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20 May 2013, 14:05
Seventeen protestors who staged the ‘Occupy Parliament’ demonstration using 31 live pigs have been charged with cruelty to animals.
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17 May 2013, 08:14
Excessive use of force by police on protesters outside Parliament has been condemned by the Independent Policing Oversight Authority ( Ipoa).
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14 May 2013, 16:01
An Occupy Parliament event in Nairobi received a lot of reaction on social media. The following are some of the comments posted on Twitter.
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14 May 2013, 13:32
Civil Society Organisations held a demonstration against the MPs move to increase their pay perks and allowances.
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10 May 2013, 16:15
NGOs staged a demonstration themed “No Retreat on AIDS, Treatment for All” calling on donors and government to funding AIDs projects.
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Thursday, 25 April 2013
25 April 2013, 17:43
A county ward representative in Nyeri has blamed the Transition Authority officers for derailing development projects in his ward.
Friday, 19 April 2013
19 April 2013, 12:59
Twitter can easily teach people about social movements such as Occupy Wall Street and even entice them to participate, new study reveals.
Tuesday, 05 March 2013
05 March 2013, 13:41
Demonstrations to protest the election results have been banned by the police.
Monday, 04 February 2013
04 February 2013, 12:11
Hackers attacked the official website of Iraqi PM Nuri al-Maliki, posting a message critical of the leader who has faced weeks of protests.
Tuesday, 15 January 2013
15 January 2013, 13:23
Residents of North Nyakach have threatened to hold ‘the mother of all protests’ over the rampant cases of insecurity in the region.
Monday, 31 December 2012
31 December 2012, 11:01
Anti-riot police clashed with tens of Dandora residents in Nairobi who are protesting increased incidents of insecurity.
Monday, 17 December 2012
17 December 2012, 15:18
Sex workers in Nairobi staged a protest in the Central Business District (CBD) to complain about violence and injustices against them.
Wednesday, 12 December 2012
12 December 2012, 10:33
Egypt's armed forces denies that the defence minister has invited politicians to hold talks on how to resolve the nation's political crisis.
Friday, 07 December 2012
07 December 2012, 09:51
Egyptian protesters set fire to the Muslim Brotherhood's main headquarters in Cairo after storming the large villa.
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
27 November 2012, 08:27
Two people have been killed in the violent protests which have erupted against Egyptian President Mohammed Morsi.
Monday, 26 November 2012
26 November 2012, 10:13
As Greece’s economic implosion continues, a worrying trend is emerging: the growing popularity of neo-Nazi groups and attacks on immigrants.
26 November 2012, 16:13
Kimathi University students went on strike over what they termed as increasing wave of insecurity in the institution.
Friday, 23 November 2012
23 November 2012, 07:10
Egypt's president has issued constitutional amendments, granting himself far-reaching powers.
23 November 2012, 12:10
Chris Brown pulled out of a planned concert in Guyana following protests over his assault on Rihanna in 2009.
Thursday, 08 November 2012
08 November 2012, 09:15
Gunmen shot dead two Chinese construction workers in Nigeria's volatile northeast.
08 November 2012, 12:50
Lawyers decry interference in the Judges and Magistrates vetting process, and threaten to push for constitution amendment.
Friday, 02 November 2012
02 November 2012, 15:14
Prime Minister Raila Odinga wants police chiefs in Kisumu reshuffled as per popular demand by residents to restore security in the city.
Tuesday, 30 October 2012
30 October 2012, 10:30
Top Orange Democratic Movement Party leaders have condemned the killing of Kisumu businessman cum politician Shem Onyango Kwega.
Thursday, 25 October 2012
25 October 2012, 09:06
A top US envoy has expressed doubts about prospects for a ceasefire in Syria, accusing President Bashar Assad of failing to keep past promises.
Wednesday, 24 October 2012
24 October 2012, 14:42
Libya has celebrated the first anniversary of its "liberation" from the regime of Muammar Gaddafi, even as fighting flares.
Monday, 22 October 2012
22 October 2012, 12:41
Demonstrators have stormed the offices of a private Libyan television station in Benghazi, protesting coverage of the clashes in Bani Walid.
Tuesday, 16 October 2012
16 October 2012, 08:45
Young women held a demonstration in Nairobi to demand that at least 50% of all elective and appointive positions are allocated to them.
Friday, 12 October 2012
12 October 2012, 13:18
A violent protest in Naivasha has claimed two lives, with scores others injured after the public engaged police.
Thursday, 11 October 2012
11 October 2012, 10:48
Matatu operators using the Muthurwa terminus staged a demonstration to protest at the facility's dilapidated state.
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
10 October 2012, 11:59
A South African truck driver is fighting for his life after protesters set him alight.
10 October 2012, 14:38
Demonstrators who had started marching in Nairobi streets were forced to disperse, after police fired teargas canisters at the group.
Monday, 24 September 2012
24 September 2012, 06:45
Furniture firm Ikea has removed a photograph from its Russian website of people in colourful ski masks like those worn by punk band Pussy Riot.
Friday, 21 September 2012
21 September 2012, 09:37
Several matatu operators in Malindi stormed the offices of the Municipal Council accusing council officers of corruption and harassment.
Thursday, 20 September 2012
20 September 2012, 15:31
Police engaged students in running battles along Nairobi’s Uhuru Highway as the protest over the lecturers’ strike started biting harder.
20 September 2012, 15:49
Thousands of women dressed in red marched in Togo's capital Lome, the latest in a string of protests by a group demanding political reform.
Tuesday, 18 September 2012
18 September 2012, 16:27
Foundation for Women Rights Kenya has called on the Government to resolve the ongoing nationwide strike involving teachers, lecturers and doctors in a bid to save suffering Kenyans.
Thursday, 30 August 2012
30 August 2012, 06:26
PM Raila Odinga has called for the nation to come together to stop religious violence, after rioting sparked by the killing of a cleric.
30 August 2012, 06:53
Four police officers on patrol were seriously injured in yet another grenade attack in Mombasa.
Wednesday, 29 August 2012
29 August 2012, 07:51
2 police officers were killed and 15 others injured when rioters hurled a grenade at officers who were trying to quell protests in Mombasa.
Monday, 27 August 2012
27 August 2012, 07:46
Women in a civil rights group said they will have a week long sex strike to demand the resignation of President Faure Gnassingb.
Wednesday, 22 August 2012
22 August 2012, 12:21
Business at the Nakuru Municipal Council came to a stand still after councillors engaged in battles over their members elections.
Monday, 20 August 2012
20 August 2012, 04:18
Nakuru residents demonstrated over the failure by the municipal council to relocate the current dump site that has since filled up.
20 August 2012, 04:18
The youth are set to stage a protest in a bid to bar cabinet from watering down the Leadership and Integrity Bill.
20 August 2012, 05:44
57 people arrested in Gabon last week during a violent opposition protest are being held in a barracks and denied food from their families.
Friday, 10 August 2012
10 August 2012, 10:19
Rebels retreated from the key Aleppo district of Salaheddin under a deadly rain of shellfire, as a new envoy to Syria was set to be named.
Wednesday, 08 August 2012
08 August 2012, 16:14
Syria said its troops seized a rebel-held Aleppo district after storming it and "annihilating" most of the insurgents, on the key city.
Friday, 03 August 2012
03 August 2012, 09:26
US Senator John McCain took a jab at the UN and US administration, saying Kofi Annan's Syria mission was "doomed to failure from the beginning".
03 August 2012, 10:08
Former UN chief Kofi Annan said he was quitting as international envoy for Syria, as his April peace plan had not received the support it deserved.
03 August 2012, 15:29
Public transport in Kisumu was paralyzed as matatu operators engaged police officers in running battles.
Thursday, 02 August 2012
02 August 2012, 10:00
President Barack Obama has signed a document authorizing US support for Syrian rebels locked in a battle to overthrow President Bashar Assad.