeh Rood River dried up due to drought and diversion”, state television reported on Friday. Farmers and citizens from across the Isfahan province took part in the protest, the largest since demonstrations over the …
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Ahram Online “Head of Sudanese military General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan fired at least six ambassadors, including the envoys to the US, the European Union and France”, a military spokesman said on Thursday. The diplomats had criticised the military’s takeover of the country and pledged their support for the now-deposed government of …
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Ahram Online Civil democracy Sudanese supporters took to the streets of Khartoum, Thursday, as rival demonstrators held a sit-in demanding a return to military rule. Both sides appealed to their supporters to refrain from any violence, amid a heavy police and troop presence around potential flashpoints. “Security forces fired tear …
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