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Mar
30
2023
By The African Mirror
Kenya’s Ruto to deal with those involved in criminal activity during protests

Kenya’s Ruto to deal with those involved in criminal activity during protests

NEWS
KENYA'S President William Ruto warned he would deal with all those involved in criminal activity during protests, he said during a visit to Germany. Police fired teargas and water cannons at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga on Monday during a second week of protests against the government and high food prices, with one person shot dead in the western city of Kisumu. In separate incidents on Monday, unidentified people vandalised a property belonging to Odinga's family and another owned by former president Uhuru Kenyatta, who supported Odinga in last year's election, Kenyan media reported. "My position as president is that…
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Mar
28
2023
By The African Mirror
KENYA: Police teargas protesting Odinga supporters

KENYA: Police teargas protesting Odinga supporters

NEWS
HUMPHREY MALALO and AYENAT MERSIE KENYAN police fired teargas and water cannons at stone-throwing supporters of opposition leader Raila Odinga on Monday during a second week of protests against the government and high food prices, with one person shot dead in the western city of Kisumu. The clashes broke out as Odinga's convoy passed through the Kawangware neighbourhood in the capital Nairobi, Reuters reporters said. Hundreds of supporters had gathered around the convoy, shouting "Ruto must go," in reference to President William Ruto. Odinga, who lost to Ruto in last August's election, is seeking to channel frustrations about stubborn inflation into…
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Jan
16
2023
By The African Mirror
Zim police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

Zim police arrest 25 opposition members ahead of presidential election

NEWS
ZIMBABWEAN police fired teargas at an opposition party gathering in Harare and arrested 25 of its members, including two members of parliament, the Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) said. The arrests come after a wave of politically motivated violence against opposition supporters in rural Zimbabwe, raising fears of repression ahead of the presidential election this year. The date has not yet been announced. Police confirmed the arrests of members of the Citizens Coalition for Change, Zimbabwe's main opposition political party, and said a detailed statement would be released following investigations. "It was an unsanctioned gathering according to the local authorities…
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Jul
17
2021
By The African Mirror
eSwatini crack down on protesters

eSwatini crack down on protesters

NEWS
LUNGA MASUKU ESWATINI police fired teargas and water cannon at anti-monarchy protesters yesterday, the head of a teachers' union said, while videos on social media showed demonstrators running away as shots rang out in the background. Campaigners organised the latest round of demonstrations after the authorities quashed days of violent protests at the end of June against King Mswati III, Africa's last absolute monarch. In his first remarks on the protests, the king called them "satanic" and said they had taken the country backwards. The king denies critics' accusations of autocratic rule and of using public money in an impoverished…
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Jun
13
2021
By The African Mirror
Nigerian police fire teargas to break up protests

Nigerian police fire teargas to break up protests

NEWS
SEUN SANNI and AFOLABI SOTUNDE POLICE fired teargas and detained several demonstrators in the Nigerian cities of Lagos and Abuja on Saturday during protests over the country's worsening security situation. Anger over mass kidnappings-for-ransom, a decade-long Islamist insurgency and a crackdown on protesters in Lagos last October has fuelled demands for the government of President Muhammadu Buhari to do more to tackle violence and insecurity. There was a heavy police presence in the country's two major cities as several hundred people gathered to protest on Democracy Day, which marks Nigeria's move to civilian rule more than 20 years ago. Reuters…
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May
14
2021
By The African Mirror
Kenyans protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza

Kenyans protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza

NEWS
POLICE fired teargas to disperse a crowd of more than 200 people protesting in Kenya's capital Nairobi yesterday against the Israeli bombing of the Palestinian territory of Gaza. Several demonstrators were arrested, a Reuters witness said. The march started after Eid prayers at a nearby mosque. Protesters waved banners with the Palestinian flag and with the words: "Kenyans stand with Palestine" and "Our freedom is incomplete without the Freedom of Palestine - Nelson Mandela". "I stand with my brothers and sisters in Palestine and I pray day and night that my sisters and brothers get peace," said protestor Rayan Sheikh.…
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Nov
21
2020
By The African Mirror
South African police fire tear gas during Cape anti-racism march

South African police fire tear gas during Cape anti-racism march

NEWS
SOUTH African police have fired tear gas and stun grenades to stop a large crowd of Economic Freedom Front (EFF) supporters from reaching a high school in Cape Town following a racial spat over a matriculation party. Hundreds of protesters belonging to South Africa's second-largest opposition party gathered in Brackenfell, a mainly white Afrikaner community in Cape Town's northern suburbs, to protest against perceived entrenched racism at the school. On November 9, a smaller protest outside the school was marred by violence when concerned parents and community members, mainly white, overwhelmed a group of EFF members with bats and fists.…
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Oct
13
2020
By The African Mirror
Zimbabwe police arrested for firing tear gas into bus full of commuters

Zimbabwe police arrested for firing tear gas into bus full of commuters

NEWS
AFRICAN MIRROR REPORTER THE Zimbabwean government has suspended seven police officers after a video of commuters leaping from the bus after teargas was fired into it, went viral. Footage of bus commuters jumping from the bus through windows and teargas smoke billowing out of the bus were shared on social media. “Police brutality in Zimbabwe has reached shocking heights. They threw multiple teargas canisters into a bus filled with citizens threatening many lives with death by asphyxiation. We cannot breathe. There is a crisis in Zimbabwe. Retweet for awareness,” said Fadzayi Mahere, who shared the video on Twitter. The Zimbabwean…
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Oct
10
2020
By The African Mirror
Police fire teargas at Nigerians protesting at alleged brutality

Police fire teargas at Nigerians protesting at alleged brutality

NEWS
ANGELA UKOMADU AND LIBBY GEORGE NIGERIAN police have used teargas to disperse dozens of people in the capital Abuja who had gathered to protest at alleged brutality by members of a special police unit, witnesses said. Protesters, some holding placards, ran as clouds of teargas hung in the air. Multiple people at the incident said on Twitter that police had fired the canisters. A spokesman for the police did not immediately respond to a message and call requesting comment. "They poured teargas on each and every one of us, it's so hot I had to put water on my face.…
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Aug
09
2020
By The African Mirror
Ugandan presidential hopeful says police used bullets to disperse supporters

Ugandan presidential hopeful says police used bullets to disperse supporters

NEWS
ELIAS BIRYABAREMA  UGANDAN pop star and presidential hopeful, Bobi Wine, said some of his supporters were injured on Saturday after police fired teargas and live bullets to disperse a crowd in the country's east. Wine, whose real name is Robert Kyagulanyi, is seeking to end the 34-year-rule of ageing President Yoweri Museveni in polls due to be held early next year. Police spokesman Fred Enanga did not reply to Reuters' repeated calls seeking comment. In a post on his Facebook account, Wine said he had travelled to the eastern Ugandan town of Mbale to appear on a radio talk show…
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