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7/29/2023 10:41:05 PM
Senegal's public prosecutor on Saturday announced seven new charges against opposition politician Ousmane Sonko, adding that they were unrelated to a moral corruption case last month that sparked deadly protests.
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7/26/2023 1:17:21 PM
Weary Kenyans on Wednesday voiced cautious optimism for an end to political unrest after President William Ruto said he was ready to meet opposition leader Raila Odinga "anytime" following months of anti-government protests.
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7/12/2023 11:57:17 AM
Kenyan officers fired tear gas on protesters Wednesday as they defied a police ban to join demonstrations called by opposition leader Raila Odinga against a raft of tax hikes.
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7/8/2023 3:47:41 PM
The number of people killed in protests in Kenya rose to two on Saturday, a hospital official told AFP, after opposition leader Raila Odinga urged Kenyans to take to the streets against tax hikes.
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6/20/2023 8:37:13 PM
Senegalese President Macky Sall on Tuesday vowed to strengthen "democracy and freedom" in his country, in his first public reaction to deadly unrest sparked by the conviction of a popular opposition leader.
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6/14/2023 11:18:50 PM
Israeli opposition leaders Yair Lapid and Benny Gantz on Wednesday suspended their participation in talks with the government over its controversial judicial programme.
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6/12/2023 11:41:06 AM
Israel's opposition leader testified for the prosecution on Monday against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in his corruption trial in Jerusalem.
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6/11/2023 1:26:19 PM
UK opposition leader Keir Starmer on Sunday demanded a general election as three MPs from the ruling Conservative Party, including Boris Johnson, quit parliament following a probe into Covid lockdown-breaking parties.
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6/6/2023 4:37:39 PM
As Senegalese struggle with the aftermath of deadly protests sparked by the conviction of an opposition leader, attention is shifting to the impact on the nation's economy.
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6/3/2023 6:32:03 PM
Tensions remained high in Senegal on Saturday after fresh overnight clashes brought the death toll to 15 in the two days since a court convicted opposition leader Ousmane Sonko.
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5/31/2023 7:58:29 PM
Embattled Pakistan opposition leader Imran Khan returned to court on Wednesday, as the nation's human rights watchdog warned all sides are to blame in a rapidly deteriorating democratic crisis.
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5/29/2023 11:59:34 AM
Belarusian president, Alexander Lukashenko was hospitalized in critical condition after a closed-door meeting with president Vladimir Putin in Moscow, Newsweek magazine reported citing a Belarusian opposition leader.
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5/27/2023 10:57:00 PM
Clashes between police and supporters of the opposition leader in Senegal left one person dead and several injured, friends of the victim told The Associated Press on Saturday.
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5/18/2023 2:11:31 PM
Turkey's opposition leader vowed Thursday to send back millions of migrants in a strident message aimed at winning the backing of an ultra-nationalist who helped push last weekend's presidential vote to a runoff.
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5/16/2023 2:45:04 PM
Three people died during clashes Monday between Senegalese police and supporters of opposition leader Ousmane Sonko, the authorities said, raising the toll by two.
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5/14/2023 10:06:16 PM
Few tipped him seriously as a likely prime minister, but Thai opposition leader Pita Limjaroenrat looks set to play a major role after voters rejected almost a decade of army-backed rule.
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4/24/2023 9:13:53 PM
Preparations are underway for a meeting between the Sudanese army commander, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, and the chief of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti, in Saudi Arabia, opposition leaders in Sudan revealed to Ahram Online on Monday.
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4/21/2023 3:07:01 PM
German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock warned on Friday against Tunisia backtracking on the fundamentals of its democracy, after the arrest of opposition leader Rached Ghannouchi this week.
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4/3/2023 3:37:39 PM
An Indian court on Monday suspended a two-year prison sentence for Indian opposition leader Rahul Gandhi as he appeals his criminal conviction for mocking the prime minister’s surname which resulted in his expulsion from Parliament, dealing a huge blow to his Congress party ahead of general elections next year.
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4/2/2023 7:51:07 PM
Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga on Sunday called off demonstrations planned for Monday and said his party would sit down for dialogue with the government after two weeks of protests.
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