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Chapter 1
Bangladesh blocks internet as violence escalates
We discuss the latest from Bangladesh as police and anti-government protesters clash, leaving at least 90 people dead amid escalating unrest. The government has closed shops and businesses, and cut mobile internet services. An indefinite nationwide curfew continues as demonstrators demand the resignation of prime minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Nigeria’s president calls for protests to end
Bola Tinubu has defended his economic reforms, which protesters have blamed for their economic hardships. The ongoing youth-led demonstrations organised via social media follow similar protests in Kenya and Uganda. Are we seeing an ‘African Spring’?
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