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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273401
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Those protests initially focused on the controversial new Finance Bill 2024, which President William Ruto subsequently withdrew, but have since morphed into calls for Ruto to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB288183
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This has led to a greater focus on digital strategies and the rise of ‘personal’ or ‘patchwork’ protests in which individuals share images on social media of themselves making…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB254859
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Protests in China.
Peaceful protests took place as planned yesterday, the seventh anniversary of the fall of the Ben Ali regime. The new wave of austerity demonstrations is the latest in a string of…
The president’s utterances mark a shift from his previous calls for a roundtable dialogue with opposition protest leaders, who on June 7 organised the largest mass protest since…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB244762
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Latin America and the Caribbean now account for over one-quarter of confirmed COVID-19 cases and around one-third of deaths. Although stringent COVID-19-related measures imposed…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB256559
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The vote came after two weeks of national strike action led by the Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities of Ecuador (CONAIE). Lasso responded to the strike by declaring a…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB271232
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Since late December, Sudan has faced a persistent wave of protests, with demonstrators complaining of dire economic conditions but also calling for President Omar al-Bashir to…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB240992
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Political protests in the Democratic Republic of Congo