Prof. Naana Opoku-Agyemang voices concern over harsh treatment of anti-galamsey protesters

The running mate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Prof. Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang, has expressed serious concerns about the high-handed treatment meted out to peaceful protesters of the recent three-day demonstration in Accra. The reports of manhandling, arrests, starvation, denial of access to family and legal counsel by the police as well as the subsequent […]
Kenya’s president to debate with protesters on X Spaces

Kenya’s President William Ruto is set to hold a historic public online forum to talk to anti-tax protesters on social media platform X Spaces. His 31-year-old daughter Charlene Ruto has billed it as “the first ever president in the world to hold an online meeting with all Gen Z”. This is a reference to the […]
Five Ghanaian MPs and Clark caught up in Kenya’s violent protests are safe – Nii Lantey Vanderpuye

By: Godfred Amoaful Five Ghanaian members of Parliament and a Clark of Parliament, who were among several others that were attacked by the Kenyan youth protestors at the Kenya Senate House, are safe, according to Nii Lantey Vanderpuye. The Kenyan Parliament was besieged by the youth group over the introduction of new taxes by the […]
Police battle anti-tax demonstrators as Kenya protests spread

Kenyan police have clashed with anti-tax protesters in the capital, Nairobi, as demonstrations have spread across the country, including to the president’s home town of Eldoret. Anti-riot police, some on horseback, fired tear gas to disperse crowds of protesters on the streets of Nairobi. There were similar protests in other cities and major towns across […]