Tag Archive "protest"
Somalia:Why Somali people in London protested against President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud?
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud met serious protest by Somali community in London against his policy, when he went to attend the second Somali Conference ...
Somaliland: Be warned, I am claiming temporary insanity
It all came as a shocking menace riding the tail of flaming comet when it landed head-on at the very soft belly of what is ...
South Africa: Police kill more than 30 miners
JOHANNESBURG — More than 30 people were killed when police broke up a crowd of armed miners waging an illegal strike at a South African ...
Guinea security forces clash with protesters
CONAKRY — Guinea security forces used guns, teargas and truncheons on Thursday to scatter protesters angered by the government’s handling of upcoming parliamentary elections, witnesses ...
Syria: Baath party officials ‘quit in protest’
DUBAI — Some 200 members of Syria’s ruling Baath party are reported to have resigned over the violent crackdown against pro-democracy demonstrations. The resignations were ...
YEMEN: Military leaders defect Ali Saleh camp
SANA — A top military officer and at least 18 other senior commanders defected yesterday to the opposition movement demanding the immediate ouster of Yemen’s ...
YEMEN: President Saleh declares nationwide emergency
DJIBOUTI — President Ali Abdullah Saleh declared a state of emergency across the Arab Republic of Yemen on Friday, after troops and snipers shot dead ...
Anti-Shia Forces Invade Bahrain To Protect Sunni Rulers
DUBAI — Bahrain is at a tipping point. By inviting in 1,500 Saudi and Emirati troops to help restore order the ruling al-Khalifa family have ...
Police, army forces fill Djibouti’s streets to prevent anti-government protest, witnesses say
NAIROBI — Soldiers and police filled the streets of Djibouti on Friday to prevent a planned demonstration against the president by opposition parties, officials said. ...
Omanis Protest for 3rd Day in Key Industrial Town
DUBAI — Hundreds of Omanis have joined a third day of anti-government protests in a key industrial town where security forces engaged in a deadly ...
Why Ethiopia could invade Djibouti
Djibouti’s troubles Wee but worrisome Foreigners fear for influence and access in a tiny African country NAIROBI — WITH only 860,000 souls, Djibouti is a ...
SOMALIA: Mogadishu’s Powerful Warlord and TFG Threat Arrested
MOGADISHU — The weak transitional government (TFG) of Somalia led by former cleric Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed arrested five officials including a leading warlord in ...
Djibouti government condemns ‘violent’ protestors
DJIBOUTI – Djibouti’s interior ministry on Saturday accused opposition demonstrators of violence and vandalism, a day after an unprecedented anti-regime protest ended in clashes with ...
Bahrain Turmoil Poses Fresh Test for White House
MANAMA — A brutal government crackdown on pro-democracy protesters here on Thursday not only killed at least five people but, once again, placed the Obama ...
Djiboutian Opposition to Protest Against President
NEW YORK — Opposition parties in Djibouti, the Horn of Africa nation that hosts the only U.S. military base on the continent, plan to demand ...
Yemeni Youth Square Off With Forces
SANA, Yemen — Young protesters in Yemen squared off against security forces on Sunday, and some marched on the presidential palace here, witnesses said, as ...
Somaliland: Police Use Tear Gas against Protestors, One person died
HARGEISA, 12 September 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Somaliland police used tear gas for the first time in the history to disperse protests that began today infront ...
Anti-government Protests Begin in Somaliland
HARGEISA, 20 August 2009 (Somalilandpress) – Hundreds of people have taken part in an anti-government demonstration in Hargeisa, the capital city of Somaliland as part ...