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The protest was organised by the opposition National Union for the Total Independence of Angola party (UNITA)

World

Thousands march against Angola govt

Several thousand Angolan opposition supporters in the capital Luanda protested against the government on Saturday in the first large demonstration since 2022’s disputed vote....

AFPNovember 23, 2024

Protesting Polish farmers want a referendum on forcing the country to reject the EU's Green Deal

Business

Polish farmers protest ‘harmful’ EU environmental rules

Polish farmers on Friday rallied against EU environmental regulations they said were hurting the economy and called for a referendum on the issue. The...

AFPMay 10, 2024

Greta Thunberg began her 'School Strike for the Climate' protest in Sweden five years ago

World

Youths having to grow up ‘too quickly’ amid climate fears: Thunberg

Swedish climate campaigner Greta Thunberg said that young people like her have had to grow up "too quickly" to resolve a climate crisis.

AFPMarch 11, 2024

Thunberg joined the activists to block the entrance to the headquarters of state-owned energy group Statkraft

World

Greta Thunberg protests illegal wind turbines in Norway

Greta Thunberg joined indigenous Sami activists protesting in Oslo against wind turbines still operating on reindeer herding land.

AFPOctober 12, 2023

Police uses water cannons against climate protesters in The Hague

World

Climate activists block Dutch motorway in major protest

Thousands of climate change activists blocked a major motorway in The Hague Saturday in a protest against Dutch fossil fuel subsidies, the latest high-profile...

AFPSeptember 9, 2023

There were weeks of protests after the Koran was burned outside Turkey's embassy in Sweden in January

World

Sweden police grant permit for Koran burning protest outside mosque

Swedish police said they have granted a permit for a protest where the organiser plans to burn a Koran outside Stockholm’s main mosque on...

AFPJune 28, 2023

The Letzte Generation climate activists resume their street blockade hours after many of them were released from detention

World

Climate activists block Berlin roads again

Climate activists sought on Tuesday to glue themselves onto the asphalt and block traffic in Berlin, a day after similar action caused heavy disruptions...

AFPApril 25, 2023

Demonstrators, some stripped to the waist, rushed the border with Rwanda

World

Anti-Rwanda tensions boil over into looting in eastern DR Congo city

An anti-Rwanda rally in the eastern DR Congo city of Goma boiled over into looting Wednesday, as bare-chested men ransacked shops and searched cars...

AFPJune 15, 2022