Senegal’s F24 is a platform that brings together different political groups and civil society organizations. They have asked their supporters to make noise by banging pots to show their opposition to President Macky Sall on Sunday.
At a press conference, they said they are fighting for the freedom of people called “political detainees” and for a fair presidential election that includes everyone.
They had planned to have a peaceful protest this Friday in the center of Senegal’s capital city. However, the governor of Dakar forbade the movement from holding their rally.
The authorities have recently banned some F24 demonstrations because they could cause problems with public safety.
The opposition claims that 700 people who are against the government have been taken into custody in the country since 1 June.
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Opposition party in Senegal plans banging-pot demonstration
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Bodyguard to answer questions surrounding shooting of DR Congo politician
Police are currently interrogating a bodyguard of a Congolese opposition politician who was fatally shot in Kinshasa last week. Cherubin Okende, a former transport minister, was discovered dead in his car.
During a news conference, Attorney General Firmin Mvonde disclosed that the deadly gunshot was fired from within the vehicle, and investigators found the weapon beside Mr. Okende’s body.
The late Cherubin Okende served as a spokesperson for an opposition party led by Moïse Katumbi, who is preparing to participate in the upcoming presidential election scheduled for December.
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Opposition party in Togo holds rally ahead of elections
The National Alliance for Change (ANC) party in Togo drew hundreds of supporters who demonstrated in Agoè-Nyivé ahead of elections.
Sunday’s (Feb. 12) meeting which took place in neighbourhood located in the northern suburbs of Lomé was attended by the ANC president who also serves as mayor of one of Lomé’s 13 localities.
He focused on the upcoming legislative elections.
“This was a remobilisation rally,” Jean-Pierer Fabre said.
“You may have noticed that we have called for people to go and register to vote when the census is launched. This is important because we called before not to register and many of our voters are not registered. So they have to go and register.”
Indeed, main opposition parties boycotted the previous legislative polls in 2018, citing “irregularities” in their preparation. Consequently some of their supporters did not vote.
Togolese president Faure Gnassimbé annouced late last year, that elections would be held this year but no date has been set. This has not deterred the hundreds of ANC supporters dreaming of change.
“We want change in this country and the ANC is a political party that fights. The Togolese people are suffering and we must fight to get the country out of this situation,” this man said.
“I am very happy, because the powers that be have repeatedly prevented us from coming together. We must wake up, because this country is badly governed.”
ANC leader Jean-Pierre Fabre denouced the rule of the Gnassingbé family over Togo since 1963 as well as irregularities in the management of funds intended to fight the Covid pandemic in the nation.
Source: African News