Africa
Protests rock Sudan, South Sudan…
Security forces mixed it up with protesters both in Sudan, hit by a wave of student unrest, and in South Sudan’s West Bahr el-Ghazal state, where 10 were killed by army troops.
Tag: student protests
Mexico
Mexico: Peña Nieto takes office as youths riot
Protests against Enrique Peña Nieto during his inauguration quickly turned into violent clashes between police and demonstrators that disrupted much of downtown Mexico City.
Africa
Pressure on Rwanda over role in Congo war
Anti-Rwanda protests were held across the Democratic Republic of Congo after Rwanda-backed rebels took the eastern city of Goma. UN “peacekeepers” failed to defend the city.
The Caribbean
Haiti: students protest killing by police agent
Students paralyzed much of downtown Port-au-Prince with a week of protests after a police agent shot a student dead during a university function.
The Caribbean
Dominican austerity protests spread abroad
Dominicans continue to protest at home and abroad against a package of tax increases supposedly intended to fight a $4.7 billion fiscal deficit.
The Caribbean
Puerto Rico: Fortuño loses —but did statehood win?
Gov. Luis G. Fortuño conceded defeat in his bid for a second four-year term, but his allies claimed statehood supporters had won in a referendum held the same day.
The Caribbean
Dominican Republic: student killed during protest against ‘reform’
A medical student was shot dead as police attempted to break up a demonstration by students at the Autonomous University of Santo Domingo (UASD) protesting a “fiscal reform.”
Mexico
Mexico: police break up Michoacán protests
Hundreds of federal and state police ended student occupations at three teachers’ colleges in the southwestern Mexican state of Michoacán, arresting 176.
Afghanistan
Give the Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzai!
The European Union is singularly undeserving of the Nobel Peace Prize. A global call must be raised for this year’s prize to be transferred to the truly heroic Malala Yousafzai.
The Andes
Colombia: riot police attack student protesters
The Colombian National Police elite anti-riot squad, ESMAD, stormed the campus of the the Technological University of Chocó, which had been successfully occupied for 40 days.
The Andes
Colombia: student hunger strikes protest cutbacks
Students at the University of Cundinamarca are on hunger strike, demanding university authorities negotiate on tuition, teacher contracting and educational issues.
Mexico
Mexico: PRI candidate declared winner, students protest
Students held a “funeral for democracy” in reponse to the official designation of Enrique Peña Nieto, from the once-entrenched PRI machine, as Mexico’s next president.