Description
Added on the 22/07/2022 22:35:03 - Copyright : AFP EN
Sri Lankan security forces raid the main anti-government protest camp in the capital Colombo, evicting activists gathered outside the president's office. The raid comes a day after veteran politician Ranil Wickremesinghe -- who vowed tough action against demonstrators -- was sworn in as the crisis-hit country's new president, replacing Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whom protesters forced to step down. Hundreds of soldiers remove barricades set up by protesters blocking the main gate of the Presidential Secretariat, which demonstrators had partly overrun earlier this month. IMAGES
Senegalese security forces use tear gas against youths trying to gather in the centre of the capital Dakar to protest a delay of presidential polls. IMAGES
Israeli forces raid the Al-Amari refugee camp and fire tear gas in Ramallah in the occupied West Bank, as deadly violence surges there since the start of the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza. IMAGES
Security forces patrol outside the main gate of Ecuadorian National Assembly after president Guillermo Lasso dissolved the Congress amidst impeachment proceedings over alleged corruption. In dissolving congress, Lasso also called upon the National Electoral Council (CNE) to call new elections. IMAGES
Protesters inside the Sri Lankan prime minister's office in Colombo after forcing their way past security, as the crisis-hit country declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday. ++COMPLETES VIDI32EC2GC_EN AND VIDI32EC287_EN++ IMAGES
Protesters gather and chant slogans on the grounds of Sri Lankan prime minister's office in Colombo as the crisis-hit country declared an indefinite nationwide state of emergency on Wednesday. ++COMPLETES VIDI32EC287_EN++ IMAGES