Africa

by F. William Engdahl

Global Research, November 26, 2008

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=11173  read more »

Tue Jun 9, 2009

MOGADISHU (AFP) – Somali journalists on Tuesday went on strike to protest the recent assassination of a colleague and demanded protection from the international community.

Around 15 Mogadishu-based journalists held a press conference, two days after the director of private radio Shabelle, Mokhtar Mohamed Hirabe, was assassinated in broad daylight in the capital.  read more »

All Africa.com June 3, 2009

Ajaokuta (kogi) — ONE person was feared dead and several others
wounded, yesterday, in Ajaokuta when aggrieved workers of the
multi-billion Naira Ajaokuta Steel Company (ASCL) took to the major
road in a violent protest over non-payment of their outstanding wages.

The ASL workers protest is coming barely a month after members of
the House of Representatives Commitee on Steel undertook a working tour
to the complex.  read more »

An Open Letter to US Activists

By The Western Cape Anti-Eviction Campaign

April 7, 2009 The Nation

Editor's Note:
As the worldwide economic meltdown continues, it's becoming clear that
the fight against foreclosures is not simply an American issue; it is a
global issue. And as US activists come to terms with the human
consequences of the crisis, there is much to be learned from activists  read more »

Feb 7, 2009

ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar (AP)– Soldiers opened fire on anti-government protesters Saturday near the presidential palace in Madagascar's capital, and radio stations reported some 30 people were killed in a dramatic escalation of a confrontation between the established order and a young politician determined to shake up this Indian Ocean island.  read more »

Dec. 2, 2008 San Fransico Chronicle

SAN FRANCISCO-- A federal jury in San Francisco cleared Chevron Corp. of wrongdoing Monday in the shootings of Nigerian villagers who occupied an offshore barge in 1998 to protest the company's hiring and environmental policies.  read more »

SW Radio Africa (London) 18 November 2008 Tichaona Sibanda

About one hundred health workers were injured on Tuesday, some of them seriously, after heavily armed riot police baton-charged their peaceful protest march in central Harare.

The health workers from Harare, Parirenyatwa and Chitungwiza hospitals had just embarked on a peaceful procession towards the Ministry of Health offices, to express concern against the total collapse of the health delivery system.  read more »

Nov. 17, 2008 Reuters

More than 60 Sudanese journalists and newspaper staff were detained at a rare public protest against media censorship.

A witness saw riot police armed with canes and shields round up
protesters as they stood opposite the parliament buildings holding
banners with the message "We need our rights".

Police said 63 people were detained.

Freedom of the press was guaranteed in Sudan in a 2005 peace deal
that ended more than two decades of north-south civil war, but
newspaper journalists have repeatedly complained about seized
print-runs and harassment.  read more »

Nov. 10, 2008

BAMAKO (AFP) – One person died and five were injured Monday when security forces opened fire on a protest over plans to privatise drinking water distribution in northwestern Mali, hospital and official sources said.

Authorities intervened after hundreds of protesters ransacked city hall in the town of Lere and threw stones at the mayor and his deputy, injuring them and several other people, said a municipal official.  read more »

MOGADISHU, Somalia - Somalia will allow foreign powers to use force if necessary against pirates who are holding a ship loaded with tanks for US$20 million ransom, raising the stakes for bandits who are facing off against the United States and soon Moscow on the high seas.  read more »