By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on France 24
Student protests in France, which began in high schools, have expanded into a mobilisation bringing together the Yellow Vests, trade unions and other civil society organisations. Protesters are denouncing school conditions, teacher shortages and educational inequalities, according to an analysis by Joseph Downing cited by France 24.
The main student organisations arrived at the Élysée as their mobilisation called for more resources, replacement teachers for absent staff and school renovations. The meeting comes amid a social crisis marked by violence and curfews in France, reports Agence France-Presse, cited by L’Essentiel.
🇫🇷 France · Source: L’essentiel ·
France will close several major Paris museums and deploy about 70,000 police officers ahead of a new day of protests. The movement, which began with high school students protesting their learning conditions, has widened amid rising living costs, according to France 24.
🇫🇷 France · Source: France 24 ·
France will deploy 70,000 police officers and specialised units to oversee demonstrations planned for Saturday, Interior Minister Laurent Nuñez announced. The mobilisation aims to prevent further riots after the previous weekend’s violence, looting and fires, according to the minister, as quoted by Reuters.
🇫🇷 France · Source: TimesLIVE ·
The United States, France, the United Kingdom, Germany and around 30 partners are calling for unhindered humanitarian access to Sudan, where 19.5 million people face acute food insecurity. They are notably demanding corridors and air access to Darfur, according to their joint statement reported by Tchadinfos.
🇸🇩 Sudan · Source: Tchadinfos ·
Ukrainian drone kills three civilians in PiskyThree civilians were killed and a woman seriously injured when a Ukrainian drone struck their car in Pisky, in the occupied part of Kharkiv oblast. The head of the local Russian administration announced the toll in this Russian border area.
Delegates arrested after ballot photos in GhanaGhanaian police have arrested several delegates accused of photographing their ballot papers during the National Democratic Congress’s internal election in Bimbilla. The poll is to elect 17 local officials from among 60 candidates, with 1,764 delegates expected in the constituency, MyJoyOnline reports.The week in Africa
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