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Police fire tear gas as they face off with a group of protesters near Kibera, Nairobi’s biggest slum. The opposition has vowed to stage three straight days of protests against President William Ruto's government, alarming the international community which has joined calls for a political solution to the crisis. IMAGES
Following a gathering of protesters at a rally organised by opposition leader Raila Odinga, police in full riot gear have been deployed in the streets of Nairobi to disperse them, firing teargas into the crowd. Odinga's Azimio alliance called for anti-government protests over the impact of the new taxes on Kenyans already suffering from a severe cost-of-living crisis. IMAGES
Santiago, Oct 18 (EFE).- Thousands of people attended a demonstration in Chile's capital city to commemorate the second anniversary of the 2019 social uprising,The event symbolically coincided with the beginning of the drafting of the new constitution. (Camera: RODRIGO SAEZ). SHOT LIST: CHILEANS DEMONSTRATE IN PLAZA ITALIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF PROTEST MOVEMENT THAT SHOOK THE COUNTRY AT THE END OF OCTOBER 2019, IN SANTIAGO, CHILE.
Brussels, Sep 9 (EFE).- The Vice President and Foreign Minister of Colombia, Marta Lucía Ramírez, said Thursday that a campaign on social networks are triggers for the protests that began in April in the country, adding that there were also vandals and violent people in those mobilizations. (Camera: LEOPOLDO RODRÍGUEZ).SHOT LIST: AN EFE INTERVIEW WITH THE COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER, MARTA LUCÍA RAMÍREZ.SOUND BITES: COLOMBIAN VICE PRESIDENT AND FOREIGN MINISTER, MARTA LUCÍA RAMÍREZ (IN SPANIH).TRANSLATIONS:- These protests began in April, when we had started vaccinating in March. What happened? That through social networks they made a very effective, highly organized campaign, saying that the Government had not begun to vaccinate yet, that the vaccination was a lie.- When people were unemployed, they have become impoverished because of the Covid and, in addition, they are told that there are no vaccines. That generates all these tensions. Many people went out to protest, many young people went out to protest spontaneously, peacefully. - But there were people who infiltrated the protests to cause vandalism, to cause violence. The Colombian police, during two and a half months of protests, were able to take 100,000 weapons from the people who were protesting, people who came out with revolvers, including pole weapons, also knives, with daggers. - The most criminal part of all is when they blocked the oxygen factories and did not let the oxygen go to the hospitals, knowing that the hospitals were in need of the oxygen because we were at the highest peak of the pandemic. In those protests, obviously, the police intervened to restore order, to capture those responsible.
Havana, Jul 15 (EFE), (CAMERA: Felipe Borrego) .- Most social networks and messaging platforms remain blocked Thursday in the mobile internet service in Cuba, four days after massive anti-government protests shook the country.
Belarus opposition supporters protest in Warsaw against the detention of Roman Protasevich. On 23 May 2021, Belarus scrambled a military jet to divert a Ryanair plane and arrested 26-year-old opposition journalist and activist Roman Protasevich who was onboard, triggering a global outcry. IMAGES