#SecurityCordonsOffAfricaUnitySquare Zimbabwean security forces have cordoned off the historic... Africa Unity Square in central Harare to prevent would-be street protesters, fearing the threatened one million man march - an anti-government protest - against President Emmerson Mnangagwa's bid to extend his controversial rule that constitutionally ends in 2028 to 2030 or beyond, and corruption and incompetence. The planned demonstrations are also against economic and social problems afflicting the once-prosperous nation which has now been reduced to ruins by extended periods of bad leadership, governance and policy failures.show more

This is how bad and pathetic the water situation... in Zimbabwe’s capital city, Harare, has become. A borehole is being drilled on Kaguvi Street, outside HT Tyres. This is what corruption does to a country, central government controls everything in councils, resulting in this collapse. In cities like Harare, the need for boreholes reflects how corruption and central government interference have crippled local authorities, stripping them of the capacity to provide basic services. Boreholes in central business districts indicate that the municipal water supply system has failed. In a functioning city, clean and reliable piped water should be standard, particularly in central areas. Most of Harare, including the most affluent areas, does not receive piped water at all. The Water Act clearly states that Central Government (ZANUPF Government) should build dams! This has not been done due to rampant historic corruption. Harare and its dormitory towns rely on Lake Chivero, which was constructed by the colonial government in 1952 to provide clean drinking water for Harare and its surrounding areas, with a total population of 300,000 people. Today, it serves the Harare metropolitan area and satellite towns such as Chitungwiza, Epworth, Norton, and Ruwa with a total population of around 4.5 million people. The same lake that provides drinking water also receives untreated sewage. Residents have resorted to boreholes, sadly, something the last colonial ruler Ian Smith predicted would happen. How tragic that predictions once dismissed as racist have now come to pass.show more

The economic crisis in Zimbabwe is self-evident and well... explained at ZANUPF election rallies where citizens are reduced to scavenging for bread, which is used as bait for people to attend these election rallies. The fact that the ruling party would do this to citizens and sees nothing wrong with it defines the type of leadership that has ruined this once prosperous country beyond recognition of what it used to be for its people! Corrupt rule has dehumanised Zimbabweans beyond description. They fell from Mugabe’s political gutter to Mnangagwa’s corrupt rule that has sunk them into the sewer!show more

This video shows the home of Gilbert Bgwende, a... member of the Constitutional Defence Forum, engulfed in flames in the early hours of yesterday in Highfield in Harare. Bgwende is one of the members of the Constitutional Defence Forum who have been vocal in opposing President Emmerson Mnangagwa’s bid to extend his rule to 2030. According to witnesses, the arsonists arrived in three black cars, ordered the occupants to vacate the house, poured a flammable substance, and set it ablaze. Two police officers are currently on the scene, but the house has been completely destroyed and is now uninhabitable. The seminar room at SAPES, which was meant to be used by a group of civil society and political leaders to launch their resistance against President Mnangagwa’s 2030 term extension, was also torched in the early hours of yesterday and completely gutted to the ground. The attack, coming just hours before the planned press conference, underscores the regime’s growing desperation to silence dissenting voices and suppress any organised opposition to the 2030 agenda. Interestingly, the 2030 Agenda has inadvertently breathed new life into opposition politics in Zimbabwe. Where there was once apathy and fragmentation in response to the country’s political decay, the push for a term extension has now united groups and individuals who were previously divided, bringing together former rivals under a common cause to resist it. In attempting to consolidate power, the regime has instead rekindled political consciousness and solidarity among those determined to defend Zimbabwe’s constitutional order.show more

BREAKING: Mass protests have erupted in Kyiv, Ukraine against... President Volodymyr Zelensky. This is the first known major protest against the Ukrainian leader. Thousands of people have turned out in the streets of Kyiv to protest moves by Zelensky’s government to block anti-corruption measures. The vote targeted the independence of Ukraine’s anti-corruption bodies, including the National Anti-Corruption Bureau (NABU) that was made infamous with Joe Biden's threats against the prosecutor investigating Hunter Biden's corrupt activity at Burisma. The Ukraine government is also becoming increasingly unpopular due to Zelensky's refusal to seek an end to the war. Zelensky has established control over state media, outlawed over a dozen political parties, and has suspended democratic elections while he is in power.show more

⚡️🇮🇱 Thousands of Israelis are coming from across Israel... to the Knesset in Jerusalem to protest against Netanyahu, his government, and the firing of the head of Shin Bet, a man who also supports Israel’s genocide. The protestors are against Netanyahu, not against the Genocide.show more

Mass demonstrations by local Syrians in Hasakah and Raqqa... today against the SDF rule. These are Arab majority cities and they clearly don’t want another one-party rule under Ocalanism and they would like to join the rest of Syriashow more

🚨⚡️ The Rapid Support Forces in Sudan are using... thermobaric bombs and drones in attacks against the army.. all of which are produced and supplied by Ukraine. -: Kiev, which has failed on its own front, is now exporting the fire of war to Africa.show more

“Veto the law!” — thousands of protesters have gathered... in Kyiv to protest the dismantling of anti-corruption institutions. Dismantling anti-corruption institutions is a stab in the back. People are dying for freedom here. An absolutely disgraceful decision by the president.show more

💥🇺🇦Ukrainian cities have been engulfed by protests against Law... #12414, which de facto eliminates the independence of anti-corruption bodies In Kyiv, around a hundred people gathered for the protest. Media reports also say that residents of Dnipro, Lviv, and Odesa have taken to the streets. People are holding signs that say the dissolution of NABU is the dissolution of the people’s trust, calling what’s happening a disgrace. 🇪🇺The European Commission has also commented on the limitation of powers of the National Anti-Corruption Bureau and the Specialized Anti-Corruption Prosecutor's Office, calling it a "serious step back."show more

March against drugs or Samjhauta Express? My humble question... to Hon Punjab Governor Shri Ghulab Chand Kataria Ji whether the march he is leading against drugs is actually a campaign against drugs or an attempt to run the ‘Samjhuta Express’ and prepare ground for forging Akali-BJP alliance in the state. Before leading the march did you raise the matter with the Union Home Ministry under whose jurisdiction the border security falls. The BSF jurisdiction has been expanded upto 50 kms inside the borders. While the AAP government has completely failed already, what is the central government doing to prevent smuggling of drugs from across the border. I would request you to raise the matter with the union Home Ministry before running the ‘Samjhauta Express’ for an Akali-BJP alliance in the name of anti-drug march. I must add, the pictures of the ‘march’ look too “nice” to be overlooked for the “obvious message” they carry and convey.show more

BYC condemns the use of force against the family... members of Zaheer Baloch and other peaceful protesters in the strongest terms. Today, the 11-day sit-in protest by the families of forcibly disappeared Baloch individuals was attacked by the forces when they were marching towards the Red Zone. Elderly men, women, and children were subjected to brutal violence, including live firing. Dozens of protesters were taken into custody and shifted to unknown locations. For decades, the state institutions' response to peaceful demonstrations has been violence and intimidation. The forced disappearances and genocide of the Baloch people continue, and when the families and civil society protest, they are treated with cruelty, beaten, dragged, and imprisoned. After facing severe crackdown, the protesters have reorganized and continued their protest. We urge the Baloch and Pashtun people to join the protest as soon as possible and call on the judiciary to intervene in this matter to safeguard the right to peaceful assembly of these already victimized people.show more

🚨BREAKING: Mass riots and clashes with police in the... capital of Serbia and neighboring cities; Riots are over government corruption. Protesters attack police in Belgrade and Novi Sad. People broke through the security cordons, clashes began with unknown individuals, who appeared to the crowd wearing masks and carrying bats. There are injured police officers in Novi Sad. Security forces are trying to prevent clashes between protesters and government supporters near Pioneer Park in Belgrade.show more

BREAKING: Italian Antifa and anti-Israel protesters are violently attacking... the police in the city of Turin to protest against the Israeli Navy intercepting Greta and her friends in the Gaza Flotilla 🇮🇹🇮🇱show more

Pakistan's oppression of occupied #Kashmir is worsening. As the... world's attention is largely fixated on the war between Israel and Hamas in the Middle East, unrest has erupted in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir in South Asia. Tensions are rising in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK) as the Pakistani government has been deploying troops from Punjab Province to suppress the imminent protests in the region due May 11. The protests aim to address the Kashmiri people's economic, social and political problems that Pakistan's government has failed to solve. The United Kashmir People's National Party (UKPNP) and the Joint Awami Action Committee (JAAC) have issued warnings to the government of Pakistan against the use of any force against protestors. The warnings have apparently been ignored as Pakistan mobilized its troops to the area, leading to more protests. Historical background info: "In 1947, the Princely State of Jammu and Kashmir became part of the Republic of #India. Shortly thereafter, Pakistani armed forces and Pashtun tribesmen invaded the area, forcing the largest Kashmiri political party to approve the accession. Indian forces were deployed to counter the attacks by Pakistan. In 1948, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 47 requiring all Pakistani military personnel to withdraw from the region before a plebiscite—which would have confirmed the people’s wishes to join India—could be called. Instead of this Pakistan increased its military presence, and no plebiscite was held. In the areas of Kashmir which remained outside of India, Pakistan Occupied Kashmir, 41,000 Hindu families were forced to flee from Pashtun tribesmen. "The historic region of Kashmir has a total area of 85,807 sq. miles and is now divided between three countries. Pakistan occupies approximately 30,160 sq. miles, known as (PoK) and the Northern Areas." Clashes between Pakistani troops and Kashmiri locals are expected to further escalate. Fore more historical background info, please check:show more

Anti-war protesters in Toronto united to demonstrate against the... attacks by Israel and the USA on Iran, in front of the US consulate. “Hands off Iran”show more

BREAKING: The Iranian anti-regime protesters in Tehran have now... arrived to the Pirouzi street and are just a few hundred meters from the Central Command Staff of the IRGC near the Shahada Square in Tehran. It's the IRGC's headquarters for the Iranian capital city.show more

In many cities across Syria, the people have risen... up against the interim government! After Deir ez-Zor and Raqqa, now farmers in Hama and Til Barak have taken to the streets to protest the interim government in Damascus. Farmers in Raqqa are marching to the governor's office!show more

Civil Rights Group, Le Front Citoyen Togo Debout has... accused Togolese government agencies of killing at least seven (7) protesters and committing other heinous crimes against citizens in the recent protests against Faure Gnassingbé , who has had his grip on power since 2005, after succeeding his father. According to the group, seven bodies of some protesters allegedly arrested and tortured by soldiers and pro government militia groups have been recovered from rivers in the National capital. The three days uprising and protests in the Francophone country, follows a crackdown on major opposition figures and amendments to the constitution which made Faure Gnassingbé, President of the council of ministers, a role that has no official term limits.show more

Kyiv Mayor Vitalii Klitschko and his brother Volodymyr are... joining the protests in central Kyiv against parliament’s move to strip key anti-corruption bodies of their independence.show more

Large-scale protests have been continuing in Iran for five... days now. They were triggered by a sharp collapse of the national currency and a rapid surge in prices. Inflation has reached around 40%, while food prices have risen by 60-70%. The rial at one point fell to 1.4 million per US dollar. This led to demonstrations which, in several provinces, escalated into violent clashes with security forces. According to human rights groups and media reports, at least six people have been killed, dozens wounded, and more than a hundred protesters detained. There are also reports of casualties among security forces, including members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps and the Basij militia. Amid the protests, demonstrators are burning symbols of the regime, including monuments to General Qasem Soleimani, who was killed by the United States on January 3, 2020. Authorities have introduced heightened security measures and effectively imposed martial law in certain cities. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Israel have expressed support for the protesters, saying the unrest reflects the accumulated anger of Iranian society over the ayatollahs’ regime’s failed economic policies.show more