Description
Added on the 03/10/2023 21:46:42 - Copyright : France 24 EN
Several dozen demonstrators try to get on the stage where President Cyril Ramaphosa was to make his annual speech on the state of the country, they are intercepted by the security forces present there. Before that, the demonstrators disrupted the ceremony and asked for the resignation of the South African president, as well as the end of power cuts in the country. This comes amid an acute electricity crisis, which has left 60 million South Africans without electricity for hours a day. IMAGES
About a hundred protesters face off against soldiers and armoured vehicles outside the Central Bank in Yangon. Myanmar's junta cut the nation's internet and deployed extra troops around the country as it intensified a crackdown on anti-coup protests, but defiant demonstrators again took to the streets. IMAGES
Demonstrators gather in central Minsk after opposition leaders called for a huge rally to demand the resignation of Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, as protests continue against his disputed re-election. IMAGES
Ten days after two dilapidated buildings collapsed in Marseille, killing at least eight people, hundreds of protesters march from the disaster site to the city's town hall. IMAGES
The Bank of England's governor announces a cut to its main interest rate for the first time since the Covid pandemic broke out in 2020, as British inflation has retreated in recent months. Andrew Bailey called it a "finely-balanced" decision, with policymakers agreeing on a cut by five votes to four. Bailey added, "we need to be careful not to cut rates too much or too quickly". SOUNDBITE
"Bring them home. Alive! now!" chant protesters holding pictures of Hamas-held Israeli hostages outside Columbia University as pro-Palestinian protests have taken over the campus since Wednesday. IMAGES
|
Support : Technical 
- Content 
- Editors 
