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China

China blocks commemorations of Tiananmen in Hong Kong

Chinese authorities ramped up security Saturday to stop Hong Kongers marking the 33rd anniversary of Tiananmen Square, where pro-democracy protestors were violently suppressed.

04/06/2022

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Clashes break out in Burkina Faso capital as banned demo goes ahead

Clashes break out in Ouagadougou after a protest in support of neighbouring Mali, whose ruling junta is under sanctions imposed by the regional Economic Community of African States (ECOWAS)

22/01/2022

Mali

Mali's military coup: What it means and why it matters

Events in Mali could have a ripple effect across West Africa, and heighten issues such as poverty and terrorism.

20/08/2020

Mali

Army general declares himself in charge of Mali after coup

“Mali is in a sociopolitical and security crisis,” said the self-declared new junta chairman. “There is no more room for mistake,"

18/08/2020

Romania

Romania looks back 30 years to the revolution that ended communism

In December 1989, the Romanian uprising ended communism in the country.

17/12/2019

Poland

Watch: Poles commemorate Warsaw Uprising with minute's silence

Poland is marking the 75th anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising during World War II.

01/08/2019

Sudan

Woman highlight the alleged cost of being part of Sudan's uprising

"The regime always uses women as a tool to take revenge and to force its enemies to surrender."

12/07/2019

Ivory Coast

Ivory Coast mutineers reject deal to end revolt

Despite the African country's defence minister announcing that an agreement had been reached, the mutineers are refusing to return to their barracks.

16/05/2017

Brazil

Death toll rises in latest prison violence in Brazil

At least 27 inmates have now thought to have died in the latest violence to erupt in a Brazilian prison.

16/01/2017

Greece

Violence in Athens as Greece marks anniversary of key student revolt in 1973

A march marking the 42nd anniversary of a student revolt that signified the beginning of the end for Greece’s military junta has ended in violence

17/11/2015

Greece

Emotions run high as Greece remembers bloody 1973 student rebellion

As on every November 17, an annual march was held on Tuesday to mark the anniversary of a 1973 student revolt that sounded the death knell for

17/11/2015

Poland

Back in the Day: Warsaw rises up

01/08/2013