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Kenyan Protestors in Fresh Clash With Police Over Tax Hikes
Reuters
Stone-throwing protesters clashed with police in Kenyan cities on Wednesday during a second round of demonstrations in less than a week, called by the main opposition leader against a raft of tax hikes.
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Sudanese City Becomes Center of ‘New Phase’ of War
By Abdi Latif Dahir | The New York Times
As the war in Sudan heads into its fourth month, Omdurman — the city across the Nile River from the capital, Khartoum — has become the site of some of the most fierce fighting between the two forces battling for power: the army and its rival, the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces.
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Election Tensions Rise in Zimbabwe After Police Bar Opposition Party From Holding a Rally
By Farai Mutsaka | Associated Press
Opposition party supporters in Zimbabwe chanted and sang freedom songs outside a courthouse Sunday following a decision to ban them from holding a rally six weeks before elections.
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Kenyan Police Clash With Opposition Protesters Over Tax Hikes
By Ayenat Mersie and Humphrey Malalo | Reuters
Kenyan police fired dozens of teargas canisters into a crowd of opposition supporters on Friday as they marched into the main business district of the capital to protest over tax hikes. Opposition leader Raila Odinga called the protests to oppose tax increases that have been imposed at a time when many are already struggling with high prices of basic commodities such as maize flour.
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