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Egypt marks anniversary of 2012 Port Said football riot

Egypt has marked the third anniversary of the Port Said football riot that killed more than 70 people. It was the worst incident of football violence

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Kosovo: protesters demand minister's resignation

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Kenya: protesters accuse local governor of corruption

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At least 17 dead in protests on Egypt uprising anniversary

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Egypt

Violent protests mark Egyptian uprising anniversary

Gunfire and sirens were heard on the streets of Cairo as security forces once again used lethal force against protesters who were marking the anniversary of Egypt's uprising.

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Hundreds in Mali protest over UN air-strikes

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Tensions run high in Yemen capital

Bahrain

Bahrain sentences prominent rights activist to six months in jail

Demonstrations have continued in Bahrain ending in further clashes with police. Tuesday’s violence was triggered by the sentencing of one of the

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Kenya: Police tear-gas schoolchildren in playground demonstration

Democratic Republic Of Congo

Several deaths reported in Kinshasa after protests against electoral reforms opposition brands a "constitutional coup"

Opposition supporters protesting against reforms to the Democratic Republic of Congo’s election laws that may delay the 2016 vote came under tear gas

Yemen

Ceasefire agreed in Sanaa after heavy fighting in Yemen capital

Intense artillery and gun battles near the presidential palace that have shaken the capital of Yemen since Monday morning appear to be ending after

Yemen

Fierce clashes near presidential palace in Yemen

Yemen’s President Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi has called for calm after gunfire and explosions on Monday in the capital Sanaa, including near his

Pakistan

Pakistan: Violence flares in protest over Charlie Hebdo cartoon

Some 200 protesters have clashed with police outside France’s consulate in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi after a demonstration against

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Anti-Martelly protesters clash with police in Haiti

France

Mass brawl between 200 migrants in Calais

Seven people were injured in Calais as tensions erupted into clashes between some 200 migrants seeking to cross the Channel to Britain.

Bahrain

More violent clashes in Bahrain following extended detention of opposition leader

Bahraini police fire tear gas rounds at Shia youths after opposition leader Sheikh Ali Salman is detained for a further week following his call for 'political change'.

India

Dozens killed in rebel attack on tribal villages in India's Assam state

More than 60 people have been killed in an attack by separatist rebels in India’s north-eastern Assam state. Two villages of mainly tribespeople who

Haiti

Haiti on the brink of political chaos as protesters call for the president to quit

Haitians clash with police as the president scrambles to find a consensus candidate to act as interim prime minister

West Bank

Israel military kill Palestinian man during West Bank clashes

Israeli soldiers have shot and killed a Palestinian man during clashes in the West Bank, according to the military. It said soldiers had been trying

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Clashes continue in troubled Mexican state of Guerrero